Day one felt so slow yet so fast. Yesterday was forever ago. We were in sessions all day, learning how Institute will run, learning who we are going to be working with and examining the logistics of specific things we are doing. We also took a look at the general outlines of the lesson planning that we will be discussing more tomorrow.
Tonight was opening ceremonies. We made our own Milwaukee corps chant to do at the ceremony:
Mil-wau-kee,
Brew town,
We're goin' to flip those scores upside down.
Mil-wau-kee,
Brew-town,
We're goin' to turn this trend around.
There was a call and response part too:
Milwaukee, you been there before?
No, fool, we're a charter corps!
It was fun, and I think we made a great impression on the other Institute attendees.
The speakers were inspiring, two shared their corps experience about why they teach for America. It was dramatic lighting, like this:
Wendy Kopp, founder and CEO of Teach For America also came. She gave us some advice and talked about our impact on education and what will happen in the future as all 4,100 2009 corps members continue to work toward ending educational inequity.
And, to give a little fun, this is what meals look like, 610 people, eating at the same time in a rush:
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