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Archive for January, 2007

so much to do

here’s the deal.  i have a large amount of work to do but all i want is to sit here and play on the internet, order shoes from old navy and sweaters from vickie’s secret, watch the re-cast of nashville star, and slack around til the ku game comes on at noon thirty.
i have a [...]

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last night alex and i went to see freedom writers because i am an english teaching dork and thought it looked pertty good, a variation on dangerous minds, based on a true story.  it was incredibly well done, hopeful, and (because i went out and bought the book it was based on after the film) [...]

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bits and pieces

i have now completed 8 days of student teaching. i am in love with the prospect of having my own classroom and being connected to students all day, sharing material with them, openeing their mids even just a fraction of an inch.
highlights from the last two weeks: a jr. accelerated class that loved ‘yoshimi [...]

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yep yep yep

student teaching began last wednesday and i am already tired of getting up at 5:30. i do love the variety of classes: accelerated sophomores, juniors, junior plus (remedial), and lit and film. it is the last class that excites me the most. while it will be fun to teach the great gatsby, [...]

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i could post pictures here from new years and talk about what a great time i had at carrie and joe’s, about how alex and i laughed all the way home, about how amazing it was to realize people who were important to me when i was 15 are still phenomenal people and are still [...]

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