adventures and words
Today was good.
I feel better today.
o0o I just heard a train horn,
that reminds me!
Simon called tonight and said him and jake just hopped out of salt lake.
and they're coming through denver and should be here by tomorrow.
That makes me so happy.
I can't wait to see them.
I hope they can stay warm.
It's cccoooollllddd outside.
In other news, on thursday I changed my minor.
I'm not doing elementary education anymore.
And I feel wonderful.
I was informed about options I didn't even know I had.
And I much rather prefer the new ones.
So now I'm a biology major with a chemistry minor.
So now I'm going to be a scientist.
And when I decide to be a teacher, I can do an alternative masters program.
And I'm sure I will enjoy that way more than this undergrad program.
Plus I dont want to be a teacher yet.
So it makes more sense to just take as it goes.
Kim is in that program,and I talked to her about it and it made me even more excited.
She said none of the people in her program got education degrees first,
but instead experienced other things, work, etc.And now decided they want to teach.
So they are passionate and put their ideas and experiences and input together.
And get to student teach while they learn.
It is based alot on discussion.
Which I prefer, since right now I'm just memorizing one persons specific definition of very broad subjects,
and putting a majors worth of effort into a minor that will take me forever to even get.
So I'm done with that.
I'ld rather wait until I'm ready to teach and then get together with a bunch of other people who have had different or similar experiences to me and be able to figure out what we want to do as teachers.
I dont know, why do people really need to know what they want to do with the rest of their life right out of highschool??
I guess this is just one of my pet peeves. But seriously.
Why not encourage people to learn different things and explore what they're passionate about.
Learn what they dont like. Learn about other people and places.
And THEN pick something you want to make into a career.
I dont know, that just makes more sense to me.
It seems like everyone sees life as monkey bars, where it's either school or a real job. and you have to swing between the two. But hey, if you can reach, I think it's fine to put your feet down every once in a while and explore the other parts of the play ground.
I just hate feeling so restricted and that there are these invisible limitations, or a select few choices to choose from.
I mean, I know it probably all comes from good intentions and experience, but that's just not good enough for me.
I love people who I can be silly with.
Cuz there's plenty of serious people out there too.
picnic in the parking lot
dress up at the thrift store
in case you weren't aware, stripes are the new style
we woulda been best friends in kindergarden
this is the world through my sunglasses
The hot spring