Addendum.

I forgot -

The room for the class where I TA now is windowless, and I keep thinking back to teaching at the art school and the lovely panoramic view from the 7th story classroom, where an entire wall was of glass.

As I would tell the kids, "When you're old and in a wheelchair and stuck facing a corner in a nursing home somewhere, you'll wish you could remember to remember this view!".

"Enjoy this while you can," I would then intone.  "It won't last."