There are a few things I expect to do every summer that I come to the University of Vermont to teach at the World Debate Institute.

One is that I’ll eat Ben & Jerry’s. Another is drinks at Red Square.  A trip to the KKD is in order as well as Ali Baba’s, the Red Onion Deli, and possibly a new place to eat as the turnover is pretty darn high around here.

Other things – I know I’ll have to walk up that damn hill too many times.  And I know I’ll be tired, and I know that I’ll meet a lot of people who will point out to me in a lot of ways how much learning I have left to do.

No disappointment this year. Even as an instructor I found the courses to make me think in new ways about teaching debate.  Everything old is new again. This is exactly why I choose to teach at WDI in the summers when I could easily just stay home and relax. Already looking forward to next year.

In a couple of hours I’m off to Belgrade for more teaching and learning debate.  This is a new workshop for me so I’m very interested to see how it goes.  Then after that I will return to Vermont for WDI’s World Style Debate institute. With over 30 students registered, it should be a really good workshop.

More from Belgrade tomorrow as I settle in and get a lay of the argumentative land.