First of all... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LITTLE BROSKI!!!! =D
Ok so here comes the weekend plus a few days update...
August 17, 2012
Today
was another looong day of readiness camp! We took the kids into Massachusetts
to one of the staff member’s beach houses for a day of swimming and playing
games! It was another gorgeous ocean view. The students enjoyed playing in the
water as well as hunting for crabs among the rocks. By lunch time, they had 2
buckets full of them! They were so excited each time they picked one up.
However, one of the boys stuck one in my face which, I can assure you, I did
NOT enjoy. After several hours in the sand, sun, and water, we had a barbeque
before heading back to school. I could tell that they all had a lot of fun
because on the hour bus ride back, roughly half of them fell asleep. =p
Tonight
we went to a Greek festival as a community to get dinner and watch some
dancing. The food was delicious although some of the options made me nervous
hah.
Things
that made me happy today:
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Comments that the kids said not
meaning to be inappropriate but they turn out to be
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One of the boys telling me that my
“shades look awesome”
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Beach <3
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This conversation… Student: “You
lied. That’s not iced tea in your cup. It’s beer!” Me: “No… it’s iced tea. I
promise you.” Student: “I didn’t see any in the cooler! You’re drinking a
Heineken!” Me: “No, it’s iced tea… I got it inside.” Student: “YOU ARE LYING!
IT’S A HEINEKEN! I KNOW IT!” (Disclaimer: It was definitely iced tea.)
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One of the 8th graders
asking if I would get mad if he called me Carly instead of Miss Myrtle
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I guess in general as you can see…
The San Miguel students make me smile =D I love them already!
"Dream
as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.” – James Dean
August 18, 2012
Things
that made me happy today:
-
Getting a few new items of clothing
at the mall (despite the fact that the actual mall stressed me out because it
was so crowded!)
“If
you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the
answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same
place.” – Nora Roberts
August 19, 2012
Things
that made me happy today:
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Waking up late
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Ice-cream with Sarah, the 6th
grade teacher at San Miguel who is my mentor for the upcoming year
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Skyping my family in order to sing “Happy
Birthday” to my brother with them at his family party
“When
I was 5 years old, my mom always told me that happiness was the key to life.
When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I
wrote down ‘happy.' They told me I didn’t understand the assignment and I told
them they didn’t understand life.” – John Lennon
August 20, 2012
Second
week of readiness camp started today! In the afternoon we went hiking at a
place called Purgatory Chasm. It was actually really difficult among the rocks!
But we were split up into groups of about 5 people, so it was easier to stick
together. I had a great time watching the students encourage each other and
help one another through the tough spots. After our long hike, they were all
ready to take a break and be on level ground. Some played kickball while others
played board games. Connect Four seems to be the most popular, which I again
was able to play with some of the boys! They are hilarious with their
strategizing and everything.
On
the way home, I went to a few different places trying to find a planner to use
for lessons and such… IMPOSSIBLE! I suppose I will have to buy one online. But
I did score 6 things at the dollar store, hah. THEN when I got home I went for
a run/walk and my body hated me for doing such a thing after I was hiking all
day. BUT I am now officially signed up for the 5K in Tulsa, Oklahoma! Yay!
Things
that made me happy today:
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Student (out of nowhere): “I think I’m
gonna get puberty.”
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The beautiful weather
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One student telling me while we were
playing Connect Four that I was using my “genius teacher mind” to win and that “all
teachers do it.”
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The 5th grade teacher who
I’ve been working with telling me that I’m doing a good job with the kids =)
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Doing my run/walk for training even
though I really didn’t want to and completing it!
“You
don’t have to be great in order to start… but you have to start in order to be
great.” – Zig Zagler
August 21, 2012
Today
I feel like I actually started “working.” One of my assignments in my job
description in addition to teaching is being the adult mentoring coordinator.
Through the mentoring program, adults from the community come into school once
a week in order to have a one on one lunch period with a student at San Miguel.
SO today since I finally have my school computer and e-mail address, I was able
to start e-mailing the mentors! I got through a great deal of them, but there
is definitely more to be done tomorrow!
This
afternoon it was movie field trip day with the boys!! We went to see Men in Black 3. Surprisingly, I really
liked it! I was a little nervous at the beginning because there were a few
gross things, but it turned out to be a good movie. And, really, all that
matters is that the students enjoyed the movie as well as their fun dip. =p
AND
we come to tonight. It was my turn to cook dinner, so I decide to cook
something that my mom usually makes and it’s basically chicken covered in rice,
cream of chicken soup, and broccoli. OK SO… my mom always makes it with white
rice, but we only had brown rice. No big deal, right? WRONG. Apparently, even
if the recipe calls for uncooked rice, when you use brown rice you still need
to cook it first. Needless to say, Brother Michael and I ate my chicken with
uncooked rice (the chicken and the broccoli were still good… it was just a
little crunchy with the rice... oops). I must say though, my crescent rolls
came out absolutely perfect, which is strange because I usually burn those. ANYWAYS,
after we finished eating and we were waiting for the others… we decided to “fix”
my meal. So we took the pieces of chicken out of the rice mix and put the rice
mix in a pot with some boiling water and in about 20 minutes the rice was
cooked and all was right in community dinner world and Brother Dan, Angela, and
Gloria were able to enjoy a fully cooked meal.
Things
that made me happy today:
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Starting to work on the mentor
program
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Same kid from last week who talked to
me about the fact that I’m not married… this is our conversation today: Him: “I
still can’t believe you’re not married.” Me: (laughing) “I have time, really… I’m
not worried.” Him: “Man, when I’m your age, I’m gonna have a ton of people
asking me to get married. Maybe you should try online dating.”
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Fixing my meal with BMR “Never a dull moment.” – Brother Michael
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Oreos!! (always brighten up the day)
“The
person who doesn’t make mistakes is unlikely to make anything.” – Paul Arden
<3
Carly
