So, this was the most exhausting weekend of my life.  There were just so many ups and downs and limbo periods and I'm so tired.  BUT I HAVE A JOB!

The interviews all went well (except the one in Egypt, which turns out was for a French IB school and they neglected to put that in their little job description blurb; I thought it was just a regular ( Read more... )

I mean, I'm exhausted and nervous and excited and gah!  So confused!

Tonight was the start of the teachers' overseas recruiting fair (TORF) here at Queen's.  Over the next two days I'm signed up for five different interviews, with a possible three to five more.  In two days!  I'm getting even more tired just thinking about it.

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This year I dressed up as( ... )

So by now pretty much everyone in LJ land knows that yesterday was Purple Day.  And since I'm currently working on a placement in a high school, I really only expected teachers and a few of the older kids (mostly girls) to actually wear purple to show their support.

I can't tell you how floored I was by the number of students wearing purple ( Read more... )

So, not only did I survive my first week at practicum, I made it through the second one as well.  I also taught a week's worth of lessons and managed to engage most of the students most of the time.  There's just so much to think about while up at the front of the classroom, so not too shabby for the first time.  Go me!

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( Here are those pictures I promised! )

So the Egypt trip was AWESOME!  I saw so much cool stuff!

And I promised pictures, I know, but I'm just too freaking tired right now.  So I will post them as soon as I've had a little more time to sort through them (there are literally hundreds) and find all the good ones.

Hi everybody!  I missed you!

So today I'm on my way to Egypt for a week!  We're going for a live aboard, which is basically as it sounds; I live on a boat for a week and go scuba diving all the time!  I'm very excited!

And I've got this:


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So, it just occurred to me that I've been neglecting my LJ to an absolutely horrible degree, and that this must be remedied with a catch-up post.

Most of my time has been taken up by work, which is, thankfully, so close to being over (Gods, I cannot wait!).  Though a decent amount of it has also been spent watching all five seasons of Boston Legal ( Read more... )

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I mean, it's slow as hell, and wouldn't be able to do anything much smaller than what's in the video, but it's SO FREAKING COOL!!!