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I'm feeling restless and discontent at the moment, and I'm not really sure why. It's probably that I'm a bit frustrated with school at the moment. Not the teaching part--I really love that. It's everything that goes along with teaching. The paperwork, the beauraucracy, the politics. It's so...argh! Stupid Bush and his stupid No Child Left Behind. Worst idea ever. I just want to be left alone to teach my children. Grr.
Okay, now that that's out of my system...ahem. Things are going well other than silly paper-pushing frustrations. I started reading "Number the Stars" with my kids and doing a unit on the Holocaust. It's really great, and they're already getting very into it. It's really rewarding to see them get all excited about learning. And we are going to start up a pen pal program with Colby students. Amanda sent out a digest for me asking for volunteers, and I got over fifty people to volunteer in just one day! This is why I love Colby...::wistful sigh::
I'm a little lonely and I have some homesick days (Colbysick days? Karensick days?) but I'm mostly doing alright. Had a great weekend in McAllen with some TFAers last weekend, and my housemate Amy and I have started walking in the evenings, which is really very enjoyable. And Mom and Mary are coming to visit for my birthday. Hurray!
I think that's it for now...I should really go get ready to start teaching this morning. Cheers!
Okay, now that that's out of my system...ahem. Things are going well other than silly paper-pushing frustrations. I started reading "Number the Stars" with my kids and doing a unit on the Holocaust. It's really great, and they're already getting very into it. It's really rewarding to see them get all excited about learning. And we are going to start up a pen pal program with Colby students. Amanda sent out a digest for me asking for volunteers, and I got over fifty people to volunteer in just one day! This is why I love Colby...::wistful sigh::
I'm a little lonely and I have some homesick days (Colbysick days? Karensick days?) but I'm mostly doing alright. Had a great weekend in McAllen with some TFAers last weekend, and my housemate Amy and I have started walking in the evenings, which is really very enjoyable. And Mom and Mary are coming to visit for my birthday. Hurray!
I think that's it for now...I should really go get ready to start teaching this morning. Cheers!