What a week!
Last Sunday at 9am I graduated from UCSB. Just a few hours later I was on a plane to Memphis, TN. But was that my final destination? Nope!! After a three hour car ride and super-walmart trip later, I landed in Cleveland, MS.
Delta State University is my home for the next four and a half weeks... It's not Charlotte, NC but it will do ;)
Each day this week, I woke up around 4:30am to get ready and eat breakfast before catching a bright yellow school bus to Carver/Merritt school at 6:03am. For the past four days, from 7:00am to 4:30pm, we had sessions at our new schools on lesson planing, classroom management, finding our teacher voices, and much, MUCH more. Starting this monday, we finally get to teach ( I will be teaching an entering high school English class and I have 30 students). Every night this week, we've had a lot of work to do, so we don't get to bed before midnight, but exhaustion is worth it for my future students :)
At the end of each day, we give out 6 awards to corps members that each represent a TFA goal. I was bestowed the "Sense of Possibility" award on Tuesday :) Keeping up my positivity and excitement in the Delta is a must!
The best part of this week was friday night. The city of Cleveland threw us a catfish fry with live music and free beer! It was amazing to relax with 670 other teach for america teachers and tons of community members. It is so amazing to continually meet so many intelligent and kind people here and I cant wait to get to know everyone better!
I do not get ANY cell phone service here in Mississippi (excluding the car ride home from the High School for about ten minutes) so I apologize for having a terrible cell plan.
I didn't think I would say this, but excluding the lack of cell service and the 102 degree weather with extreme humidity, I am LOVING Mississippi!
I took a tour of the Mississippi Delta today and it was awesome. From slavery, to civil rights, to modern day developments, this place is so rich with history.
Week one was great!
Sarah!!! I knew you were busy, but I'm really glad to hear that you're getting to have a little fun too!!! You are already an amazing teacher, and I'm glad T for A snatched you up! :)
ReplyDeleteAww, Sarah I am so proud of you.
ReplyDeleteI think it's great that you are using a blog to reflect on what you are doing in the classroom. This is a great way to vent and keep your family in SoCal updated. Above all, reflections will make you a better teacher in the long run. There is always room for improvement and you can always look back and see what works and what doesn't. I know I already said this but I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!