So I went back to the freshman class today. I hadn't been around much lately since, to be frank, I felt like I was distracting and I had reached as much as I could do as far as teaching with them. Ms. C really ran the class and, particularly after today, it was clear that I wouldn't be teaching there again.
However, I feel pretty okay about that. The class is really not going to reach The Odyssey, which is a shame. They began "Romeo and Juliet" today and have been doing pre-work on it since last week. With the term ending in mid-January, there's simply no way they're going to get through all of "Romeo and Juliet" and The Odyssey in an appreciable way and still do the final.
Today however was a lot of fun to watch. The students acted out parts of the play and while stilted and nervous, it was fun to hear. Ms. C is also pointing out the more ribald selections and the class (composed, as it were, mostly of Groundlings) has been getting quite the laugh out of the material. Ms. C has been frequently stopping them and going over what things mean, but has been assuring them that by Act III, they will be flying through Shakespearian English as if it were nothing at all. I'm looking forward to that.
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