this is the amount of money i borrowed to earn my degrees: $114, 005.43
and according to salliemae, I’ll pay back this much: $223, 119.73
i have a b.a. in english that it took me 7 years to get b/c i was a dumb kid with my head up my ass for awhile, and i finished at [...]
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viva la american dream
Posted in education, life, tagged american dream, bullroar, college, degrees, financial aid on May 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
money…dead weight
Posted in education, life, tagged education, life, Money, Student Loans on October 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
so after a great weekend (friday night seeing dad play in westport and hanging out with mom, b, & t, and saturday going to the ku/ksu game and watching a great snl) i decided this morning to get my finances in order. i’m trying to be healthier, to be more positive. to put my [...]
moving right along
Posted in education, life, poetry on February 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
the last few weeks have been incredibly humbling. knowing how to teach freshman composition has prepared me in some ways to teach high school, but there is a whole school of fish i have not encountered before and they are the apathetic and/or could give a crap students. i want to say to [...]
so much to do
Posted in education on January 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
gifted and angry
Posted in education on November 21, 2006 | 1 Comment »
we talked a lot in one of my ed. classes today about gifted and talented kids, and it occurred to me taht on one level or another all of my friends fall into this category. here is a definition from www.nagc.com (national associateion for gifted children)
“The current federal definition of gifted students was originally developed [...]
the plugged in generation
Posted in education, life, technology on October 24, 2006 | 1 Comment »
i have to respond to something i read on a friend’s blog:
“18-22 year-olds today do not know how to be alone. In fact, I think they’re afraid of being alone. I think they are probably mostly afraid of looking like a dork because they are alone.” –ejbilling.wordpress.com
i agree with my observant friend and must inform [...]
Just a few things
Posted in art, criticism, education, life on October 23, 2006 | 1 Comment »
i’m pretty thrilled to be rollin with this man. i had a long weekend with the rents while he studied and played world of warcraft, yes, my husband is a gamer, and when i got home yesterday we had dinner and went about our separate business. i have to say that we spend [...]
breathe
