I actually had posts for the month of November, but decided to take them down. Either way, it's been a minute (and I am more than sure that my nonexistent fan-base has eagerly anticipated my return). Happy New Year! It's 2011, and things have been pretty damn good. I somehow managed to snag over $10,000 worth of money to go to school, and am officially considered an independent according to my school's financial aid office. Yip-yipeee. It's awesome, and I feel adequately prepared to take on the toils of both working and attending school full-time. I've been properly immersed into the wondrous world of teaching, and have enjoyed a generous helping of lesson-plan creation, anecdotal note-taking, classroom management trial-and-error, further character-building, teacher-parent interaction, and final grade giving. Additionally, I've fine-tuned my apple-chompin' skills--which is more than a win in my book. I've even dealt with overly-dramatic (and highly unprofessional) co-workers who are seemingly ill-fit for any sort of professional arena at this point in their lives.
No, experience doesn't get any better than the aforementioned, and that's what I needed in order to excel and succeed in school. My job has done nothing but confirm the obvious, and what's obvious is that I absolutely and unequivocally love working with and teaching youngsters. I've not a doubt in my mind about what it is I need to be doing with myself, and thank God for the insight I so often asked for. The journey is arduous, trying, and all-around painful--but I've never lost sight of the end result.
I drive those 600 weekly miles (back-and-forth to work, Monday-Friday) with pride, and keep as positive an attitude as any realist could.
