I had my first interview for a teaching position today. It was for a little school in a little town called Dwight, Illinois. It really calmed all of my fears about the interview process. I think that colleges have a tendency to blow the whole thing out of proportion. I mean, these school districts are looking for people to fill their empty ( Read more... )

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So I'm a student teacher now. That means I've only got 3 more terms here at Augustana. Amazing how quickly senior year has come. It seems like only yesterday we were a bunch of silly freshmen inventing ridiculous legends about ourselves and creating traditions that really didn't last that long. And now everyone has moved away. But I've inherited a ( Read more... )

Well, summer's nearly at an end. I've got a week of freedom left, although it doesn't feel that free because I'm spending it obsessing over my lesson plans and trying to predict every one of the ten thousand ways I will fail as a student teacher, from kids falling asleep in class to becoming one of those teachers you see on the news who's accused ( Read more... )

Major holiday + family vacations + Wednesday + 175 miles from home = a sparsely attended celebration.

But it means that everyone who will be bar hopping with me this weekend is especially cool and one of my Super Friends*. Everybody else, you owe me a night on the town at your earliest convenience. Come out to Rock Island and I'll buy.

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I don't want to be a birthday whore, but I will be turning 21 on the 5th. Come out to Augie's campus on the 7th or 8th (still TBD) if you want to celebrate in my own quiet way ( Read more... )

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