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| I'm moving to Chicago!! I'm moving to CHICAGO in August!! They're letting me do my student teaching there and I can't wait!!
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| Tonight I watched the movie Freedom Writers again and it just makes me realize all over again why I want to be a teacher. I don't think anyone can possibly understand what it feels like to want to change the world through your students unless you want to be a teacher. I know that statement about changing the world is a very large and foward statement, but thats what I feel like. This is the only way that I know how to contribute and do my part. I really want to move to Chicago and work in an inner city school. Now I know that I might be naive and that I probably won't do great things when I teach, but if I can just help one student than I feel good about myself. I love what I'm going into and I love teaching! It just makes me feel so good about myself. YES, I realize that this entry is corny and ridiculous but I truly love it. I love my students in Lansing! They are so funny and so amazing because they are so different from me. Sometimes I get really sad when I hear about students getting left at home by their parents or students whose parents work all the time to support them, but in the end I know that I am helping them. Ok I am going to end my corny ramblings. 
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| So it's been soooo long since I posted in here and I don't even know if anyone reads this anymore but I just thought I would update people on my life. This semester has been pretty chill. I am only taking 3 classes and they are pretty easy. My one teacher even lightened the courseload. The only thing that sucks is I don't have any money to have fun. So I think I have resigned myself to watching a ton of TV and movies. So if you have seen any good movies lately let me know. I am just really scared to graduate. I can't believe that I graduate so soon. I pretty much am scared to death. I do have a year of student teaching to go through but its still so scary! I have to leave my friends behind and grow up. I'm so not ready to grow up.
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| So the stress is finally starting to get to me, although I am trying incredibly hard not to let it. I am taking 3 summer classes right now, all of which are currently kicking my ass. I have so much homework I hardly know what to do with it. I don't think there is a single day where I am not working on homework. In fact, I am at the library right now. I keep telling myself I only have 2 weeks left. I made it this far, 2 weeks should be a breeze. Unfortunatly that is not exactly the case considering I have more homework due in the last 2 weeks than I have had due all year! But anyway, I am going to try not to let my stress stress anyone else out! It's been awhile since I have written in here and thats mostly because I don't really have anything exciting to fill anyone in on. My life pretty much consists of homework, school, and work. I hardly have time for friends anymore which makes me very sad. Not that that matters much since both Elena and Ashley left me for the summer. I miss them a ton! I wish I had a friend at the library right now because I am kinda lonely and bored. See what happens to me when I am left to my own devices, I get on xanga! Right now I am currently writing a lesson plan which sucks more than anything! It is the most boring and tedious process ever. My first lesson plan was 8 pages long about reading a book. I just think thats a bit much and a little excessive! But whatever, I suppose I should get back to writing it so I am not up super late tonight. I hope everyone out there in xanga land is doing awesome and it would be much appreciated if you offered me encouraging words of wisdom to get through these next 2 weeks because I think I might die before then!! | | |
| Finals are finally over and I can now rest easy for a couple of days. Its a really nice feeling to know that I won't have to worry about school on monday and that my weekend is entirely mine! That lasts for about a week though because I am taking summer classes and they start in a week! First summer session is going to be a nightmare, I can already tell, but it is only a month and a half long so I know that I can make it through and everything will be alright. I decided that I just want to work at the preschool this summer because right now I can't imagine life without those kids. I love spending time with them because they are the funniest people I have ever met. It's refreshing to be with people who can be so honest with you, even when its directed at you! One time this girl told me I had a very big nose! I kind of find it amusing now, but at the time I wasn't even sure how to respond to that! And Malek, oh Malek... he does the funniest things and I seriously want to take him home with me! A couple of weeks ago he started singing "We got the funk, we got the funk." Its the cutest thing coming from a 2 year old. I decided to go home today because I want to spend some time with my grandma. I haven't been home in awhile and I know she gets lonely by herself. Juliana heads back to Chicago on Sunday and it makes me sad that she is leaving, even though I know she'll be back soon. I think summer is going to fly by really fast and then my senior year will be here before I know it and I will be scared to death! At least I have a year of student teaching before I really have to enter into the real world! I have no idea where I will end up with that because I heard that Granholm is cutting more school funding and it pisses me off that I voted for her now! Schools are the last things that should be cut because in case you hadn't realized, THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT!! Without money, the teachers just have to spend all of their own and then class is boring, so kids drop out. Its a really sad cycle! Ok sorry, i'm not going to go into politics or anything. Anyway, my room is a disaster and I should probably start cleaning it up so that when I come back from home my room isn't disgusting anymore! | | |
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