I got my first paycheck as a full time teacher! Yay! Granted, it's not very much (gotta love a teacher's salary), but it's something :)

I turned 21 today. I also completed my second day of teaching. Hmm...

1:30 am - I went to sleep while my sisters were in the living room using the using the Internet and braiding hair. One of them suddenly called out to me and told me to come to the kitchen because she heard a loud noise ( Read more... )

I SURVIVED TEACH FOR AMERICA'S SUMMER INSTITUTE!! WOOOHOOO!!!

All week, we've been on a Lead Teach schedule where each member of the collaborative teaches for a whole day (4 hours) as opposed to the usual 1 hour/day schedule. My Lead Teach day was Tuesday and it went quite well. Today was supposed to be my day to just observe and plan, but that didn't happen. Another member of my collaborative (Lamar) was ( Read more... )

I am officially done with my first week of teaching and my second week of institute. It's been a very challenging experience to say the least.

I have never appreciated the weekends more than I do now...

So today was my first day teaching at Markham for TFA's summer school program ( Read more... )

I just got back from a fun time with three other corps members: Teresa, David, and Kyle. Our original plan was to go to a movie theater in downtown and watch Fahrenheit 911. We got a little lost on the way, and then ended up walking around the city until we finally figured out where we needed to go. When we got to the theater however, we learned ( Read more... )

I'm not used to all the drinking and cussing that goes on here...

I had a really good conversation with my roommate last night about TFA, race, religion, relationships, and all. It's amazing that over just the past 1 1/2 to 2 days, cliques have already started forming between people who are of the same race. I thought that all that kind of stuff would be over in high school or college, but apparently I was wrong.