Beating the Rain

Each lab group met on three different occasions today despite some rainy weather in Denton. In fact, it rained most of the day, but hopefully it will bring some cooler weather tomorrow, which is always a welcome change from Texas heat. The first lab meeting was this morning where most labs went over affirmative casing. After, Josh Anderson, an expert on international political economy, lectured on globalization and explained how the opening of markets can be linked to the topic, especially to benefiting the negative. After lunch, article groups met for the second time and discussed an article on flexible labor standards and the political climate surrounding workers' rights. An hour later, labs met to cover more topic analysis and the students discussed the demonstration debate from the night before. The day concluded with a lecture on negative casing in lab. This year most lectures will be given in lab because the lab leaders can target their lectures to the skill level of the lab more effectively and students tend to retain more information when a lecturer speaks to 10 students in a classroom instead of sitting in an auditorium full of 100 people. This coincides with UNT's mission of personalizing the experience for each students so that no one has to sit through a lecture of something they already know or that is over their head. Students also can provide feedback easier and will ask more questions in smaller lectures. We look forward to another great day tomorrow.