I was told today that I cannot drive the car because my mother thinks I'm constantly drunk. I haven't driven in months. I can't take this any more. I'm hitting my limit. I appreciate that they're looking out for me but I feel like I'm 7. I have no privacy or independence. My mother thinks I'm a loser slacker. She said I couldn't "cut it" at grad ( Read more... )

So I've had time to digest what they actually said to me ( Read more... )

Just came back from the interview. Wasn't so bad. Not sure if I really want the job...it sounds extremely intense but the kids are sweet and the class size is small. So we'll see.

So I'm having my first real teaching job interview in about an hour. It's for a long term sub position at a private school called Pinewood. There's a part of me that really wants to get it. I can earn some money, maybe get a permanent job at this school, etc. There's also a part of me that doesn't want to get it 'cause I really wanted to take a ( Read more... )

Last awkward moment ( Read more... )

So its been a little while. Do my best to update ( Read more... )

Almost done with week 3. The weekend sounds amazing. I came home today and just crashed, I was exhausted. But its going really well, having a lot of fun, getting a lot more comfortable doing lessons which is really exciting ( Read more... )

So I'm feeling good. I ran this morning which is fabulous. I've determined that starting next weekend I'm going to be trying new things, meet some new people, get involved. I'm kicking it off with my 5 year high school reunion (haha, that sounds adorable) on Friday and see some people that I haven't seen since 2003. Should be cool ( Read more... )

So student teaching's going a lot better now. At first I thought the mentor teacher didn't like me or something. Its more that she's a bit brash and to the point which I was taking as animosity at first. But now she's cool and she seems to be warming up to me ( Read more... )

So the student teaching dilemma is all better now :) Whew, that made me nervous...

So I start student teaching tomorrow. I'm a little nervous, not gonna' lie. This is a big semester. I'm going to have to completely take over the class for 2 weeks. Like I know it'll be fine in the end but eek!