where has the dane been...
This is going to be hopefully short and to the point of what I'm busy with these day as I haven't written in a tad bit tooo long. Basically I'm super busy with a four hour class with a crazy prof. who visited wheaton back in the day and always says how pretty the campus is and then the other four days i'm working at a school. I've been working for 3 weeks now and I absolutely LOVE IT! The school's name is Chartfield and is in east putney (a very interesting little area outside of central london in zone 2). It's a small school because it's closing in a year and there are only about 30 students let now in the three years. ALSO: the students are all boys. It's a v. interesting change as I'm used to working with girls, but I'm loving the change. Chartfield is specifically for children with learning disabilities and emotional/behavioral problems. It's really thrilling to finally be doing something that is directly heading down the path of what I've been wanting to do for years now. The kids are amazing, from their fits and fighting to their sweet, fun and caring sides. I primarily work with year eights, who are around the age of 12. I am already upset that I'll have to leave them in December, but hopefully I'll keep in touch and write letters to my year eights.
Otherwise, life as usual is interesting. I went to Oxford for the day with Laura and Kristen on Saturday and had the most fantastic time ever. It was such a nice day as it had been far too long since Cork, Kristen and I had had a girls day of touristiness. I've decided that I really want to apply to grad school their. I also bought two matching sweatshirts, one for me and one for my mum! I'm v. excited to give it to her on Christmas. hmm so otherwise the big whammy of the weekend occurred a few hours ago when sam and I broke up for good it seems. I could tell something was coming and this had crossed my mind but I handled it quite well and am actually feeling like a huge weight was lifted. Turns out he met a girl at Wheaton that he "was going to tell me about soon" so I was like umm right and bitched him out for acting like we were really together now and completely leading me on to think things were going well. But in the end it all just made me feel really empowered because I've never really stood up for myself so well before under such circumstances. I don't know if the upset factor will hit in at some point, but I'm doing really well right now and Cork and Kristen were the most fantastic of friends to be with at the time. So go me and being free to find a boy who isn't an emotional wreck, maybe can dress well and doesn't smoke cigarettes.
Now this clearly wasn't as short as I expected but that's alright. Now I will go sleeeep in my Oxford jumper and dream of grad schoooool. It's been a hell of a weekend and I've got my Jamie Cullum concert tomorrow night!!! So excited! Oooh and Scrim and KEC come to England in T-4 days!!! HARRY POTTER!
Cheers mates.
Otherwise, life as usual is interesting. I went to Oxford for the day with Laura and Kristen on Saturday and had the most fantastic time ever. It was such a nice day as it had been far too long since Cork, Kristen and I had had a girls day of touristiness. I've decided that I really want to apply to grad school their. I also bought two matching sweatshirts, one for me and one for my mum! I'm v. excited to give it to her on Christmas. hmm so otherwise the big whammy of the weekend occurred a few hours ago when sam and I broke up for good it seems. I could tell something was coming and this had crossed my mind but I handled it quite well and am actually feeling like a huge weight was lifted. Turns out he met a girl at Wheaton that he "was going to tell me about soon" so I was like umm right and bitched him out for acting like we were really together now and completely leading me on to think things were going well. But in the end it all just made me feel really empowered because I've never really stood up for myself so well before under such circumstances. I don't know if the upset factor will hit in at some point, but I'm doing really well right now and Cork and Kristen were the most fantastic of friends to be with at the time. So go me and being free to find a boy who isn't an emotional wreck, maybe can dress well and doesn't smoke cigarettes.
Now this clearly wasn't as short as I expected but that's alright. Now I will go sleeeep in my Oxford jumper and dream of grad schoooool. It's been a hell of a weekend and I've got my Jamie Cullum concert tomorrow night!!! So excited! Oooh and Scrim and KEC come to England in T-4 days!!! HARRY POTTER!
Cheers mates.