Ramblings...
Feb. 15th, 2006 03:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
phoenixastraeaWell, the next two weeks are going to be a doozy. First off, I have an interview with a high school on Wednesday, which fills me with excitement and trepidation. I haven't interviewed before so I'm worried that I'm going to come off as either too talkative, too brassy, too nervous, or too...something. I don't even know. What I do know is that I really want this job and don't want to flub it up. I also have to write a personal statement and start getting recommendations out to these people. OH and I have to take the PRAXIS II sometime and get my SAT I scores for PRAXIS one. ARGH!!!
Classes are going really well. These education courses are transforming the way I think about teaching, including my personal teaching philosophy and classroom management tactics. Its just a constant flow of work that keeps me busy all week. It's also quite daunting how much goes into teaching. or at least, GOOD teaching.
I REALLY need to get my thesis focused. I know when I write something great and what I turned in back in January was not great. I could really use one more semester; I wasn't intending on taking these education courses so I meant to have the entire semester to devote to this project. I don't regret my decision at all (indeed, it's the main reason I have this job opportunity) but its made my time so much more precious and procrastinating that much more difficult. My prof wants to have a finished product by the 15th of April, so I'm going to shoot for that, which gives us enough time to edit and review for glaring mistakes. I'll be happy for that deadline. It's going to force me to kick my ass into shape.
I need to get back to the gym. Haven't really had time. Going in the morning was a good routine but now I have some office hours to attend and to be honest, all the positive and negative stress that I'm under has me cherishing my morning sleeptime. Even the obnoxious Kid Kraddick of 107.5 couldn't get me up today!
Speaking of waking up this morning, I woke up with a greater confidence in the X-men movie. They're playing fast and furious with some key plot-lines (think of it as Claremont and Whedon having a dirty quickie in the copy room) but all the threads might actually come together with some consistancy. Either way, I want to see Jean and I want to see her NOW!!!
I just need to survive until May; I should hopefully be able to make some key decisions as to where I live then (based upon job status, etc.), the thesis has to be bound and turned in by May 1st, and I should be able to return to enjoying the things I love like sketching, writing (for pleasure!), reading (again, for pleasure!), playing my flute, and even fencing.
Thrilling, eh?
Think I can make it? Place all bets here.
Classes are going really well. These education courses are transforming the way I think about teaching, including my personal teaching philosophy and classroom management tactics. Its just a constant flow of work that keeps me busy all week. It's also quite daunting how much goes into teaching. or at least, GOOD teaching.
I REALLY need to get my thesis focused. I know when I write something great and what I turned in back in January was not great. I could really use one more semester; I wasn't intending on taking these education courses so I meant to have the entire semester to devote to this project. I don't regret my decision at all (indeed, it's the main reason I have this job opportunity) but its made my time so much more precious and procrastinating that much more difficult. My prof wants to have a finished product by the 15th of April, so I'm going to shoot for that, which gives us enough time to edit and review for glaring mistakes. I'll be happy for that deadline. It's going to force me to kick my ass into shape.
I need to get back to the gym. Haven't really had time. Going in the morning was a good routine but now I have some office hours to attend and to be honest, all the positive and negative stress that I'm under has me cherishing my morning sleeptime. Even the obnoxious Kid Kraddick of 107.5 couldn't get me up today!
Speaking of waking up this morning, I woke up with a greater confidence in the X-men movie. They're playing fast and furious with some key plot-lines (think of it as Claremont and Whedon having a dirty quickie in the copy room) but all the threads might actually come together with some consistancy. Either way, I want to see Jean and I want to see her NOW!!!
I just need to survive until May; I should hopefully be able to make some key decisions as to where I live then (based upon job status, etc.), the thesis has to be bound and turned in by May 1st, and I should be able to return to enjoying the things I love like sketching, writing (for pleasure!), reading (again, for pleasure!), playing my flute, and even fencing.
Thrilling, eh?
Think I can make it? Place all bets here.
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Date: 2006-02-16 01:26 pm (UTC)Heather, why do you *insist* on writing things I can't un-read??
Casey