2 months... 4 days later...
Camp has finished...
It was a wonderful summer and yet again when beginning the summer I didn't know how it would go since there were several new staff and not knowing how the dynamics would go. That and switching roles was something that I wondered about. From the very beginning the staff made me proud with their desire to be the best that they could be and to watch them triumph through obstacles that came up. There were several hysterical moments and quotes that I will always cherish & there are many lessons that I learned the hard way that will enable me to be that much more the wiser in the future. I was happy to find how I have grown to be able to accept criticism from others but remain my worst critic. I laughed... a lot... I cried... a lot one week... I got angry... quite angry but soon subsided... I grew as an individual and would not have traded it for anything in the world. It was an amazing summer- one that made it difficult to leave- and makes me sad each time I'm up there without the full staff- and makes even more anticipation for the staff reunion in December.
The end is bittersweet but with it begins the present which will lead to the future, which has many possibilities. For the present preparation time for Student Teaching is finally here... I need to make sure that all is in order for the fall and get settled here so that I'm prepared for the work at my placements- that and it's time to buckle down and start applications/auditions/tests/recommendation letters/etcetera for graduate school and decide what I'm definitely planning on for the spring... current options are...
1)Go to South Carolina- substitute teach- live w/ Melody
2)Possibly a Music Teacher Maternity leave position at my first placement school
3)Stay at home and substitute teach in the area
4)Go right onto graduate school?
5)Possibly start teaching full-time
*things to consider- auditions possibly during these options(exception #4) take a rest before graduate school?
So that's where things currently are.. one thing that was mentioned at camp that I'm trying to grasp and take to heart is the fact, it doesn't matter what I do, the important thing is the way that I do it- reminds me of "Ain't what you do it's the way that you do it"- that was some advice given and repeated so now it's just down to making a final decision... leaning at this moment towards South Carolina since I loved it when I visited there the summer of 2006 =-)... well now it's definitely time for me to get some rest since this has finally tired me out
It was a wonderful summer and yet again when beginning the summer I didn't know how it would go since there were several new staff and not knowing how the dynamics would go. That and switching roles was something that I wondered about. From the very beginning the staff made me proud with their desire to be the best that they could be and to watch them triumph through obstacles that came up. There were several hysterical moments and quotes that I will always cherish & there are many lessons that I learned the hard way that will enable me to be that much more the wiser in the future. I was happy to find how I have grown to be able to accept criticism from others but remain my worst critic. I laughed... a lot... I cried... a lot one week... I got angry... quite angry but soon subsided... I grew as an individual and would not have traded it for anything in the world. It was an amazing summer- one that made it difficult to leave- and makes me sad each time I'm up there without the full staff- and makes even more anticipation for the staff reunion in December.
The end is bittersweet but with it begins the present which will lead to the future, which has many possibilities. For the present preparation time for Student Teaching is finally here... I need to make sure that all is in order for the fall and get settled here so that I'm prepared for the work at my placements- that and it's time to buckle down and start applications/auditions/tests/recommendation letters/etcetera for graduate school and decide what I'm definitely planning on for the spring... current options are...
1)Go to South Carolina- substitute teach- live w/ Melody
2)Possibly a Music Teacher Maternity leave position at my first placement school
3)Stay at home and substitute teach in the area
4)Go right onto graduate school?
5)Possibly start teaching full-time
*things to consider- auditions possibly during these options(exception #4) take a rest before graduate school?
So that's where things currently are.. one thing that was mentioned at camp that I'm trying to grasp and take to heart is the fact, it doesn't matter what I do, the important thing is the way that I do it- reminds me of "Ain't what you do it's the way that you do it"- that was some advice given and repeated so now it's just down to making a final decision... leaning at this moment towards South Carolina since I loved it when I visited there the summer of 2006 =-)... well now it's definitely time for me to get some rest since this has finally tired me out