Yesterday, I received a letter from Simon Fraser University informing me that I had been accepted to its teaching programme! I couldn't have been . . unhappier? Perhaps it was because I was only given one day to respond to a decision of epic proportions. Perhaps it was because the committee still insists that I can only teach high school English ( Read more... )

At the start of school, I vowed to be the best student in Geology, the best student in Geography, and the best student in History!!!bbbbut, I soon ran into the snag known as keeners. Yes, each of my classes had a couple of these super-energetic know-it-alls, and eventually I just gave up trying to top them and blogged more than studied. ^^; Well ( Read more... )

YAKNOW SOMETHING BROTHERS, LAAAAAST NIGHT I was up preparing for the big match man. I was training hard, I was saying my prayers, I was drinking the 1% skimmed milk, dudes. Because we're not talkin' minor leagues anymore, brahs, nonono we're not talkin' some amateur's playground, we're talkin' THE MAIN EVENT, BRAHS!! After MONTHS and MONTHS of ( Read more... )

Today, I found a book through Google Book Search to use for my essay, but I just realized that I can't understand any of it! Those 5 years of English majoring were suppose to prepare me for any book, dammit! Heck, I can't even understand the back cover text, and that's usually the easiest part of the book. Wazzupwitdat?!!


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This week at my college was more WAZZUPWITDAT?! than usual . .

1. Professor History says that on the last day of class, he's going to bring us to the local bar and buy us all a beer. o_O Got a standing ovation for that, even though I suspect some of these kids aren't even legal yet. Me, I miss Elementary School where it was just chips, pop, and a ( Read more... )

Are you addicted to Livejournal? Does this conflict with term papers? Well, why not "mix business with pleasure" and combine the two ( Read more... )

I'm sure a lot of you out there are also enjoying annual Term Paper month, so thought I'd post something awesome I just discovered: http://www.google.com/booksRead more... )

one week ago. college began. four months of prerequisites. want teaching degree. patience needed. Geology. lots of rocks. Geography. isn't Geology. Canadian history. confederation what? many-page-books. everything new stuff. teachers bored. many teenagers. feeling old. students largely unmotivated. some understand. i'm not some. very ( Read more... )