I'm so back and forth on this issue of education vs. performance. As far as grad school goes, the only real way to get into teaching high school is to get a California teaching credential, since Trevor and I want to move back here after grad school. If we waited a couple years, I suppose it might be worth it to get a credential in the state we go ( Read more... )

What makes a relationship valid ( Read more... )

I'm sitting in my office on my last day of work. It's been a very interesting summer, I must say. The job had both its good and bad points. I really enjoyed doing stuff with the students and bonding and everything, and it was interesting to see the other side of youth ministry, the "behind the scenes" if you will. Plus I did get to hang out ( Read more... )

...since it's been at least a month. Oops ( Read more... )

When I was at Valley, I used to get up 2 hours before school started, so I would have time to shower, get dressed, groom myself, eat breakfast, and make sure I was completely presentable before I left the house. If I overslept even by 10 minutes, I freaked out and felt rushed, and it threw my schedule off for the rest of the day ( Read more... )

Oops, I guess I failed at updating often ( Read more... )

This quarter is going pretty well so far. I don't feel overwhelmed or anything, so that's good. I have been doing a lot of practicing lately because juries are this quarter, but I'm not in over my head ( Read more... )

SO, it's been 2 weeks of spring quarter, and here's how it's all looking ( Read more... )

Winter quarter is over and I'm home on spring break, yay! :D Finals went pretty well... I think I did fine in all my classes ( Read more... )

You guys might think this is just another far away story, but it's not. This happened to someone I know personally, at my high school. I met Katie in middle school theatre, and then she came to Valley 2 years after I did. She was diagnosed in high school with RSD, a serious neurological disease that causes your whole body to deteriorate. My mom ( Read more... )