I walked into the large auditorium and I remember I was running a little late because the class I had before this one was online, so I had to scoot from my apartment to the lecture hall. I was wearing a stripped t-shirt and green skirt because I wanted to look nice for class. I came in as class was just starting so I missed any before-class banter or conversation. I sat next to a kid with a tie dye shirt and army socks. I was on the bottom right-hand side of the room.
We talked about “what is history” and we put words up on the board. I remember not being satisfied with our answers as they seemed limiting and small in scope. We talked about confederate monuments and their place in modern times. We talked about the contention with them from people glorifying and validating history and the real historical implications of the statues.
We went over the syllabus with our midterm and final assignments. Our Professor told us she was a graduate student and was interested in making this class accessible and flexible fir students in class. This included assignments, but also for students commuting from campus to campus. We were told to make a blog and we would use the discussion board to comment on each other’s work