I am writing from Worcester (pronounced Wusta) in my sister's house while she's at work. This is the first year we didn't have Christmas in a Philadelphia suburb and it was a bit strange, but admittedly it was nice to spend the holidays with a large number of people instead of two or three as the number of people in my family keep dwindling. ( Read more... )

It has been a tough week. Not that it has been much different from previous weeks in this crazy routine, but on top of everything, I was sick. Let me tell you, it's really hard to lecture when you don't have a voice and feel dizzy just standing. Not that I thought that it wouldn't be, but still ( Read more... )

Right now I just feel incredibly overwhelmed. I finished my first week of teaching and classes, and even had yesterday off to cool down and get a head start on my work, but I don't even know where to begin. Looking at my syllabi makes me cry. It's a clusterfuck of reading, writing, and projects when combined with my school duties seems like an ( Read more... )

I'm too tired to write a lot, and excuse me for not sounding more excited, it's just that I woke up at 5:30am and have to do the same tomorrow, meaning my bedtime should have been three years ago. Today I started my internship for realsies--students and all. Last week I spent three days at my school between various meetings, inservice days, and ( Read more... )

At least I can't sleep because I slept til noon, not because I have to stay awake finishing some crazy assignment. My first semester of grad school finished last week and my grade point average is a sparkling 4.0. I shouldn't care about such things since I'm sure everyone got A's, but it's still something I'm proud of. I have T minus two weeks ( Read more... )

Apparently the power is out in Oakland which means all my classes for today have been canceled. Does anyone know what happened? I received a phone call from a fellow student about a half an hour ago telling me the good news; I also found an email waiting in my box. I'm glad I was notified before I left for campus which I was just about to do. ( Read more... )

Is it too soon to say I love everyone in my MAT program? Because I do. This afternoon we all converged in the park to eat lunch between classes, and tonight all 25 of us went to Hemingway's and proceeded to become overly friendly in states of increasing drunkeness. It was a good time which is rumored to repeat itself every Thursday night from here ( Read more... )

Tonight there was an accident outside our apartment. I heard the rev of an engine, tires squeal, and the sound of glass breaking. When I looked out the window a man was lying on the ground and his motorcycle was lying on the side of the road. People began to gather and the car that was hit seemed to be okay, or enough to move from the middle of the ( Read more... )

For those who don't know and care, I will be flying to Philadelphia tomorrow and will spend a week with various visits from the fam culminating in my cousin's wedding next weekend. I'm trying not to think about how awful it has the potential to be with my mom and dad once again awkwardly united, and my overbearingly obnoxious drunk relatives on ( Read more... )

Intro to English Education Portfolio: 38 pages

Renaissance in England Final Essay: 7 pages

Renaissance in England In-class Essay Exam: 4 handwritten pages in tiny print

Lit Senior Seminar Final Essay: 17 pages (18 including bibliography)

Fiction Senior Seminar Novel: 103 pages

Credits Earned: 121

Majors: 2

Minors: 1

Diplomas Earned: 1