Greetings from Glasgeeeee
We made it to Glasgow yesterday and it was about 75 degrees and
sunny. The shock value of this is lost on the students. They seem not to
realize that this is about as rare as having dinner with the Loch Ness
monster. The fact that we're supposed to have decent weather here the
rest of the trip = rare as Nessie dressed as a ballerina.
Anyway, they found their feet here while I got to sneak away for a
couple of hours and see a good friend and her two little ones. Seeing
what life is like with a 2 and a half year old AND a 5-month-old was
probably my most education experience on this trip....But that's for
another time.
Today the students and I are headed to Glasgow University. We're
meeting with people in the film and TV studies areas--3 professors and
at least 3 students--so we should have a proper seminar day. I met with
all of them yesterday to ensure their projects are basically fully
formed. They're doing a great job and it looks like today will really
help bring everything together nicely.
So far I've had Charlotte at MTV tell me to encourage the students
to contact her if they want work in the UK, Esther Leslie tell me to
help them if they want to do post-grad work in London, and Ken Millard
at Edinburgh--well, he thought they were great and he didn't complain
about the weather which is really the biggest compliment I'll get from
him. So so far, so impressive. I know they'll be wonderful today too.
I'm trying to plan a group trip through the Highlands one day this
week. Saturday the USA is playing the Scottish National Football team
(in Jacksonville, oddly) so we'll go out and watch that. It'll will be a
good, non-aggressive environment for their "sports in pub" immersion.
Good times!
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