I have to go to bed by 10:30 - I just have to. This is something I learned very quickly last week. If I don't go to bed by 10:30, I don't get six hours of sleep. If I don't get six hours of sleep, I am very tired on my way to work. If I'm very tired on my way to work, I'm tired at work. Starting out six hours straight of teaching high schoolers doesn't always go so well when I'm tired at work. Anyway - the point is, I have to go to bed by 10:30, which is now in eight minutes. I'll keep this first post brief.
I've been toying with the idea of starting another blog since about May. At that time, I thought I had the whole summer to create fancy recipes and craft ideas and share them with the blogosphere. Turns out, I spent most of the summer in front of my computer eating ice cream and pancakes while obsessively refreshing job posting websites. I also made a fair amount of tin can lanterns, because repeatedly hammering a nail into a frozen can made me feel a lot better about not having a job. My blog aspirations were pushed aside in favor of filling out application after application and driving to interviews in 90+ degree heat with no air conditioning.
As disappointing and frustrating as the job search was at times, it definitely paid off. It was very difficult at times this summer to trust that there there was a plan for me, but I now understand why I didn't get so many of the jobs I thought I wanted. I can now very happily say that I am employed as a full-time teacher at L'Anse Creuse High School - North. I teach German 1, German 3, and English 9 to students from age 13 to 18. I can also say pretty confidently that this is my dream job - I get to teach mostly German, with one class of English, which I love. I'm part of a strong German program with two full-time teachers at an awesome school with a friendly staff. The other German teacher, Jim (I'm sure I'll be talking more about him in future posts) is my mentor. He did the same grad program at UM as I did and has been amazingly helpful and supportive. Everything about this job so far is perfect...except that it's about an hour and twenty minute drive from where I live. It'll be an adjustment, as the school at which I student-taught was just 10 minutes away, but everything else about this job seems so perfect that I really don't mind the drive.
I've completed the first week of school, and after my experiences in just the first four days, it became clear that I had to start a blog or do something so I wouldn't forget all the amazing, fun, strange things that are happening. It's 10:37, so I'm out of time for tonight, but look forward to lots of stories, probably a lot of my own ramblings, and definitely a lot of reflection in future posts.
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