Today is November 9, 2011. There are *does math* seven and a half weeks left of this year. About five weeks left of this semester. And three weeks left of November. In that time I have to:
-Pass all my classes, getting mostly A's (if I want to student teach)
-Read 26 books to fulfill my 50-in-2011 challenge
-Write 35,000 words to win NaNoWriMo
So, yeah. No big deal. Classes are going (mostly) well. I've gotten back to reading as much as possible (I kinda stopped for a few months there). And I am totally ROCKING NaNoWriMo (I'll talk about my story some other time). But all of those combined? I don't know how I'm going to make it to 2012 in one piece.
Books read: 24
Words written: 15,116
Days until this is all over: 52
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Let's Just Pretend I Posted This Last Night, Okay?
So we got our room! It's not the one we really wanted, but it's almost as good and we all got one together. So YAY!
The one we wanted was located right in the middle of campus, which would have been SO NICE because all my classes are on North Campus so it would have been pretty easy to get to class every day. The one we GOT is basically the same apartment as the one we wanted, but it's all the way on South Campus. So it will take me a good 20 minutes to get to my classes every day. Which is fine, it's just a big change from the 3-5 minutes it takes me now. But on the bright side, I'll get more exercise! :) So it all worked out, just not how we were expecting. Things tend to work that way more often than not, I think.
Speaking of things working out, I'm teaching two tenth grade classes about WWII and the Holocaust* today. I'm PRETTY NERVOUS. I've never taught actual high schoolers before. I've taught college students pretending to be high schoolers, but somehow I don't think it's going to be the same. *sigh* So, wish me luck! I'll tell you all about it tonight.
Until then, best wishes!
-Allison
*Aren't I supposed to be an ENGLISH teacher? How did I end up teaching a lesson on HISTORY? :-/
The one we wanted was located right in the middle of campus, which would have been SO NICE because all my classes are on North Campus so it would have been pretty easy to get to class every day. The one we GOT is basically the same apartment as the one we wanted, but it's all the way on South Campus. So it will take me a good 20 minutes to get to my classes every day. Which is fine, it's just a big change from the 3-5 minutes it takes me now. But on the bright side, I'll get more exercise! :) So it all worked out, just not how we were expecting. Things tend to work that way more often than not, I think.
Speaking of things working out, I'm teaching two tenth grade classes about WWII and the Holocaust* today. I'm PRETTY NERVOUS. I've never taught actual high schoolers before. I've taught college students pretending to be high schoolers, but somehow I don't think it's going to be the same. *sigh* So, wish me luck! I'll tell you all about it tonight.
Until then, best wishes!
-Allison
*Aren't I supposed to be an ENGLISH teacher? How did I end up teaching a lesson on HISTORY? :-/
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Blerg.
So. I propose that we all just drop out of school and join the circus.
(Readers: *cheer*)
Oh, what was that? We only have one year left and it would be silly to abandon school at this point? Well, pish posh!
Fine. I won't drop out of school. I have a good thing going for me here with my scholarships and my housing situation and my new job. And I really do like to learn. I just... grow weary of the school side of learning. I mean, I have been in school for over fifteen years now. That's three-quarters of my life. I think it's high time to MOVE ON.
Of course, when I say "move on from school," what I really mean is, "move on to... more school." Because I'm going to be a teacher. At a school. Which means that I will spend a VERY SIGNIFICANT PORTION of my life AT SCHOOL.
This doesn't bother me, really. I enjoy school. I love the atmosphere and the learning. I'm just ready to be done being the LEARNER and become the LEARNEE IMPARTER OF KNOWLEDGE. Honestly, I'm really excited to be going back to high school. College is great, but I love working with teenagers. The friendship and the drama and the coming-of-age: I thrive on it. And I think I have a lot to offer high-schoolers. I can relate to them, because it wasn't so long ago that I was a high-schooler, too. I still remember what it was like to get asked to Homecoming or to bomb a test or to get cast in a play. And I want to, as mentioned before, IMPART some of my vast stores of HIGH SCHOOL KNOWLEDGE onto these teens.
But you want to know a secret? As excited as I am to start teaching (and believe me, I am EXCITED), the thing I want most of all... is to be a mom. I want a family. BADLY. But it seems to me that I won't reach that goal for a few years at LEAST (seeing as I don't even have a PROSPECTIVE boyfriend, let alone someone who wants to marry me), I'll just focus on the teacher thing. Because I miss high school, and I love to teach, and I know it's going to be awesome. That family will come in due time.
I hope.
:)
-Allison
(Readers: *cheer*)
Oh, what was that? We only have one year left and it would be silly to abandon school at this point? Well, pish posh!
Fine. I won't drop out of school. I have a good thing going for me here with my scholarships and my housing situation and my new job. And I really do like to learn. I just... grow weary of the school side of learning. I mean, I have been in school for over fifteen years now. That's three-quarters of my life. I think it's high time to MOVE ON.
Of course, when I say "move on from school," what I really mean is, "move on to... more school." Because I'm going to be a teacher. At a school. Which means that I will spend a VERY SIGNIFICANT PORTION of my life AT SCHOOL.
This doesn't bother me, really. I enjoy school. I love the atmosphere and the learning. I'm just ready to be done being the LEARNER and become the LEARNEE IMPARTER OF KNOWLEDGE. Honestly, I'm really excited to be going back to high school. College is great, but I love working with teenagers. The friendship and the drama and the coming-of-age: I thrive on it. And I think I have a lot to offer high-schoolers. I can relate to them, because it wasn't so long ago that I was a high-schooler, too. I still remember what it was like to get asked to Homecoming or to bomb a test or to get cast in a play. And I want to, as mentioned before, IMPART some of my vast stores of HIGH SCHOOL KNOWLEDGE onto these teens.
But you want to know a secret? As excited as I am to start teaching (and believe me, I am EXCITED), the thing I want most of all... is to be a mom. I want a family. BADLY. But it seems to me that I won't reach that goal for a few years at LEAST (seeing as I don't even have a PROSPECTIVE boyfriend, let alone someone who wants to marry me), I'll just focus on the teacher thing. Because I miss high school, and I love to teach, and I know it's going to be awesome. That family will come in due time.
I hope.
:)
-Allison
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