As I finished my last college class ever and took my last steps in the building that has sheltered me through it all I felt sad that it is all over. I also feel grateful for this amazing college experience. I reflect back upon my first semester being here and remembering how ungrateful and unaware I was of the amazing experience ahead. Now I am grateful, so grateful that I was here and could be taught through the Spirit and had professors that listened to the Spirit as they taught. Bishops who understood and loved me. Friends and fellow students who were always there for me. I can't imagine not being here and am grateful that I stuck it out at the beginning.
I am grateful that I chose the profession of teaching. Having my own classroom seems like the scariest yet most exciting thing I have ever done in my life! I know that I can make a difference in the lives of those children and this is where I'm meant to be and what I am supposed to be doing. I have loved these children that I taught twice a week this semester and shed tears over leaving them. One day as I was home sick the movie Freedom Writers came on. I cried as I watched it and pictured my students in this class as these teenagers someday. Hoping that I made enough of a difference to teach them values and that they are important people. I struggled listening to their stories of home and seeing them unshowered with holes in their clothes. Coming to school in 14 degree weather with no coats and shorts. Many days I wanted to bring them home and show them the love that they deserved. I am grateful for this experience. I am grateful that I will have the chance to be a teacher and show each and every student that they are loved by someone in this world. I will forever think of those students and the impact they made on my life.
Experiences like this remind me why I am going to be a teacher. The hardships are worth it for the smiles on their faces when they realize that they are important. I know that these experiences are because of the college I have attended and the professors that have put me in classrooms led by the Spirit.
College is just one part of life, and I am excited to move on to the next. The unknown can be scary but I am hopeful. I am trusting in my Heavenly Father to lead me where I can make the most difference in the childrens lives.
I am graduating from college, the first one in my family. I hope to set the example of the importance of college and the amazing life changing experiences that can be had for my siblings, for my future children, and for my students.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Monday, December 10, 2012
Revamp
So I know I've become that awful blogger!! It's because I got so behind from our summer adventures and never caught up.. maybe someday I will catch up but for now I am moving on with blogging life! ha.
So in short news, nothing much has happened recently just GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE! it's cray cray if you ask me. I remember being that little girl thinking someday I'll be married and graduate from college and have kids. It's weird 2 out of 3 and I still feel young. We are so excited to move to the part of our lives and become "real" adults.
Arizona should be A-MAZING we are so excited to live close to family and be in a sunshine state! It will finally be warm, seeing as it was 14 degrees Sunday as we drove to church. Jake will be student teaching in a sophomore class 3 honors and 2 regular. Jake is teaching 0 period so he starts teaching at 6:45 AM. yikes! I will probably take the bus to avoid leaving at the crack of dawn with him. I will be teaching thirty-three 4th graders (AH!) but they are at a cute age. (I miss my kidos from this semester already!)
We found the cutest apartment, so excited to decorate. It has a den, so like a bedroom and a half (ha)! It also has a separate tub and shower which is pretty cool. My favorite part is the kitchen, we have more counter space and it has an arched hole in the wall to be able to see into the living room! Hopefully it will be hardwood flooring (crossing our fingers). The only weird thing is that we have a fireplace... in Arizona, come on!!
I have finished finals and it's only Monday night! (SUCESS!!!) Jake still has a little bit to do, almost done though. So that's our crazy wild but oh so wonderful life right now.
So in short news, nothing much has happened recently just GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE! it's cray cray if you ask me. I remember being that little girl thinking someday I'll be married and graduate from college and have kids. It's weird 2 out of 3 and I still feel young. We are so excited to move to the part of our lives and become "real" adults.
Arizona should be A-MAZING we are so excited to live close to family and be in a sunshine state! It will finally be warm, seeing as it was 14 degrees Sunday as we drove to church. Jake will be student teaching in a sophomore class 3 honors and 2 regular. Jake is teaching 0 period so he starts teaching at 6:45 AM. yikes! I will probably take the bus to avoid leaving at the crack of dawn with him. I will be teaching thirty-three 4th graders (AH!) but they are at a cute age. (I miss my kidos from this semester already!)
We found the cutest apartment, so excited to decorate. It has a den, so like a bedroom and a half (ha)! It also has a separate tub and shower which is pretty cool. My favorite part is the kitchen, we have more counter space and it has an arched hole in the wall to be able to see into the living room! Hopefully it will be hardwood flooring (crossing our fingers). The only weird thing is that we have a fireplace... in Arizona, come on!!
I have finished finals and it's only Monday night! (SUCESS!!!) Jake still has a little bit to do, almost done though. So that's our crazy wild but oh so wonderful life right now.
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