Highlights from my first day of student teaching: 
+I got a gift bag containing a "teacher starter kit" (red pens, post-it notes, paperclips, etc.) from my host teacher. 
+I have my own desk at the front of the room (it's not full-size, but still SWEET!) with a beautifully-penned "Miss Gockel" sign on it. 
+My host teacher is 24, and totally rad. 
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Today was my last day at Panera! I was a little sad about it, since I've gotten to know most of my coworkers pretty well, and I like them a lot. Hopefully I'll still be able to hang out with them sometimes. I sure will miss getting a paycheck every two weeks, too. Sigh ( Read more... )

Name ten things that make you happy, in no particular order. Then name five people from whom you want to hear back ( Read more... )

Official Survivor
Congratulations! You scored 72%!

Whether through ferocity or quickness, you made it out. You made the right choice most of the time, but you probably screwed up somewhere. Nobody's perfect, at least you're alive.


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I guess I don't really have anything interesting to talk about, per se. Oh well.

Classes are coming along, I suppose. I've resolved myself to giving the teaching thing a shot (assuming that student teaching doesn't completely kill me), but where I will be next year is still anyone's guess. We'll see... that decision hinges on a lot of things ( Read more... )

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Take the Yankee/Dixie quiz at http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html, to find out if you're mostly Yankee or mostly Dixie!

I'm EXACTLY half-and-half:  50% Yankee, 50% Dixie.  I guess 'cause my parents are both Yanks but I've lived in Virginia all my life.  Woo!

I'm settling into this graduate school business a little bit more, I suppose. Actually, I think I'm settling into the Harrisonburg lifestyle so much that it scares me. I wouldn't want to live in Harrisonburg after graduating, but I have come to like a little bit of a slower pace. If I have a choice, I don't think I'll be in Northern Virginia for ( Read more... )

THE RULES: List five songs that you currently love. It doesn't matter what genre they are from, whether they have words, or even if they're any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now ( Read more... )

Oh well. I guess I'm due for an update on this here journal-ma-jig ( Read more... )