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So I am going to go into the MAT program.

I've signed the check and secured my spot.

I am currently at home, watching the snow come down, quite quickly staying warm and all that jazz. I've found that if I want to, really, really want to I could get a job here in RI right after I graduate. However, at this point in time I think the MAT will be the best option for me. SO I'm going to enjoy the extra time I get at SMCM and hope that things (the economy) get better from here.

MAT

So big news...

I'm in the MAT program here at SMCM!

This means my future is "secured" in the loosest way possible. I know that by the end of the next school year I'll have a masters degree in teaching. Assuming I can make it through this and next semester.

Lesson Learned?

Hopefully I have learned my lesson.
Hopefully I will never try to plan out Thanksgiving for almost 20 people and do the majority of the cooking.
I think I've learned my lesson but one can never be too careful.

Everyone had fun yesterday and I received many compliments on my cooking it was a gathering of my friends. I don't know what I would do without them. It wasn't everyone and some of the important people couldn't make it. I'm going to miss everyone so much when I leave.

Possibilities?

So I'm not sure that I will get into the MAT program here at SMCM. I'll have fulfilled all the requirements by the time I graduate but I still may not make it. Even if I do make it I may not stay here. There are other options, other possibilities I could pursue. Teach for America has always been a possibility in the back of my mind and my mother found another potential work source for me in The New Teacher Project. Both work with innercity schools with students who are struggling to learn. I'd be working with high risk, high needs students. I'm just not sure what I'm ready for. Things will have to be sorted out soon though. I graduate in May.

Politics

I don't like talking about politics but because a teacher's life is ruled and run by politics now-a-days I feel as though I should have some say in what goes on and the changes that are or are not being made. That being said, I am not jumping to conclusions, I'm going to sit back and see how this develops, then I'll get involved. As of right now I'll wait and see.

Congratulations to Senator Obama on a race well won, good luck in the next four years.

Also to my fellow republicans, get your heads out of your butts, seriously, stop being racists and man up.

Food for thought

So I got to thinking the other day...
(A bad habit I know, never a good idea for people like me)

What would happen if I didn't get into the program?
What would happen if I did?

I'm not sure that my reactions would be all that dissimilar between the two options. At the moment I'm kinda meh about either option. I'm not sure if this is what I really want to do with the rest of my life, but at the moment I don't see any other option. I can't stay in school forever, I'm getting tired of being forced to learn, and I'm getting tired of being told how to do things (in the classroom). I can't work in an office either, I need to be outside, in the fresh air working, teaching if at all possible outside. I'm at the point in my life where the real world is right outside my door, I can see it from my window and it is rather frightening, I'm not sure I'm ready for it. I had this feeling when graduating high school and it turns out I was ready for college, so I'm hoping the same holds true for the rest of the school year here. The worst part is I'm going to miss everyone so much.

Here is to the rest of the school year. Bring it on.

Trying this out

So here is to trying new things out...

So I have officially sent in all of the portions of my MAT (Masters in the Art of Teaching) application. It was due on the first of the month, the only thing I was missing was a recommendation from my mentor which came in two days late. That is turned in, my "essay" and my general application are all in. I won't find out much more until December at which point I will be told if I am accepted into the program.

I'm not sure if I still want to be in the program, but I think I'll give it some time. I'm not even sure I will get into the program so the previous mental issue may be a moot point. We shall see what happens from here.