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I was going to post about something but I can't seem to remember what about. I think I was going to say something about how I started to plan out my classroom but then I got lost searching for things to pout in the classroom. I think I am just going to make my own posters at first and then buy stuff as I go. I have another list of books I want to ( Read more... )

I have just a few weeks left of this internship and a few papers to write. It has been awesome, I have learned so much from reading Barry's notes. He really is an interesting guy. You should all read one of his books, he has many ( Read more... )

I am going to miss the Drive In. Not too much but it will be my last mindless college job. I will have a career as a teacher, at least for a while. I had not planned on being a teacher for ever and ever. But I would like to use it to perhaps get another degree, in French and maybe a masters in English. Then I could be an adjunct professor or ( Read more... )

I got my fingerprints taken for my background check. (To get my  Probationary License) I applied for the Probationary License. I passed my content area test. I have been hired and have a mentor assigned to me.(In case I get lost or don't know how to do something ( Read more... )

I got the keys to my classroom! It's 7o's retro with a bright red-orange wall. The other English teacher is high maintenance and kind of , it's hard to say, ...I have a bad feeling about her. She is teaching the upper levels 10th through 12th and I have the youngsters 7th through 9th. This is okay with me because I have it on good word of a ( Read more... )

I have come to realize that becoming a teacher may not be what some would call "hardcore". It may seem like I am "conforming" to certain ideals of what an English major becomes after graduation. It might even occur to some of you that I have really become a "square", or one of them ( Read more... )

Guess what, I got a teaching job. I signed my contract Monday. I haven't go the keys to my classroom yet but I do have meetings set up for the second week of July. I have  new teacher Orientation some time next month too. So I graduate the 11 of August. My parents might come down some time before then and stay a week after. And My grand parents ( Read more... )

So I have been thinking about Buddhism and I think I would like to join some kind of meditation group or just go and learn more about. I have been thinking about this sense my aunt and I found that random Buddhist place in Amarillo ( Read more... )

I had a fan belt break the other day. Anthony's parents of all people came to my rescue because non one else could.(No one else that could be reached, who knows of random car repair things) I have a strange bug bite on my leg that won't go away. The doctor told my to put Calamine  on it and wait for it to get worse or until it is no more. Anthony ( Read more... )