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so much has happened in the past few weeks. it feels dizzying to think about ( Read more... )

As of today, I have been living in Chicago for five months. It is strange that I haven't set foot anywhere outside of Illinois in that long. I've barely even left the city limits, and still, there is so much I haven't seen, done, or tried ( Read more... )

my class, on average, started the summer program at 20% mastery of basic math, literacy, and phonics concepts at the adequate level for 5 year olds ( Read more... )

Training really sucks. Chicago doesn't, at all. Passed my content test. It is so hot some days I could throw up. Riding my bike on 31st street today, the wind was so thick and heated it felt like a hotspring. A hotspring that fucks with my haircut, anyway ( Read more... )

chicago is good. so, so good.

and i have never worked harder or longer in my life.

always remember:
never, ever go home for more than four days at a time.

i just... can't fucking do it. no way, no how.

passed the illinois basic skills test: 97%
failed the content area test by 2 questions. got 79% and needed an 80.
have to take it again, take a midnight bus, pay a hundred bucks, all a week before moving to chicago.
really shitty timing.
god i hate standardized tests.

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keep on waiting for what we want to come around, right? my daydreams are saturated with sun, color (but not obnoxious color) and spending my weekends in the campus darkroom. my long distance daydreams are about one thing and one thing only, which is being really super nice to kate all the time. i think she is starting to really like me, our plans ( Read more... )