I just wanted to post one more thing up here. It's an e-mail I got earlier this week. I think you'll see the significance in a minute.
Megan,
CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve completed all requirements for admission into the Teacher Education Program.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding your program. We wish you well as you continue in your education career.
Office of Student Support Services
College of Professional Education
That is all. It is dinner time now and then homework. Maybe I'll write more later :)
BEDA days missed: 4
BEDA days replaced: 3
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Another One
Wow! I bet you guys didn't think that I would be halfway caught up on my BEDA posting did you? Well, neither did I, but I am really bored so write I shall do.
I"m trying to think of something that may actually interest someone if they were to read this. My life is actually really boring, but I enjoy it. I figure the more boring my life is, the less drama that can be involved. What do you think about that? I'm not a big fan of drama. I would really rather not get put in it if I can help it at all. Sometimes it happens though. Life happens. One of my friends Carrie and I have actually come up with a motto on how to live our lives. It's pretty simple. It doesn't take a lot to remember, and you have probably said it at least once in your life. it is this: What can you do? Not much.
Now I know it sounds very pessimistic, but it's actually quite hopeful in some ways as well. I like that fact that sometimes things are just out of your control. I don't know what another person's going to say or do. I can only control my response to them. Like earlier when I was telling you about my friend who kept texting and stressing me out. I may not have been completely honest with her. I just needed some time away from her. I controlled my response to her by not being honest. I mean, there's a lot I could be doing, but I am choosing not to do it at this time. I didn't know she would hound me for about 5-10 minutes before my class. I couldn't control that.
It's like when you're in class and your teacher gets mad because your cell phone goes off. What does he or she expect you to do? You didn't know that your cell phone would go off. You have no way of controlling who calls and/or texts you. You can help to lesson the situation by silencing it, but teachers can still hear that if the phone hits something in your bag.
Of course these situations can cause drama, but what can you do? Not much. It's almost like our motto gives you an excuse to place the blame on someone else which is something you should never do. You should always accept responsibility for your actions.
I know this has been kind of all over the place, but I just needed to write.
BEDA days missed: 4
*BEDA replacement posts: 2
*I've decided to change the last part of the BEDA counts because I can't really replace the day. I can only write a post that should have been written that day.
I"m trying to think of something that may actually interest someone if they were to read this. My life is actually really boring, but I enjoy it. I figure the more boring my life is, the less drama that can be involved. What do you think about that? I'm not a big fan of drama. I would really rather not get put in it if I can help it at all. Sometimes it happens though. Life happens. One of my friends Carrie and I have actually come up with a motto on how to live our lives. It's pretty simple. It doesn't take a lot to remember, and you have probably said it at least once in your life. it is this: What can you do? Not much.
Now I know it sounds very pessimistic, but it's actually quite hopeful in some ways as well. I like that fact that sometimes things are just out of your control. I don't know what another person's going to say or do. I can only control my response to them. Like earlier when I was telling you about my friend who kept texting and stressing me out. I may not have been completely honest with her. I just needed some time away from her. I controlled my response to her by not being honest. I mean, there's a lot I could be doing, but I am choosing not to do it at this time. I didn't know she would hound me for about 5-10 minutes before my class. I couldn't control that.
It's like when you're in class and your teacher gets mad because your cell phone goes off. What does he or she expect you to do? You didn't know that your cell phone would go off. You have no way of controlling who calls and/or texts you. You can help to lesson the situation by silencing it, but teachers can still hear that if the phone hits something in your bag.
Of course these situations can cause drama, but what can you do? Not much. It's almost like our motto gives you an excuse to place the blame on someone else which is something you should never do. You should always accept responsibility for your actions.
I know this has been kind of all over the place, but I just needed to write.
BEDA days missed: 4
*BEDA replacement posts: 2
*I've decided to change the last part of the BEDA counts because I can't really replace the day. I can only write a post that should have been written that day.
Why?
One things I have always wondered is why people think the world revolves around them. One of my friends missed a class that we share together yesterday because she's sick. She asked me to talk to the teacher, and I said I would. She kept texting me about it when she knew that I would be working on homework for that class. I tried doing homework and responding to her texts, but I had to work really hard on trying to do my homework. Then when I was in class today, she texted me again asking if I could talk to her later TODAY about what we did in the class yesterday. I told her no. If she needs to know about class that she needed to talk to the professor. Then she wrote back saying you don't even have 10 minutes to talk? I said no. Then she wrote saying she would have to figure it out on her own because the professor doesn't have office hours. I know she did it because she knows what a pushover I can be. I told her that I don't have time today, but I might be able to talk to her tomorrow. I know I probably do have time to talk to her about it later, but she shouldn't assume that I can be at her beck and call. I'm not her bitch to order around. One text is all it takes to answer a question. I know your defence is that she's sick. So what? I cried IN CLASS because I was so stressed out. I still made it there and did my homework. Did I happen to mention that I was also sick at the time? Not to mention that I hadn't eaten like at all yesterday either. Oh yeah, I also forgot to mention that I was running on maybe 4.5 hours of sleep. Whatever.
I know I write about myself in this, but this is supposed to be about me. Any advice on how to handle this with her?
BEDA days missed: 4
BEDA days caught up: 1
I know I write about myself in this, but this is supposed to be about me. Any advice on how to handle this with her?
BEDA days missed: 4
BEDA days caught up: 1
My First Grade Teacher
This morning as I was getting ready for work, I realized that there are a lot of people in the world that deserve my eternal gratitude. I thought about being cliche and talking about my parents. However, I decided to go another route. One of the people who is most deserving of my thanks is my first grade teacher. She is the one who really got me to learn how to read. My kindergarten teacher just let me struggle, and I struggled with reading the whole year. My first grade teacher, though, went about reading in a completely different way from my kindergarten teacher. My K teacher focused more on whole language, which is what a lot of teachers now focus on as well. My first grade teacher did more with phonics. (As a future elementary teacher, I have learned that you need to incorporate both.) As soon as she started phonics, I gained a better understanding on what I needed to do in order to read. I know it sounds like she was just her job, but without her doing her job the way it's supposed to be done, I wouldn't be where I am today. I would probably be another Hispanic stereotype. Luckily, I did have her and now I'm going to be an elementary school teacher. My only hope is that I can help another child the way that she helped me.
BEDA days missed: 4 (Oops. I didn't realize I was already missing so many days!)
BEDA days caught up: 0
BEDA days missed: 4 (Oops. I didn't realize I was already missing so many days!)
BEDA days caught up: 0
Monday, April 5, 2010
I like to keep you guessing :)
Ok. I know. I know. There's only half an hour left until the end of today. I almost missed another day! We all know how sad that would've been. I would really be surprised if anyone else reads this.
Anyway, I might have to let out a little angst today because I really really really REALLY dislike my POPs teacher. I could really care less about her class, and I wish she would just disappear. All my other teachers, I like. For whatever reason, the bad Dr. Rodriguez just is not my cup of tea. (By the way, she's the bad Dr. Rodriguez because I have two professors this semester called Dr. Rodriguez. The good and bad help me keep track of who I'm talking about.) She keeps switching deadlines on us. She makes up assignments whenever she wants. There are honestly times when I feel like she doesn't know what she's doing. I've tried talking to her, but it's to no avail. She just accuses me of being unprofessional. I could not be more professional if I showed up in a dress and heels. It really really sucks. This is so not a good week for me. The only highlight is that my social studies teacher moved the date of a quiz so that we could focus on another assignment. I keep misspelling assignment too. I don't know why. Good thing firefox has spell check. It's just really annoying. Things will work out the way they are supposed to though. I honestly believe that. Bad Dr. Rodriguez still needs to learn how to be organized though. She does not know what she's doing.
Well, I still have lots to do. I'll write more when I get a chance. It's time for linguistics homework. Yay. (Sarcasm.)
I'm going to keep track of how many days I miss from now on. That way I know how many extra blogs I need to do before the end of the month. I'll also keep track of how many I've made up, if any.
BEDA Days Missed: 2
BEDA Days Made Up: 0
Anyway, I might have to let out a little angst today because I really really really REALLY dislike my POPs teacher. I could really care less about her class, and I wish she would just disappear. All my other teachers, I like. For whatever reason, the bad Dr. Rodriguez just is not my cup of tea. (By the way, she's the bad Dr. Rodriguez because I have two professors this semester called Dr. Rodriguez. The good and bad help me keep track of who I'm talking about.) She keeps switching deadlines on us. She makes up assignments whenever she wants. There are honestly times when I feel like she doesn't know what she's doing. I've tried talking to her, but it's to no avail. She just accuses me of being unprofessional. I could not be more professional if I showed up in a dress and heels. It really really sucks. This is so not a good week for me. The only highlight is that my social studies teacher moved the date of a quiz so that we could focus on another assignment. I keep misspelling assignment too. I don't know why. Good thing firefox has spell check. It's just really annoying. Things will work out the way they are supposed to though. I honestly believe that. Bad Dr. Rodriguez still needs to learn how to be organized though. She does not know what she's doing.
Well, I still have lots to do. I'll write more when I get a chance. It's time for linguistics homework. Yay. (Sarcasm.)
I'm going to keep track of how many days I miss from now on. That way I know how many extra blogs I need to do before the end of the month. I'll also keep track of how many I've made up, if any.
BEDA Days Missed: 2
BEDA Days Made Up: 0
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Tiny Chickens Have Invaded
The tiny chickens have invaded my head. It really really sucks. I'm hoping they'll stop laying eggs soon. My head hurts, and I can't really breathe much so yeah. It really sucks. I feel all kinds of out of it just because the liquid eggs are coming out a lot. Probably more information that you really wanted to know, but oh well. I'm just being honest.
So I know that I said I was going to do BEDA this April. I also know that I've missed two days. Oops. I really have no excuse other than I've been really busy. I've had a lot of work and homework this first week of April. I'm going to try to make up for those two days by writing twice a day two days this month. I'm not really sure when, but you'll know.
I'm currently watching High School Musical 3, and I just want to say that Zac Efron is hot. I'm sorry. He is my celebrity crush, and he's singing a solo. Too bad it's about Vanessa Hudgens. I don't get why he likes her so much. Maybe if I knew her in person, I would understand the appeal, but I don't.
So what has been going on in my life lately? It has seemed to be going by in a blur. I can hardly believe that there's only like 6 weeks left in the semester. I sign up for fall classes on Friday. I take my practice PPR on Saturday. I guess I won't get to sleep in this weekend. I'll be lucky if I get to sleep in ever again, but that's a different post.
Ok. I'm going to go tend to the tiny chickens and watch HSM. Bye!
So I know that I said I was going to do BEDA this April. I also know that I've missed two days. Oops. I really have no excuse other than I've been really busy. I've had a lot of work and homework this first week of April. I'm going to try to make up for those two days by writing twice a day two days this month. I'm not really sure when, but you'll know.
I'm currently watching High School Musical 3, and I just want to say that Zac Efron is hot. I'm sorry. He is my celebrity crush, and he's singing a solo. Too bad it's about Vanessa Hudgens. I don't get why he likes her so much. Maybe if I knew her in person, I would understand the appeal, but I don't.
So what has been going on in my life lately? It has seemed to be going by in a blur. I can hardly believe that there's only like 6 weeks left in the semester. I sign up for fall classes on Friday. I take my practice PPR on Saturday. I guess I won't get to sleep in this weekend. I'll be lucky if I get to sleep in ever again, but that's a different post.
Ok. I'm going to go tend to the tiny chickens and watch HSM. Bye!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
The Beginning of BEDA
So today is April 1st which means the beginning of BEDA. I said on here a while ago that I wanted to try to do this to improve my writing. I don't know if it'll actually work, but I'm trying it. Any feedback would be appreciated. I don't know what will be written here. It could be a story or a poem or a just whatever is going on in my life.
Today was a great day for me. I talked to my advisor, and I am staying on the EC-4 plan. I just have to be sure to pass all of my practice tests. I'm very excited! I'm going to the bookstore this weekend to get a practice book. I just have to send in some slides to my group and then go to the mall. Tomorrow should be a fun day. Not a lot going on, but I wanted to make sure I at least wrote on the first day.
Bye guys!
Today was a great day for me. I talked to my advisor, and I am staying on the EC-4 plan. I just have to be sure to pass all of my practice tests. I'm very excited! I'm going to the bookstore this weekend to get a practice book. I just have to send in some slides to my group and then go to the mall. Tomorrow should be a fun day. Not a lot going on, but I wanted to make sure I at least wrote on the first day.
Bye guys!
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