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Serendipity

Published: August 26th 2015, 11:53:08 pm

I really wanted to shoot this video in a classroom and whip-pan between me and the ASL interpreter. You know how it's nice to recreate moments where they actually happened? Well, my intern spent all day searching for an open, quiet classroom to no avail and chose a conference room in the student center as a make-shift classroom. I got there with my army men in tow and thought, "nope, this just won't do." So, I made a quick call to the department of Health and Human Performance, the department who granted me a masters degree and hired me to teach their courses. 

I told the man on the phone that I was after a quiet classroom to use for the afternoon and he said 135 and asked with whom he was speaking. I said "Lindsey Doe" to which he replied, "Dr. Doe!" Well, that seemed fitting. So we headed over to the building with the camera equipment and decided on a set or sorts in room 135. 

Room 135, the first classroom I taught mmmyyyyy first class in; the classroom where I stuffed toilet paper in the back of my pants and walked passed everyone to test the bystander effect; so many of my firsts!

It was so strange to be there and I began recounting my memories when I realized that my intern (who was with us at the time) was quite possibly in the class, a different one, where I stood in front of 200 students and said "penis" to catch the ASL sign for it. Indeed this was the case and I was again thrown by all the parallels and intersections of my day. 

That's the back story which I feel you, my dear patrons deserve to know. It fills me with glee!

Warmly, 

Lindsey