100

So once upon a time, my mom and I made a bet to see if I could date 100 different boys before I got married. Perhaps I too often threatened to just get married my freshman year, and this was a means of stalling me a little? Fine! Watch how fast I can do it! I think I have one of those personalities that fires at wanting to do something hard just to prove that I can.



So I turned 16 and the next week, I went to Junior Homecoming with Kevin Nufer, #1. I came to BYU and started at #9 with R.J. Christenson. We test drove nice cars, he taught me how to drive stick in a parking lot, then went to Wendys. And thus the list continued, on and on. Ten of them developed into some serious relationship along the way, I think I personally asked out 3 of the 100, 20 of them were set-ups or blind dates, and 41 of them had atleast a second date. Incredible, no?

Here's my theory: You know those people who parallel dating to ice cream? There are some girls who've only tried 3 flavors, and they are sold on vanilla or chocolate, and they are happy as can be with their first or second flavor because they haven't tried any others, and they don't need to, because what they have is wonderful. And then there's me, who has tried ONE HUNDRED different kinds of ice cream, and now I have an extremely detailed/expensive/specific taste, but what's worse, is that I can remember exactly what I liked about every single one of them and when I can't find it in the next number, I'm kindof irritated because I know that taste, that quality or characteristic, is out there in the perfect combination if I only keep looking.



I know that you're never supposed to "settle" for anything less than what you really want, but there does come a point when you have to realize that no one is perfect!!! Including me!!! So why am I still holding out, expecting to find it? Why do I keep walking away from incredible guys again and again?



And then last week, I had dinner and a movie with Jake Butler, my #100. And then I graduated that very week. Now what?!?! I'm supposed to pick one, right? I'm supposed to turn in my assignment, pick the very best one, and feel satisfied that I dated the world over. Hmm. Ok. I think I'd rather be the girl who was sold on vanilla!

Inventory

SCHOOL : Family Life
BACHELORS MAJOR : Family & Consumer Sciences Education
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Fall Semester 2004
A HTG 100 042 American Heritage 3.0
CHEM 152 001 Introductory Organic Chemistry 2.0
DANCE 180 006 Social Dance, Beginning 0.5
DANCE 190 002 Ballet, Beginning 0.5
MFHD 210 003 Human Development 3.0
MUSIC 200 002 Elements of Music 1.0
MUSIC 333R 001 Jazz Voices 1.0
PE 105 002 Healthy Living 0.5
REL A 121 005 Intro to the Book of Mormon 2.0
TMA 201 002 Theatre History 1 3.0
SEM HR ERN 16.5 GPA 3.53

*Note to self: Don't take 10 classes your 1st semester of college, on top of a performing group, a 5am cake decorating job, and Organic Chemistry!!


Winter Semester 2005
DANCE 280 008 Social Dance, Intermediate 1.0
ENGL 115 005 College Writing & Reading 3.0
GEOG 120 001 Geography & World Affairs 3.0
MUSIC 333R 001 Jazz Voices 1.0
REL A 122 093 Intro to the Book of Mormon 2.0
STAT 221 004 Principles of Statistics 3.0
TMA 202 002 Theatre History 2 3.0
SEM HR ERN 16.0 GPA 3.89



Fall Semester 2005
BIOL 100 025 Principles of Biology 3.0
FAMLF 100 001 Strengthening Marriage & Family 3.0
HFL 287 001 Intermed Clothing Construction 3.0
MUSIC 160R 022 Voice 1.0
REL C 324 021 The Doctrine & Covenants 2.0
SC ED 276R 006 Exploration of Tchg-Home Ec 4.0
SEM HR ERN 16.0 GPA 3.81



Winter Semester 2006
ENGL 359 003 The Short Story 3.0
HFL 102 002 Introduction to Interiors 3.0
HFL 400R 002 Teaching Practicum 1.0
MFHD 221 003 Foundations of Dev Appro Prac 2.0
MUSIC 186 001 Songwriting 1 2.0
PHSCS 167 001 Desc Acous Music Speech 3.0
REL A 212 009 The New Testament 2.0
SEM HR ERN 16.0 GPA 3.74



Fall Semester 2006
HFL 110 019 Food Preparation in the Home 2.0
HFL 230 001 Housing the Family 3.0
HFL 387 001 Adv Clothing: Patternmaking 3.0
IP&T 286 003 Instructional Tech in Teaching 1.0
MFHD 222 001 DAP Practicum 2.0
REL C 234 012 LDS Marriage & Family 2.0
SC ED 350 007 Adolescent Development 2.0
SEM HR ERN 15.0 GPA 3.94



Winter Semester 2007
CPSE 402 007 Educ Stdnts w/Disablts in ScEd 2.0
ENGL 315 006 Writing in the Social Sciences 3.0
HFL 202 002 Design in the Home 3.0
HFL 260 002 Family Finance 3.0
NDFS 100 001 Essentials of Human Nutrition 3.0
REL C 261 009 Family History-Genealogy 2.0
SEM HR ERN 16.0 GPA 3.89



Spring Term 2007
HFL 180 001 Clothing the Family 3.0
HFL 223 001 Preparation for Marriage 3.0
SEM HR ERN 6.0 GPA 3.85



Summer Term 2007
HFL 403R 001 Research Practicum 2.0
MFHD 240 001 Parenting & Child Guidance 3.0
SC ED 353 001 Multicultural Education 2.0
SEM HR ERN 7.0 GPA 3.87



Fall Semester 2007
HFL 282 002 Textiles 3.0
HFL 340 002 Family Meal Management 3.0
HFL 377 001 Tchg Mthds in Fam&Cons Sci Ed 3.0
HFL 395R 001 Special Topics in Home & Fam Livng 3.0
REL C 130 008 Missionary Preparation 2.0
SC ED 378 003 Practicum in Secondary Educ 1.0
SEM HR ERN 15.0 GPA 3.80



Winter Semester 2008
SC ED 476R 020 Student Tchg Internship-Home Ec 12.0
SEM HR ERN 12.0

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BYU GPA SUMMARY

BYU HR ERN 135.5 GPA 3.80


And thus its been an incredible BYU experience! I think in every aspect of life, we reach the end, and suddenly it all seemed like cake along the way. You forget how impossible half of these classes were and all you can remember is how fun it was! (Ok, I still recall hating finals every single time!) I mentioned this to my mom, and she said its like childbirth--you forget everything you hated about it and it really wasn't all that bad? Can't every life experience be like this? Its hard in the moment, and at the time, you think there's never been anything more difficult in your life, and then you reach the end and it hardly seems like it was a struggle in the first place.

Why I Love Middle School

I thought I loved teaching high school, until I tried out middle school, and now I don't think I'll ever go back! These last 2 months have been absolutely nothing but rewarding, and SO much fun! The moments I'll never forget:

My first week there, I told my class, "If I see any of you misbehaving during the assembly, you're sitting next to me". Then I see cute Derek intentionally whip out his cellphone, and I snapped my fingers, "Derek, here, now", and he uttered a "Yessss!" and got to sit by me the whole assembly, haha ha.

I was teaching my 8th graders about the milk group, so I brought in the marshmallow fluff and we made "milk mustache" poster pictures, which I put up on a bulletin board outside our classroom.

The intense cologne aroma on everyone, in the halls, and especially all those 13-year-old boys.

How I may never be able to find a parking space at my apartment complex, but at South Hills, I have an entire 200-car lot all to myself.

In my rowdy 7th period, there were 4 boys who I was always having to keep on track. Their names were Travis, Braden, Derek, and Spencer (all four names of my brothers).

My students wave to me in the hallways and say, "See ya Miss Hancock" as I go out to my car!

Feeling a little guilty for being so excited that my two worst students got in a fight and were suspended for 3 days!

The plate activity--see below

Giving all my classes a test on the opening night of my show so I didn't have to talk. And then finding out that the boy I kiss in this show has a little sister, in my 7th period. Awkward! Poor girl, imagine watching your older brother kiss your teacher!




From my students:

"You are so nice! I never want you to leave. You're one of the nicest teachers I've ever had!"--Megan Jensen

"You have such beautiful brown hair" --Chase Williams

"You are a great teacher and I feel like you have taught me a lot. Thanks" --Cathy Park

"I like your sense of style! I totally need to find out where you get your clothes" --Sierra Samowitz

"Miss Hancock you are the best teacher I've had all year" --Isidoro Machorro

"I always love your hair I mean does it take you a long time to do it? And your outfits are always cute!" Grecia-Maria Ferreyra

"Thank you for being a wonderful teacher. P.S. substitute for Mrs. Fisher when she isn't here please" --Josh Foxworth

"You are the nicest student teacher I ever had, and are really fun too!" --Erin Barnum

"Ms. Hancock, you are really, really pretty, inside and out. Your a great teacher and will go far" --Kassi Killian

"You have looked uber stunning this year" --Kenzie Pettit

"You are awesome!! I don't want you to leave us!!!" --Josey Nix

"You are an amazing teacher! You made class sooo fun! :)" --Katelyn Smith

"You look amazing all the time and you are a very good teacher" --Brittany Clements

"You have been the best student teacher ever." --Korri Sage

"You look amazing in jeans. And I'm not just saying that. You really do." --Jennica Henderson

"You were great. Your better than half of the teachers I've had!!" --Derrick Rodriguez

"You were always super happy and it makes it easier to learn" Lindsay Hale

"You are very sweet and nice. You care about everyone. I love that. I will miss you :( " --Amber North

"Ms. Hancock you are my favorite student teacher I've ever had, come back and visit" --Mariah Emal

The Plate

During the "Friendship" unit, I started class showing this china plate and told the story of how it belonged to my grandmother, has been in the family for years, its so priceless to me, this is the last remaining piece, etc. Then (this is all staged) Trevor the trouble-maker of 2nd period walks in, and hands me his 'late' note.

I walk over to change his absence in the gradebook, and he picks up the plate and smashes it into a million pieces! I totally played up a scene, almost in tears, and just about to walk out of the classroom! It was priceless! The girls were almost in tears and the boys were all like, "I'll beat him up for you, Miss Hancock!"

Then we let the class in on the secret, that we had planned this, and then related a broken plate to a broken friendship, how you can glue it back together, but you'll still always see the cracks, remember what was said, how you felt. Haha, they've been talking about this for days now!

Growing Up Isn't Easy

And then one day I woke up and I was a grown-up. I accepted the job at Pleasant Grove Junior! On my way home, I looked at my car, at my cell phone, I thought about how I'm graduating on Thursday, and how I have a real job as a real teacher, and I wondered, how did it all happen? How did it just all happen so very very fast?

I'm SOOO OLLLD. Age seems to come into conversation so very often lately, and I ask, "So how old do you think I am?" And its a 23, or 24, which is AWFUL! I want to throw up!! Do I strike you as that old?? 21, folks, twenty-one. Ok, so perhaps I come across as 'mature', but I don't like it. For being an RM, and a graduate, fine, but I hope my personality doesn't come across as that old. I need to start doing immature, irresponsible, irrational things again.

So Many Choices!

1. Pleasant Grove Junior http://www.pgjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/pgcms/index.php (Alpine School District)
(19 min. drive) .67 contract
Teaching CTE & Teen Living
Principal offered me the job on Monday--I'm going in next Monday morning to see the school.

2. Crescent View Middle http://www.jordandistrict.org/schools/middle/crescentview
/index.htm (Jordan School District)
(33 min. drive) I'll be substituting here in 2 weeks
Teaching CTE & Teen Living
My interview is tomorrow.

3. Mount Jordan Middle http://www.jordandistrict.org/schools/middle/mountjordan/index.htm (Jordan School District)
(35 min. drive) right by the Mayan in Sandy. Teaching Foods, CTE, Teen Living, & Clothing.

The principal offered me the job this morning.

4. Eastmont Middle
http://www.jordandistrict.org/schools/middle/eastmont/index.htm (Jordan School District)
(37 min. drive)
My interview went SO well, and the principal was very enthusiastic about throwing me incentives to work there.

So what do I do?! Not like its a big life-determining decision or anything!!

Come See Smokey Joe's Cafe!

I'm having a blast with this show! We open on Friday!

Smokey Joe’s Café is the jumpingest joint in town with a nostalgic time trip to the 1950’s. This celebration of the rock ‘n roll music of songwriters Lieber and Stoller delivers exciting choreography and a score featuring 40 of the greatest songs ever recorded: “Jailhouse Rock,” “On Broadway,” “Hound Dog,” “There Goes My Baby,” “Yakety-Yak,” “Poison Ivy,” “Love Potion No. 9,” “Stand By Me” and dozens more recognizable tunes that’ll have you singin’ and dancin’! It’s easy to see why Smokey Joe’s Café is the longest-running song & dance music revue in Broadway history. Directed by Shawn Mortensen.

April 11-26 7:30pm (Mon-Th-Fri-Sat)

$12 Adult, $10 Child/Student/Senior All seats reserved