Chicago for Work

Last week I was in Chicago for the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference. I work for a company that sells literature study guides and lesson plans online, so the NCTE conference was pretty interesting. Since nobody that works at my company is a teacher, it was good to learn about the challenges English teachers are facing and what new technologies they're using.

View from Grant Park

The conference was downtown at the Hilton, so I got to walk around enjoy Chicago a little bit.

Argos, my company's mascot, even made an appearance

Even though I was listening to English teachers give presentations from Thursday through Sunday, I still had a chance to catch up with some old friends.

I stayed with Liz Swary - a college softball friend

We went to a bar on Sunday afternoon to watch the Bears/Chargers game and I proceeded to make some new friends.

My new friends - I don't remember their names

I had to have a little fun to make up for four days of conferences.

Don't worry Dad, only one of those beers is actually mine

Fortunately for everyone, I ended the night with the people I arrived with - my Wash U Softball friend Liz and her buddies.

Kayla, Jon, and Liz - some solid Chicago peeps