I was never a huge fan of my own graduations from school. Maybe it was because I've never really liked big receptions, and they all seem to come with one ... and I know my college graduation was tinged with the fact that I had to go right back into student teaching the day after that crazy weekend of ceremonies ( Read more... )

Last Saturday, my family had a joint celebration to celebrate my graduation, my cousin's graduation and another (second/third?) cousin's graduation from college. It was really wonderful - we spent the day outside, snacking and catching up with the various members of our family that showed up. It was at another cousin's house, so I didn't have any ( Read more... )

So, I'm sort of graduating this weekend (three ceremonies and a baccalaureate mass to attend, although, because of student teaching, I don't officially graduate and get my diploma until August) and I really haven't told anyone. Most of my closest friends haven't really been online recently to talk to or vent with. I've been reluctant to send out ( Read more... )

What a week! I went from dealing with one of the WORST weeks I've had in a long time, with the students barely listening to me at all and Ms. W writing to my supervisor expressing her "worries that I will not be able to handle the discipline of her class and the transition periods" based on what she had seen so far. This led to a fairly awkward ( Read more... )