Ben Guest’s Blog

Ninth Week... And then he rested

2005-08-01T00:44:00Z

Well, the ninth and final week of MTC Summer Training is fninismo. It has been a busy summer and I haven't been this tired since I was coaching. I feel the same as I did when the season ended, like I was just trying to make it through the last day...

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Jeremy

2005-07-26T09:39:00Z

I talk to Me-Me today. We talk sports. How will Monta Ellis do in the league? Who's better, Peyton Manning or Tom Brady? It's good to talk to him and he sounds good. He thanked me for the books. We talk about everything except the giant pink eleph...

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Eighth Week

2005-07-24T08:09:00Z

Week number eight is done and there is but one more week of summer training for the Teacher Corps Class of 2005. The Team finished on Wednesday morning with individual meetings with all first-years. While there were some concerns with inconsisten...

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Seventh Week

2005-07-18T12:39:00Z

We had the first-ever MTC Reunion this weekend. All the events went well. On Friday afternoon we had a town-hall meeting for alumni and first-years. One of the topics was: what should the goal(s) of MTC be? It was clear from the (at times heated) ...

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Sixth Week

2005-07-11T05:27:00Z

The sixth week was quiet for the first-years (until Thursday afternoon anyway) and busy for the staff. Tuesday was packed with meetings as I had: a meeting with the Team to finalize everything for the next day; a Reunion planning meeting; a presen...

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The Team

2005-07-04T01:06:00Z

The first-years have a long holiday weekend with Friday, Monday, and Tuesday off. When they return on Wednesday they will start EDSE 501, with the group of instructors we have affectionately dubbed "The Team." The Team is a group of five veteran h...

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Fifth Week

2005-07-03T11:52:00Z

The fifth week is done. It was a low-key week as the first-years had both Monday and Friday off and the second-years are gone for the summer. This was the last week of EDSE 500, which is the first class that participants in our program take. This...

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