So I am officially moved into my apartment in Memphis! It's been super busy and hectic but it's coming together. I am a little sad about living by myself sometimes because it is very quiet and I am definitely going to have to make a lot of effort to see people but I think it'll be good.
It has been interesting these last few weeks thinking about what really made me want to go into teaching. As a college freshmen I was very concerned about enjoying my future career. I worried that I would not like my job in the future, and thinking, how could I be expected to make a choice about what I wanted to do for the rest of my life as an 18 year old?
But when I was student teaching in Chicago I realized that I never felt tired or bored. The reality is that when I was young I thought I would never want to be a teacher because I thought teaching would be boring or cliche. Almost all my friends' parents were teachers and I wanted to do something exciting, something no one else would do.
While training in Atlanta and now back in Memphis, I realized that not only will teaching never be boring, but this is actually really important and exciting work. I have the great opportunity to make a huge difference in students' lives and effect transformational change. It scares me how much work will go into effecting transformational change, but I figure why let my 6 year old self down? I have always wanted to do something exciting with my life and why not start now?
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Laura I hope this is true! I´m worrying about the same thing with teaching. Will it be fun? I sure hope so. Well girl I love and miss you and hope everything is going well for you in Memphis! Maybe I´ll visit you! In fact.... I WILL!
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