Far Beyond the Stars...
I downloaded the soundtrack to Thumbelina, and I think watching it is one of the first things I want to do when I get home for the summer. I loooved this movie when I was little. And I still love it. :D
Anyway, a long entry is due, I guess.
I'm starting to get excited about going to Oxford. I downloaded a desktop countdown for it. 58 days and I will be on my way to England. I don't think it has quite hit me yet, and I don't think it will until I step foot off the plane at Heathrow. Oh. my. god. I am going to England. This is something that I have wanted for so long, I think I might just die of happiness when I arrive. Even thinking about it fills my heart to burst with excitement. I think this is what Lewis was talking about in Surprised by Joy. This is the longing I think of when I read that. A longing for something that you think you've been missing, yet you don't realize it until you actually think about it. I don't know exactly what I am expecting out of the trip, but I feel like something deep down in my heart and soul is going to be filled. It makes me want to get there, find the closest patch of British soil, and lay there, soaking up the pure fact that it is British land. I'm a freak, I know.
Ok, enough about that for a bit.
Today was my last day of Field Block 1. I had a really good experience there this semester. I really feel that I have grown in my confidence as a teacher, as well as my ability to feel comfortable in new situations. Now let's hope that transfers to the rest of my life, ha ha. Anyway, I'm going to miss the 13 students I worked with this semester. I really grew to know them and I am really going to miss them. Luckily, I got enough pictures of them and the classroom to make a pretty decent scrapbook page. These are children I don't want to forget--it sounds weird, but they were my first class. That's a pretty big deal. I saw them 2 days a week for at least 1/2 a day for the whole semester. I really think I'm going to keep in touch with Mrs. Goodling, too. She is a really nice person, and plus, she listened to me spew my entire story of Oxford and then cared enough to tell me to keep in touch with her, and to let her know how the trip turns out. What a nice lady. :)
My students made me cards. They're so cute. That's another thing I can put in a scrapbook. For my last lesson, I taught them about Cinco de Mayo, and made a pinata. They LOVED the pinata. Kaitlyn took the broken halves home, telling me she was going to put them up on her wall. Oh, room 104. I'll miss you.
And now for the 3rd topic for the day:
Guys.
That one I had the crush on since last Oct (2007)? I have come to terms with the pure and simple fact that he is really not a nice person, and I really should move on and get interested in other people. Which I have. I'm pretty legit-ly crushing on a few, in fact. It's just...I don't know. I am too socially awkward to actually act interested when they're around. I fail at getting a date, lol.
I had a bunch of ideas in my head to write about, but by now I'm really too tired to remember them other than they were about kissing boys I don't know. ha. but I'll write more about that later. :)
Anyway, a long entry is due, I guess.
I'm starting to get excited about going to Oxford. I downloaded a desktop countdown for it. 58 days and I will be on my way to England. I don't think it has quite hit me yet, and I don't think it will until I step foot off the plane at Heathrow. Oh. my. god. I am going to England. This is something that I have wanted for so long, I think I might just die of happiness when I arrive. Even thinking about it fills my heart to burst with excitement. I think this is what Lewis was talking about in Surprised by Joy. This is the longing I think of when I read that. A longing for something that you think you've been missing, yet you don't realize it until you actually think about it. I don't know exactly what I am expecting out of the trip, but I feel like something deep down in my heart and soul is going to be filled. It makes me want to get there, find the closest patch of British soil, and lay there, soaking up the pure fact that it is British land. I'm a freak, I know.
Ok, enough about that for a bit.
Today was my last day of Field Block 1. I had a really good experience there this semester. I really feel that I have grown in my confidence as a teacher, as well as my ability to feel comfortable in new situations. Now let's hope that transfers to the rest of my life, ha ha. Anyway, I'm going to miss the 13 students I worked with this semester. I really grew to know them and I am really going to miss them. Luckily, I got enough pictures of them and the classroom to make a pretty decent scrapbook page. These are children I don't want to forget--it sounds weird, but they were my first class. That's a pretty big deal. I saw them 2 days a week for at least 1/2 a day for the whole semester. I really think I'm going to keep in touch with Mrs. Goodling, too. She is a really nice person, and plus, she listened to me spew my entire story of Oxford and then cared enough to tell me to keep in touch with her, and to let her know how the trip turns out. What a nice lady. :)
My students made me cards. They're so cute. That's another thing I can put in a scrapbook. For my last lesson, I taught them about Cinco de Mayo, and made a pinata. They LOVED the pinata. Kaitlyn took the broken halves home, telling me she was going to put them up on her wall. Oh, room 104. I'll miss you.
And now for the 3rd topic for the day:
Guys.
That one I had the crush on since last Oct (2007)? I have come to terms with the pure and simple fact that he is really not a nice person, and I really should move on and get interested in other people. Which I have. I'm pretty legit-ly crushing on a few, in fact. It's just...I don't know. I am too socially awkward to actually act interested when they're around. I fail at getting a date, lol.
I had a bunch of ideas in my head to write about, but by now I'm really too tired to remember them other than they were about kissing boys I don't know. ha. but I'll write more about that later. :)