I got a car loan! Despite having no income and no credit history! I have $4000 for a 2001 or newer, so keep a lookout for me!
Turns out I need a car to get up to Sandy next month when I finish my student teaching at South Hills Middle School. I've held out till the last possible moment. I've tried to delay growing up till absolutely necessary, evident in my lack of a car and cell phone until my senior year, last semester. But I'll have gotten through 4 years of college without any debt, supporting myself the whole way!
So if anyone has a car on their hands that they'd feel like selling me, let me know!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Salmonella
My cooperating teacher Mrs. Cluff suddenly got sick in the middle of the school day and up and left! She called the office, said she was leaving and not to worry about a sub, and left in a huff. I turned to the kids in the Catering class and said "Oooo, she is mad at you!" and they really thought it was something they had done. Haha ha, the Catering kids are great. Most of them can cook better than I can.
But the next class is a bear! Both my 7th and 8th are monsters! They're packed with over 32 students when the cap is 28, mostly freshmen and sophmores, tons of special-ed and ESL students, and right after lunch, so they are bouncing off the walls! I've decided that these 2 classes are my trial for the next 2 months. You know how you generally have one big trial that becomes your focus everytime you pray at night? Its my Foods I classes.
So the kids come in, "Where's Mrs. Cluff? Where's Mrs. Cluff?" and I reply, "You know, she ate something bad at lunch and suddenly got a food-bourne illness! Which ties in perfectly to our lesson today! Have a seat!" And the kids were glued! They were the best they've ever been, listening to all of these stories about e. coli, salmonella, hepatitis, and staphylococci. At the end of class, we looked at all the germs on their hands by squirting on "glo-germ" and looking underneath a black light. I made them go back like 3 times and scrub scrub scrub till their hands were raw and there wasn't any glo-germ left :)
But the next class is a bear! Both my 7th and 8th are monsters! They're packed with over 32 students when the cap is 28, mostly freshmen and sophmores, tons of special-ed and ESL students, and right after lunch, so they are bouncing off the walls! I've decided that these 2 classes are my trial for the next 2 months. You know how you generally have one big trial that becomes your focus everytime you pray at night? Its my Foods I classes.
So the kids come in, "Where's Mrs. Cluff? Where's Mrs. Cluff?" and I reply, "You know, she ate something bad at lunch and suddenly got a food-bourne illness! Which ties in perfectly to our lesson today! Have a seat!" And the kids were glued! They were the best they've ever been, listening to all of these stories about e. coli, salmonella, hepatitis, and staphylococci. At the end of class, we looked at all the germs on their hands by squirting on "glo-germ" and looking underneath a black light. I made them go back like 3 times and scrub scrub scrub till their hands were raw and there wasn't any glo-germ left :)
Friday, January 18, 2008
Thirteen
So I have literally 13 different auditions in Jan/Feb. That's ridiculous. Especially now, when student teaching is absolutely kicking my butt. Honestly, I get home from school, and fall right asleep for a nap, write lesson plans, then go to bed like 10pm to get up at 5ish every morning! It's just so completely exhausting and I'm only teaching 2 classes right now! Well, it will be 4 classes starting Tuesday...
Anyways, its hard to keep reminding myself that student teaching will end and I'll really wish I had something to do next, so I'm earnestly auditioning for everything I can find, mostly summer productions/theaters/playhouses. I only have to make one of them! I need an adventure this summer! Tonight's was for Lagoon, the amusement park up in Farmington. It went great! I knew one of the directors, and I made call-backs, along with 20 other fabulous singer dancers! What an honor to make it that far! We hear back from them by Valentines' Day. Stay tuned!
Anyways, its hard to keep reminding myself that student teaching will end and I'll really wish I had something to do next, so I'm earnestly auditioning for everything I can find, mostly summer productions/theaters/playhouses. I only have to make one of them! I need an adventure this summer! Tonight's was for Lagoon, the amusement park up in Farmington. It went great! I knew one of the directors, and I made call-backs, along with 20 other fabulous singer dancers! What an honor to make it that far! We hear back from them by Valentines' Day. Stay tuned!
Friday, January 11, 2008
An Apple a Day
I LOVE student teaching! Its so super fun fun fun! My cooperating teacher is hilarious and is so sarcastically mean to all her kids! I love it. Every day for lunch, we just cook whatever we want! Yesterday for fun, we made stuffed mushrooms and grilled chicken for the two of us, and today we made raisin bread french toast and homemade cream cheese, just because we had stuff in the fridge and we felt like it! And then I bring the leftovers from the catering class down to my 2 student teaching friends in the teacher's lounge!
So I take over one class at a time, starting on Monday. I'll start with Foods I, then add Foods II, then Adult Roles/Financial Literacy. I'm going to be writing so many lesson plans and doing bulletin boards and spending my every spare minute on my Teacher Work Sample, yuck! They tell us to be prepared to have to turn down all weekend dates and evening plans b/c we'll need to be so engrossed in this work. Meh, I think I can handle it.
Highlights of the week: I teased this cute senior boy about his name being written on the walls in the girls bathroom :). And then this one group made a pineapple cake for their "Hawaiin" meal, and kept asking us if we liked it--on his way out, a boy whispered to me, "We put real rum in that cake"! Ha ha ha I love it.
So I take over one class at a time, starting on Monday. I'll start with Foods I, then add Foods II, then Adult Roles/Financial Literacy. I'm going to be writing so many lesson plans and doing bulletin boards and spending my every spare minute on my Teacher Work Sample, yuck! They tell us to be prepared to have to turn down all weekend dates and evening plans b/c we'll need to be so engrossed in this work. Meh, I think I can handle it.
Highlights of the week: I teased this cute senior boy about his name being written on the walls in the girls bathroom :). And then this one group made a pineapple cake for their "Hawaiin" meal, and kept asking us if we liked it--on his way out, a boy whispered to me, "We put real rum in that cake"! Ha ha ha I love it.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Big Band Night!
I made it! I auditioned last night for this "Big Band Night", where they needed 4 female and 2 male jazz soloists to sing solos all night with Synthesis and do a skit and dress in period clothes, etc.! Hurray!! This is huge!! Couples pay $40/couple! Its on Saturday Feb. 9th, the same weekend as my MDT showcase Thurs. and Fri.
Its going to be a crazy month of rehearsals!!! Why do I keep doing this to myself?!
Its going to be a crazy month of rehearsals!!! Why do I keep doing this to myself?!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Job Proposition!
So I think I'm going to be a permanent substitute for a teacher at Crescent View Middle School, who is leaving beginning of May to have a baby! And she doesn't plan on coming back the next year, so this is a perfect opportunity to step in and take over! How perfect!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Happy 2008!
Happy 2008! Derek and I ran Beavercreek's 5K race on New Years Eve. I haven't run "race speed" for a good 4 years, but we did alright! He could have gone faster, but I could have gone on for another 23 miles :)
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