As I took my final class at Carolina before moving to University of Iowa, I wondered what it would be like. I've never taken a summer class before, so I didn't know what to expect. How large is the class going to be? What is the pace of the class, given it needs to fit into 2 weeks? Will I need to get a textbook? For my class, Creative Sportswriting, I may not receive all the answers to my questions on Day 1, as we were having a guest speaker on the first day. I was able to see the class size was 9 students.
Our guest speaker was Robbi Pickeral, and she covered UNC for espn.com for 10 years after she covered the Minnesota Timberwolves for a while. She had us read some leads she had written before we interviewed a classmate for 5 minutes to write a lead of our own. That was certainly an interesting ice breaker, as we found out a little more about our classmates without them directly telling us as we went around the room and read our leads about another student. I interviewed Claudia Stacks. It helped me learn what questions to ask, and I discovered she went to Greece and enjoyed it so much she would go there again if she could travel anywhere. Despite a cruise she didn't like and would never go on again, it must have been a good trip. Also, what happened on that cruise?
Our next activity was to read one of Ms. Pickeral's stories that we had read the lead to, and critique it. I really wanted to read the Wanda Williams story, on Roy Williams' wife, but I was out-voted. We read a story on Rashad McCants, which despite the fact that it was probably my last choice of the three, I ended up enjoying it. It said something about Ms. Pickeral's writing style and made me want to read the Wanda Williams story even more. I planned to google it when I got home. After some questions and answers with Ms. Pickeral, class was dismissed and after another classmate asked for a copy of the Wanda Williams story, I asked for one, too. Reading material for tonight. Not a bad first day.
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