Originally posted by lavenderfrost at ...WTF.
I just can't even believe this shit.

NYTimes, the bastion of quality reporting, reported on the gang-rape of an 11 year-old girl in Texas  that's led to charges against 18 high-school boys so far - all well and good so far, right?  Shit like this NEEDS publicity to raise awareness.

Only problem is, they repeated - ( Read more... )

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.

Interviews Scheduled As ( Read more... )

Okay, first off, sorry to be horribly incoherent and vague, but I am trying to avoid mega spoilers.  And secondly: Lester's Canadian?  Of course he is.  ^_________^

OMG Chuck and Sarah are ridiculously adorable.  And Morgan is such an awesome friend, trying to help them out.  And then Casey joins in because, really, those three can't do anything ( Read more... )

So, I bought a new laptop almost a year ago and the webcam has been on the fritz pretty much since then.  I just never really noticed this at first because I wasn't using it much.  However, more recently I have been trying to use it and have not been able to, or it will work for a little while and then shut off arbitrarily.  So I waited until I had ( Read more... )

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So I've been living with my mother for the past three weeks while I'm doing my practicum in Ottawa, and today we got into a huge fight.  Because she was overreacting yet again about something that didn't truly concern her.  She's just upset that I neglected to mention a few things about an event that was none of her business and doesn't actually ( Read more... )

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!

While these past two weeks ( Read more... )