Friday, December 6, 2013
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Saturday, November 16, 2013
NYC!
Just got back from a trip to New York City with my fabulous roommate, Jordan!
We won tickets through Millersville University and got to go to NYC for the day and see Phantom of the Opera...AND WE ONLY HAD TO PAY $20. It was amazing! And the seats we had for the show? Middle mezzanine. Typically $85. WOOT!
I'd write a longer post, but...I HAVE TO GO TO BED. Tomorrow I'm driving to West Chester to see a bunch of my friends from Bucs and then I'm going to David's to practice for Crown's audition camp which is NEXT WEEKEND. KINDA FREAKING OUT.
Night! Will post some sort of other update later!
We won tickets through Millersville University and got to go to NYC for the day and see Phantom of the Opera...AND WE ONLY HAD TO PAY $20. It was amazing! And the seats we had for the show? Middle mezzanine. Typically $85. WOOT!
I'd write a longer post, but...I HAVE TO GO TO BED. Tomorrow I'm driving to West Chester to see a bunch of my friends from Bucs and then I'm going to David's to practice for Crown's audition camp which is NEXT WEEKEND. KINDA FREAKING OUT.
Night! Will post some sort of other update later!
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
WHAT A DAY
Woke up this morning to register for classes...couldn't register for one of them so I had to call the help hotline and wait for 30 minutes on hold before they told me that there's just a bug in the system and I'd have to wait it out until they fixed it. GAH.
Theeeeennnn...Jordan lost her ID card! She had it in her back pocket the night before and this morning we just could not find it...so that was a big hulabaloo.
Then KAITLIN forgot her ID card when she went to breakfast!
At work I spent roughly TWO HOURS revising/editing/totally changing my thesis and pretty much my whole interpretive poetry paper that's due tomorrow.
I got back home around 6:30PM, opened up the email I had sent to myself from work containing the updated document, AND IT WAS THE WRONG VERSION. I SENT MYSELF THE ORIGINAL ROUGH DRAFT OF THE PAPER.
Aaaaaannnndddd...I had deleted the file from the Provost's computer, so it's not like I could have gone back early in the morning to retrieve it.
So I had to do the WHOLE THING. ALL. OVER. AGAIN. I was about ready to cry and/or yell at some people. It would not have been pretty.
But I pulled myself together...ate some wonderful homemade dinner my daddy sent back with me...ate some Skittles...and got to work...LESS THAN TWO HOURS LATER AND I'M DONE.
BOOM BABY.
Time for some relaxation and gluten-free, lactose-free cupcakes!!!
Theeeeennnn...Jordan lost her ID card! She had it in her back pocket the night before and this morning we just could not find it...so that was a big hulabaloo.
Then KAITLIN forgot her ID card when she went to breakfast!
At work I spent roughly TWO HOURS revising/editing/totally changing my thesis and pretty much my whole interpretive poetry paper that's due tomorrow.
I got back home around 6:30PM, opened up the email I had sent to myself from work containing the updated document, AND IT WAS THE WRONG VERSION. I SENT MYSELF THE ORIGINAL ROUGH DRAFT OF THE PAPER.
Aaaaaannnndddd...I had deleted the file from the Provost's computer, so it's not like I could have gone back early in the morning to retrieve it.
So I had to do the WHOLE THING. ALL. OVER. AGAIN. I was about ready to cry and/or yell at some people. It would not have been pretty.
But I pulled myself together...ate some wonderful homemade dinner my daddy sent back with me...ate some Skittles...and got to work...LESS THAN TWO HOURS LATER AND I'M DONE.
BOOM BABY.
Time for some relaxation and gluten-free, lactose-free cupcakes!!!
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
'X'
On Monday in my Educational Foundations class the topic of the day was bullying. But instead of just discussing how bullying impacts students, we watched a documentary about a boy who was bullied and tormented all through middle school and high school for being gay, his experiences, and how he successfully sued the school for failing to protect him. It was incredibly powerful and emotional to watch. After it ended, our class of 40 was absolutely silent for a few moments. Then our professor put up a collage of teenagers' pictures on the board, telling us that although some students have a happy ending to their story, others see no way out and commit suicide.
This led to the discussion of what causes someone so young to take their own life. We had to do an exercise where we wrote down the top five things in life that are most important to us. Then our professor told us to imagine that something tragic had happened, so now we had to cross out one...which do you choose? We kept going through this process until it got down to only having one item on the list left. It may sound like a simple task, but in the moment with all the emotions it was incredibly intense. Trying to comprehend what I would do with my life if I ONLY had my family...I crossed out my education, my home, my friends, David...just family left. And then we were forced to cross out the last one...it was so hard putting an 'X' through 'My Family.' I was completely emotionally drained.
We connected the activity to what happens to students who feel like they're losing control of everything in life and like they have nothing important left to live for...how they end up deciding that suicide is the best option.
It was not a fun class at all. But it was completely necessary and incredibly moving. I think, and hope, that when I'm a teacher (and even now as a student) I'll be able to recognize bullying and reach out to those involved, be a friend and provide a reason to stay alive.
This led to the discussion of what causes someone so young to take their own life. We had to do an exercise where we wrote down the top five things in life that are most important to us. Then our professor told us to imagine that something tragic had happened, so now we had to cross out one...which do you choose? We kept going through this process until it got down to only having one item on the list left. It may sound like a simple task, but in the moment with all the emotions it was incredibly intense. Trying to comprehend what I would do with my life if I ONLY had my family...I crossed out my education, my home, my friends, David...just family left. And then we were forced to cross out the last one...it was so hard putting an 'X' through 'My Family.' I was completely emotionally drained.
We connected the activity to what happens to students who feel like they're losing control of everything in life and like they have nothing important left to live for...how they end up deciding that suicide is the best option.
It was not a fun class at all. But it was completely necessary and incredibly moving. I think, and hope, that when I'm a teacher (and even now as a student) I'll be able to recognize bullying and reach out to those involved, be a friend and provide a reason to stay alive.
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