Accepted.

Nov 17, 2008 16:09

I've been accepted to Teach For America - Greater New Orleans 2009 Corps.

Oh my god.

Some more details, amid the cheers of joy. )

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ariiadne November 18 2008, 01:51:47 UTC
CONGRATULATIONS! Wow, what an exciting overwhelming amazing place to be put for this program.

Also: that's it, I'm DEFINITELY going to visit New Orleans next year. There've been two chances that haven't worked out for me recently, and I've got to make it happen sometime. :D

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katealaurel November 18 2008, 05:05:16 UTC
Wow, what an exciting overwhelming amazing place to be put for this program.

Exactly how I feel.

Also: re: visiting: O HELLZ YES

Also, what I said to knittinggoddess below.

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andetheriel November 18 2008, 01:54:42 UTC
Yay, congratulations!

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kestrelct November 18 2008, 02:01:03 UTC
The dissenting opinion I've heard is that having a series of new teachers who stick around for only a year or two is not great for the education or sense of stability of the kids involved. Not an opposition to you accepting so much as to the program in general. As I google it to give you a link, I see that I got this from a Feministe post (here) which is now giving me a database error. I, personally, don't know much about it either way, but this viewpoint makes sense to me.

Congratulations on getting it! I'm glad that all your nerves over the interviews paid off ;) You rock.

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katealaurel November 18 2008, 05:04:26 UTC
This is definitely something I worry about, and that's going to factor into my weighing-of-things as I make my decision. TFA is apparently known as "Teach For Awhile" among a lot of education professionals, and it may well be a deserved reputation ( ... )

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katealaurel November 18 2008, 04:59:27 UTC
Dear Sam:

I would never have made it this far at Reed without you.

Hugs and love,
-K

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knittinggoddess November 18 2008, 02:41:33 UTC
Holy shit! Congratulations, m'dear! You'll do awesomely.

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katealaurel November 18 2008, 04:58:34 UTC
We will teacher-network like the badass education professionals we are.

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