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i've been the happiest that i can remember spending every day with my ideal friend, noah. we act like children going to the park in the rain, rolling down giant hills with waist-high plants, and building a fort in the backyard. i'm going to be a very unhappy girl starting saturday when he leaves for chicago for the rest of summer. :) --> :(
thorsten moved back to norway, and i find myself missing him much more than i thought i was capable of. it is strange to see and talk to someone every day for six months and then one day have him disappear from my life completely. i didn't realize i would get so attached to that robotic, condescending boy, but i did. he knows my daily habits, i know his. i was completely comfortable around him, and i'm only realizing now how much he affected my life on a daily basis. plus, now that he's gone there's no reason to throw my knife at the wall of his room.
i've been spending time with another new friend i made, but it is proving to be nothing more than a complicated mess from which i can't seem to detach myself. logically i should not be spending time with someone with a history like the one he has, but at the same time much of it matches my own in a way nobody else i've known has.
in a week or two i'm starting my job as a course assistant for sweetland 100. i have been looking forward to this job for months--long before i even applied for it. not only will this improve my tutoring and writing, but it will also give me stable teaching experience rather than the sporadic tutoring that happens at sweetland. on top of that, the experience i'll get will help me get a teaching fellowship for after i graduate but before i go to grad school. it makes me think that i may be a likely contender for the budapest fulbright, which would be the greatest achievement i could reach after finishing undergrad.
i'm also really excited about the job because i get to teach sweetland 100 instead of english 125. not only do i get to work with sweetland faculty which will allow me to get more involved in the writing center next year (i'm hoping to be asked to go to writing conferences!), but i take being chosen for sweetland 100 as an honor. background info: i'm going to be assisting with the summer bridge program which is intended to get some students who have been admitted to the university to raise their english and math skills before taking classes in the fall. their admittance in the fall is contingent on doing well in the bridge program because they have tested at the low end of the admissions spectrum. so, sweetland 100 is the writing class students can take before english 124 or 125 (which is the first year writing requirement for all of ls&a) if someone is not yet ready for college writing and doesn't think s/he will do well in the class. this means that the students taking sweetland 100 this summer are the weakest writers of the incoming freshman class. therefore, this means that by getting selected to work with the weakest writers i must have been one of the best applicants! i'm very excited and flattered about this because tutoring writing is my favorite activity. all aspects are very gratifying: i love working with students to help them become better writers and improve their confidence in their abilities; i love how much i have learned about writing and how much my skills have improved from working with writing theory and applying the theory in an experiential form; and since i am obsessed with all types of writing, i really like being able to work with a piece of writing and having that specific piece move toward its fullest potential. it's the Best Thing Ever.
okay, that's all for now. see ya.
thorsten moved back to norway, and i find myself missing him much more than i thought i was capable of. it is strange to see and talk to someone every day for six months and then one day have him disappear from my life completely. i didn't realize i would get so attached to that robotic, condescending boy, but i did. he knows my daily habits, i know his. i was completely comfortable around him, and i'm only realizing now how much he affected my life on a daily basis. plus, now that he's gone there's no reason to throw my knife at the wall of his room.
i've been spending time with another new friend i made, but it is proving to be nothing more than a complicated mess from which i can't seem to detach myself. logically i should not be spending time with someone with a history like the one he has, but at the same time much of it matches my own in a way nobody else i've known has.
in a week or two i'm starting my job as a course assistant for sweetland 100. i have been looking forward to this job for months--long before i even applied for it. not only will this improve my tutoring and writing, but it will also give me stable teaching experience rather than the sporadic tutoring that happens at sweetland. on top of that, the experience i'll get will help me get a teaching fellowship for after i graduate but before i go to grad school. it makes me think that i may be a likely contender for the budapest fulbright, which would be the greatest achievement i could reach after finishing undergrad.
i'm also really excited about the job because i get to teach sweetland 100 instead of english 125. not only do i get to work with sweetland faculty which will allow me to get more involved in the writing center next year (i'm hoping to be asked to go to writing conferences!), but i take being chosen for sweetland 100 as an honor. background info: i'm going to be assisting with the summer bridge program which is intended to get some students who have been admitted to the university to raise their english and math skills before taking classes in the fall. their admittance in the fall is contingent on doing well in the bridge program because they have tested at the low end of the admissions spectrum. so, sweetland 100 is the writing class students can take before english 124 or 125 (which is the first year writing requirement for all of ls&a) if someone is not yet ready for college writing and doesn't think s/he will do well in the class. this means that the students taking sweetland 100 this summer are the weakest writers of the incoming freshman class. therefore, this means that by getting selected to work with the weakest writers i must have been one of the best applicants! i'm very excited and flattered about this because tutoring writing is my favorite activity. all aspects are very gratifying: i love working with students to help them become better writers and improve their confidence in their abilities; i love how much i have learned about writing and how much my skills have improved from working with writing theory and applying the theory in an experiential form; and since i am obsessed with all types of writing, i really like being able to work with a piece of writing and having that specific piece move toward its fullest potential. it's the Best Thing Ever.
okay, that's all for now. see ya.