Day One/Night one are over.
No problems. Good times.
We took a tour of the Apple Campus. It was quite nice but no pictures allowed. We did not see Steve Jobs but were told should we see him that there were a few rules: Do not mob Steve. Do not hug Steve. Do not feed Steve.
It was an hour and a half drive to our dorms on the old Fort Ord base. The last time I was in Monterey, Fort Ord was just a boarded up military base. Now it’s a boarded up military base with dorm rooms. It’s kind of desolate out here though I don’t think we’re far from the city.
Although elementary teachers are in the minority here I have met several doing innovative things with second graders. I saw a really clever clay animation film about bats with original music from a second grade teacher on the bus. I know some people here already from our first meeting in Los Angeles. I was a winner at a bingo game where you have to find people to sign their names to a bingo grid matching a criteria, like “find someone who served in the military.”
I’m up early to beat the rush to the bathroom. The dorm has a large window and I can see a few of the ADEs running around. Some are training for marathons. I hope they’re having fun. I’ll just keep typing. It’s almost breakfast.
On the agenda today seems to be an orientation to this program and what we can expect.
