Wednesday, June 15, 2011

I lied.

It's true.

I lied.

I know my two other followers may remember what I said when I began this blog:

"In my opinion one of the most difficult parts of writing a blog isn't starting a blog, or keeping up with a blog, it is in the creation of the blog title and address."

Well...I suppose the difficult part of blogging through graduate school was, in fact, in keeping up with my blog through graduate school.

In short: I was placed in Ms. Britt's 10th grade world literature class at Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Lithonia Georgia.
I fell in love with each of my 165 students, truly.
I learned more about life and living gracefully from each of those students than I could have ever imagined any personal life experience to teach me.
I continued to develop my relationship with my super-hot boyfriend, got engaged in January, married at the close of May...and all frivolities that resulted in celebration of our union were amazing....well beyond any of my expectations.

As I finish my graduate degree this summer, I am finding that it is hard to maintain laser focus when I know that my passion is to be in front of a classroom, planning engaging lessons, and fostering meaningful relationships with each of my students. If anyone else believes in a divine calling that doesn't have to