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It's been about twenty days since my third year began. All is well, for now ( Read more... )

School officially begins tomorrow. I have a few hours before the second academic year begins ( Read more... )

I made my first PID home call. In KoreanIt wasn't the best thing in the world that I've had to do. I've been dreading to make the call, actually. Nobody wants to call a parent to tell their child is at risk of moving up to the next grade. I did the right thing; I told her what she needed to know about her kid (even if that meant ruining summer ( Read more... )

Holy fuck I don't know what I'm doing with my life anymore. I don't know if I can handle being a teacher, hahaaha somebody help me please.

I got a job ( Read more... )

I went to Jamaica, Queens yesterday to return my cable boxes (thus ending my cable relationship with Time Warner) and my mom had to drive locally on the way back... We drove through Jamaica Avenue, where gentrification was at its worst and had squashed out so many of the mom & pop shops that the area used to be known for. ( And it made me so mad. )

Pearson has agreed that edTPA (the big teaching certification exam I'm taking) is flawed. The exam may be suspended indefinitely, starting next year.

Well.

At least I didn't have to pay for that shit :V

(also I thought the exam was pretty well designed. and fun. (?????!!) oh well?)

(also I graduated from grad school so now I am big adult /o\)

Ah. It's just me.

Just me.

I'm still alive.

Despite the terrible weather in New York, public schools remain open. I didn't mind. I was looking forward to doing the follow-up lesson from yesterday, especially after I got such wonderful feedback from my CT and my field specialist.
( Unfortunately, the neighborhood I live in seems to think that none of its residents ever leave the area. )