i'm done
So done with Houston. I can't even concentrate on what I'm doing here, I've become disenchanted with this physics thing I'm doing over the summer. I like thinking about my apartment. I like thinking about my astronomy curriculum. I made an outline of all the things I want to teach for astro, and I quickly realized there is no way I can fit it all into a school year. And now I don't know what to cut out, it's all so fucking cool. I could go on for a week about Tycho Brahe alone. What a character! How about ancient astronomy! That's like, oh my god. How about space weather? Fuckin A! The Voyager missions! Stellar life cycles! Galactic formation! The Big Bang! Einstein and Hubble! The major female contributions to astronomy: Hypatia, Annie Jump Cannon, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, and so many more! That's not even the half of what I have to cover. OMG. There is just way too much cool shit to work with here. And I think I'm just going to have them do a bunch of projects, because that is probably much more beneficial than giving a formal test. Really. My mind is running at about 0.99c just thinking about this.
Honestly, if I'd known I was going to get this job, I probably wouldn't have accepted this fellowship, despite the money.
I don't know if I'm expecting too much from Austin, but hell. I'll be in Austin. Who cares. I get to make kids listen to me talk about how cool I think astronomy with no less than 8,000,000 pieces of evidence to support this claim.
I am so over Houston. I can't believe I have to sit idle here for an entire month while I sit here. I think the reason why I'm becoming disenchanted with the program is because the group we're working with is kind of blowing us off, and only giving us very simple projects to do. I understand, they're very busy doing actual things, and we're just a mere high school teacher and some high school students, but I should I sit and show up and collect money for nothing? The past two days I've either read my book or worked on lesson plans. And I have to drive 20 miles every day just to get there, it takes a lot of gas and time just sitting in my car. Houston's too fucking huge. Please let this month go quickly!
Honestly, if I'd known I was going to get this job, I probably wouldn't have accepted this fellowship, despite the money.
I don't know if I'm expecting too much from Austin, but hell. I'll be in Austin. Who cares. I get to make kids listen to me talk about how cool I think astronomy with no less than 8,000,000 pieces of evidence to support this claim.
I am so over Houston. I can't believe I have to sit idle here for an entire month while I sit here. I think the reason why I'm becoming disenchanted with the program is because the group we're working with is kind of blowing us off, and only giving us very simple projects to do. I understand, they're very busy doing actual things, and we're just a mere high school teacher and some high school students, but I should I sit and show up and collect money for nothing? The past two days I've either read my book or worked on lesson plans. And I have to drive 20 miles every day just to get there, it takes a lot of gas and time just sitting in my car. Houston's too fucking huge. Please let this month go quickly!