Quick Update-let:
*My parents gave me exactly what I asked for for my birthday: a $100 gift certificate to my grocery store! It's kind of a chic place and I always have to buy the cheapest food. Well, not this month! I'm going to buy sushi, flowers, wine, and fancy Mexican juice. I think this is a sign that I'm getting older: I'm moving on from clothes to chic cuisine.
*I have a case conference on Monday. That means I have a meeting with all of the heads of my graduate program, and a man I've never met, who will grill me about my student teaching placement. If they gang up on me, I may either a) break down and sob, b) yell "I'm actually paying to be here (insert insane laughter of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown), so could someone teach me please?!!!, or c) just look at them like a dear in the headlights, stand up, and run out the door, never to return again to this awful program. I could so completely get a good job with a B.A. from Wash U, right?
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Friday, February 25, 2005
Oh my gosh. Only one more week of this- I'm so excited to get away from there! My mom mailed me the controller to my tv today. Isn't it proof how lazy Americans are? I love it so much already. Not laying on the floor and changing the channels with my toes is such a luxury.
I've decided that it's time to start dying my hair to cover my grays. That's right, one week before my 23rd birthday. I have to take two major teaching tests on Saturday. Sometimes I just want to go live at my parents house for free...wouldn't that be easy? But, this keeps me going: my mom continued in medical school, with 36-hour shifts in surgery, etc., when I was a baby. My life is so much easier than that!
I've decided that it's time to start dying my hair to cover my grays. That's right, one week before my 23rd birthday. I have to take two major teaching tests on Saturday. Sometimes I just want to go live at my parents house for free...wouldn't that be easy? But, this keeps me going: my mom continued in medical school, with 36-hour shifts in surgery, etc., when I was a baby. My life is so much easier than that!
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Daddy Warbucks visited this weekend. He came up for St. Olaf's Father/Son dinner last night, but he stayed at my apartment on Thursday and Friday night. Whenever he comes, all I do is eat! It's an excuse to go to a restaurant where they have paper napkins. We also went to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, which is so beautiful. While we were walking around one of the atriums, we started listening to a tour guide describing a roman statue in the middle of the room. She said "You don't see many men that are this muscular these days...well, actually, my son looks just like this...mind you, it's been a while since I've seen him without his shorts..." We couldn't stop laughing, so we had to walk away really fast.
Other updates:
*I think that I'll survive the last two weeks of teaching high school ESL. On Thursday afternoon, my teacher said, "obviously we have a lot of communication problems" and I said "yeah, I agree" and she thought that was funny. Oh well, maybe she won't patronize me or email my supervisor to tell her that "Miss Walters is flashing the students" anymore (which she did and I called her on it...any normally compassionate human being would tell another person about a wardrobe issue, right?)
*My cat spend at least 8 hours a day sleeping in my bathroom sink. It's so cute.
*My new study spot is Panera Bread (called St. Louis Bread Co. in MO). They have free wireless internet. Free!
*"Just the Two of Us" by Will Smith is the sweetest rap song (I'm using it in my music unit at school, also because it's impossible to find rap songs that only need a few bleeps).
*I'm exicted about going to see Keane on Monday night with John!
Other updates:
*I think that I'll survive the last two weeks of teaching high school ESL. On Thursday afternoon, my teacher said, "obviously we have a lot of communication problems" and I said "yeah, I agree" and she thought that was funny. Oh well, maybe she won't patronize me or email my supervisor to tell her that "Miss Walters is flashing the students" anymore (which she did and I called her on it...any normally compassionate human being would tell another person about a wardrobe issue, right?)
*My cat spend at least 8 hours a day sleeping in my bathroom sink. It's so cute.
*My new study spot is Panera Bread (called St. Louis Bread Co. in MO). They have free wireless internet. Free!
*"Just the Two of Us" by Will Smith is the sweetest rap song (I'm using it in my music unit at school, also because it's impossible to find rap songs that only need a few bleeps).
*I'm exicted about going to see Keane on Monday night with John!
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
So...I had a really nice date last night. I'm pretty excited, for the first time in months. But I'm too tired to worry about it, and my friends are really getting on my nerves. We're all stressed out, I guess, which is why everyone complains all the time. And no wonder, since most of us work 10 hours a day and then have hours of reading and lesson planning when we get home. I honestly didn't realize the weekend was over yesterday.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
"I'm in love with the ordinary, I need a simple space to rest my head...everything gets clear"
-Jimmy Eat World
I kind of wish that was written by a famous poet, because it seems so middle-school to quote a pop song. But whatever, it applies to me this week! Things are getting so much better at school:) The worst thing in a working environment is when your supervisor can't understand your point of view and needs. I think after my advisor emailed her that I was completely stressed-out, she felt really bad and finally understood that the absence of structure does not create an comfortable teaching environment. And although a lot of my students are gang members and drug dealers, at least they seem to like me and listen to me to some extent. It's sometimes like pulling teeth to get them to participate though. I swear that one girl thinks that she'll just float through without ever doing anything (especially speaking in English). Sad to say, that reminds me of myself (although I did do all the homework in Spanish class). It's so important that all the students gain some usable skills from this class though, whether in a minimum wage position, or just for legal/tax purposes (like signing one's name).
Tomorrow my brother comes back from home, where he stayed for a week. I'm actually not that jealous, because it's so sureal to stay in my parents' house! Anyways, I have the sweetest new cat here, so it's not just me talking to my fish. I got her from the Humane society on Saturday. She's older, which is so convenient because I don't have to pay for any of the surgery or shots. Plus, she is the sweetest cat...when I come home, she mews until I pick her up. I named her Juniper, because she's blue-tinted silver, and because her old name, Bozie, was so stupid. However, I have decided that under no circumstances will I turn into the single cat lady (which my uncle thought was the name of a super hero, but which is actually a derogatory term among males -so I've heard- for an undesirable woman who stays home on Saturday nights and knits with her cat companion). So this will be the last mention of my cat here, unless I'm questioned directly! And under no conditions will I ever wear or display any cat paraphenalia...so the only signs that I actually have a cat will be, it's food dish (which is quite stylish), it's litter box, which looks like an igloo, and the cat herself. Hopefully, all of these conditions will help me to avoid the inevitable slide towards single cat lady life. I also have a blind date on Friday, with a man who sounds quite sponge-worthy (just kidding;), which will help me to avoid the "single" aspect altogether.
-Jimmy Eat World
I kind of wish that was written by a famous poet, because it seems so middle-school to quote a pop song. But whatever, it applies to me this week! Things are getting so much better at school:) The worst thing in a working environment is when your supervisor can't understand your point of view and needs. I think after my advisor emailed her that I was completely stressed-out, she felt really bad and finally understood that the absence of structure does not create an comfortable teaching environment. And although a lot of my students are gang members and drug dealers, at least they seem to like me and listen to me to some extent. It's sometimes like pulling teeth to get them to participate though. I swear that one girl thinks that she'll just float through without ever doing anything (especially speaking in English). Sad to say, that reminds me of myself (although I did do all the homework in Spanish class). It's so important that all the students gain some usable skills from this class though, whether in a minimum wage position, or just for legal/tax purposes (like signing one's name).
Tomorrow my brother comes back from home, where he stayed for a week. I'm actually not that jealous, because it's so sureal to stay in my parents' house! Anyways, I have the sweetest new cat here, so it's not just me talking to my fish. I got her from the Humane society on Saturday. She's older, which is so convenient because I don't have to pay for any of the surgery or shots. Plus, she is the sweetest cat...when I come home, she mews until I pick her up. I named her Juniper, because she's blue-tinted silver, and because her old name, Bozie, was so stupid. However, I have decided that under no circumstances will I turn into the single cat lady (which my uncle thought was the name of a super hero, but which is actually a derogatory term among males -so I've heard- for an undesirable woman who stays home on Saturday nights and knits with her cat companion). So this will be the last mention of my cat here, unless I'm questioned directly! And under no conditions will I ever wear or display any cat paraphenalia...so the only signs that I actually have a cat will be, it's food dish (which is quite stylish), it's litter box, which looks like an igloo, and the cat herself. Hopefully, all of these conditions will help me to avoid the inevitable slide towards single cat lady life. I also have a blind date on Friday, with a man who sounds quite sponge-worthy (just kidding;), which will help me to avoid the "single" aspect altogether.
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