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Name: Lori
Country: United States
State: Illinois
Birthday: 3/29/1983
Gender: Female
Interests: My sweet hubby :), our totally adorable puppies, reading, working with children, spending time with friends, finding time to do nothing and love it
Expertise: hmm... i'm good at making desserts :) and i hope i make a good teacher here real soon
Occupation: Student
Industry: Education/Research
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AIM:  loriann32983
MSN: luau673@hotmail.com
Member Since:
8/17/2005
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| yesterday was the first time i substitute taught in a regular classroom all day. earlier this week i worked for a teacher that bounces from class to class helping students that need extra help, and then teaches art in the afternoon to all the classes. so anyway, yesterday was definitely more of a taste of the real thing. i worked in a 6th grade classroom. one thing to say up front, middle school kids scare me! but i had so much fun. i was anxious before i got there, but the moment those kids walked into the room, all the anxiety was gone and i did what i have been taught to do. it really was an awesome experience. i came home with a complete reassurance that i am going into the field that i am most passionate about. i know there will be times along the way that i doubt that statement, but at the end of the day, when it's all said and done, that feeling will never change. teaching is what i am destined to do, and it feels so good to get that reassurance. | | |
| wow... so i don't do this whole blog thing too well. i'd like to say i have a lot on my mind, but at the moment i'm just glad to be a non-student. my brain has been on freeze mode for a while now. andrew and i have talked a few times about his thoughts and feelings on church and i'm still working on sorting those things out. i'm reading a book he finished last month, and so far i am really feelin' it. maybe when i get closer to finishing i'll post some thoughts. i'm just not good at getting things into words that make any sense and that anyone would care to read...
on another note, i've been working for the past month at a daycare in our local hospital. it's really a great job. i'm working with the school-age kids. we go on field trips and do fun crafty things. it's a tiring, trying job, but i really do love it, which i am so thankful for. i actually started out at a different daycare, but after 2 days i knew it would be the worst job ever and i would hate every minute of being there. | | |
| well guys, in one week from this very day, i will graduate from college. friday was my last official day of school, so now it's time to grow up and join the real world. it's hard to believe that this part of my dream is complete. i knew i had the drive and ambition to reach the end, but it's still hard to fathom that i really did do it, and it really is time to graduate. AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | | |
| Today I have been reminded of how merely mortal we all are. Someone I know from church, and have known for probably 10 years, passed away today. Late summer of '04 she was diagnosed with lymphoma, which is basically incurable. In February of this year she had a stem cell transplant, the last option to try for survival. She had been doing pretty well, but this past week her entire body apparently shut down. She was in the hospital on life support for the past few days, and passed away today (Sunday) around 2pm. The two things that really hit home for me is that 1) she was only 27; and 2) she has a daughter in kindergarten. Working in kindergarten right now, all I can think is having a child in my class who lost their mom. I don't know what to say or how to comfort a child like that. And the two of them were like best friends. Almost the same person really. She will be greatly missed by many people, but she really is so much better off now. There is no more pain in Heaven... | | |
| Today, I officially succumbed to a bug that I'm sure came from a kindergartener. I spent most of my night awake in the bathroom. At about 4 this morning, I reached a temp of 100.1, so I figured I wouldn't be going to school today. When I got up to get ready at 5:30, I had dropped to 99.3, and at 6 I was down to 98.8. Well, just before I walked out the door, I took my temp again because I was feeling flushed, and I had went back up to 99.5. A student would be sent home with that temperature, so I was told by my cooperating teacher to stay home and get better so I could be there tomorrow. I still feel nasty, but I think the temp is finally gone. I'm crossing my fingers that I can make it tomorrow, because otherwise I will have to have my cooperating teacher meet me at the school on Saturday sometime to get my work done. But for now, I sit here on our big, comfy couch and watch some TV... | | |
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