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  1. Oct 2018
    1. that my students would remember being actually excited about the process of science and discovery, … and that they remember feeling much more confident about science."

      This is kinda of morbid/narcissistic but I once had a dream about students from various schools I've worked at attending my funeral and comparing the stories I've told in different places. Not sure that counts as excitement about linguistics but there was excitement to make fun of my stories.

    2. ne rainy September day, a small group of faculty members gathered around a conference table in a seminar room at my college to puzzle over an extraordinarily difficult question: Twenty years from now, what do we hope students will remember from our courses?

      Maybe not for Middle States but I could see an interesting ACERT Lunchtime seminar or part of a TSC on this topic.

    3. What Will Students Remember From Your Class in 20 Years?

      New Middle States category for assessment?

    4. "radical hope,"

      I like this term and its lofty ideals. It reminds me though how difficult it is to know our role and impact on most of our students' lives even though we think about it often.