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oh my god i'm so happy right now. i'm just so happy about absolutely everything in my life...
i just got back from my meeting with my cooperating teacher at pennsbury west (aka medill bair). walking into that building took my breath away... all the rush of memories and emotions... it was scary and exciting and everything all at once. i thought to myself "this is my dream. this is my life. i want to teach." fuck that oncology stuff... that was all just a phase (as most of you know because i've hung out with a few of you since that strange post of mine)
i entered through the "B" side, which used to be william penn middle school before they attached it to medill bair. looking over to the side of the entrance where i entered i saw an ancient plaque mounted on the wall saying "william penn school, erected in 1950-something, blah blah blah" and it was creepy and awesome. i found my classroom effortlessly because everything just clicked and i know the building so well. i attended medill bair junior high starting in 1996 until 1998.. two short years... and then i was off to pennsbury high school (now known as pennsbury east). so it's been like... say... almost 8 years since ive even stepped in that building? but i remembered where everything's at.
my teacher is very nice and she's so helpful (already!) she even gave me her home number and cell number. i dressed very professionally when meeting her today, but i still felt so young because i look about the same age as some of the students, especially because of my height. i told her that i'll have to make sure not to switch classes like a student when the bell rings and she started cracking up. i'm teaching two regular 9th grade english classes (they call them parallel classes) and i'm teaching one honors class. they still read all the same novels that i read when i was in 9th grade! this is gonna be fun. they still have block scheduling (4 87-minute classes), so i'll have my "prep period" during c period (rock! two hour lunch break!!)
i feel young and old at the same time. it's a strange feeling, but it's an incredible feeling. i think it's a feeling you get before your life changes forever.
i'm just so glad that i've made it through college so far, and i dont think i couldve done it without ALL of my friends. april and jeff had more of a direct impact and i dont know what i ever would have done without them, but everyone else has had an impact too.. just being my support and my point of sanity... being so much fun to hang out with and talk to when i'm stressed about school... i'm the luckiest person in the world.
i just got back from my meeting with my cooperating teacher at pennsbury west (aka medill bair). walking into that building took my breath away... all the rush of memories and emotions... it was scary and exciting and everything all at once. i thought to myself "this is my dream. this is my life. i want to teach." fuck that oncology stuff... that was all just a phase (as most of you know because i've hung out with a few of you since that strange post of mine)
i entered through the "B" side, which used to be william penn middle school before they attached it to medill bair. looking over to the side of the entrance where i entered i saw an ancient plaque mounted on the wall saying "william penn school, erected in 1950-something, blah blah blah" and it was creepy and awesome. i found my classroom effortlessly because everything just clicked and i know the building so well. i attended medill bair junior high starting in 1996 until 1998.. two short years... and then i was off to pennsbury high school (now known as pennsbury east). so it's been like... say... almost 8 years since ive even stepped in that building? but i remembered where everything's at.
my teacher is very nice and she's so helpful (already!) she even gave me her home number and cell number. i dressed very professionally when meeting her today, but i still felt so young because i look about the same age as some of the students, especially because of my height. i told her that i'll have to make sure not to switch classes like a student when the bell rings and she started cracking up. i'm teaching two regular 9th grade english classes (they call them parallel classes) and i'm teaching one honors class. they still read all the same novels that i read when i was in 9th grade! this is gonna be fun. they still have block scheduling (4 87-minute classes), so i'll have my "prep period" during c period (rock! two hour lunch break!!)
i feel young and old at the same time. it's a strange feeling, but it's an incredible feeling. i think it's a feeling you get before your life changes forever.
i'm just so glad that i've made it through college so far, and i dont think i couldve done it without ALL of my friends. april and jeff had more of a direct impact and i dont know what i ever would have done without them, but everyone else has had an impact too.. just being my support and my point of sanity... being so much fun to hang out with and talk to when i'm stressed about school... i'm the luckiest person in the world.