Well, I am ALMOST DONE with semester one at UNM! It has been an interesting experience with both good and bad mixed in there, but I suppose most any experience in life will bring you a bit of both.
I am soooooo looking forward to summer! This will be my first semester off of school for five semesters! I am looking forward to the academic break! I will keep staying busy though! And I will write more! Which I have sadly not been doing enough of! I love to write, but sometimes after having to stare at a textbook for hours or listen to a particularly boring lecture I just can't seem to think of anything to write! Though I must admit that even with how much i am looking forward to summer I am also really looking forward to this fall. I start my student teaching and I actually get to be in a class room leaning to teach (I am I the only one who sees irony is learning to teach? being taught to teach...). When I went to my student teaching orientation the lecture that was given was quiet interesting! Tom Keys told us that being a teacher is the hardest job that anyone can have. Even a brain surgeon has an easier job, they are working on one brain, with lots of assistants, whereas teachers often times work all by themselves on around thirty brains. I had never thought of teaching in this light before. Teaching is not a glamorous job, but the things that I love are plastic/ noodle necklaces, and pictures where I am extremely tall with flowers all around me on construction paper :) Anyway, now that I have wasted your time reading something that really isn't that important I wish all of you who are in school good luck with the rest of the semester and hope that you all have an amazing summer! :)
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Life right now :)
Well, I was informed by my best friend that I have been neglecting the blogg world and I have to confess that I have been! I have been rather busy.
In other news I was accepted to the college of education! YES!!! and I already signed up for my student teaching and got all the stuff for that moving forward! :) Approximately 3 semesters till I have a degree in my hand! I am so excited to see what God is going to do through all of this! He continually blows my mind! Why He would want to use someone like me for anything is beyond me! :)
Right now I volunteer at my church as the worship leader for the middle school kids, and it is such a blessing! I love going every week and getting the opportunity to lead them in worship to our great God! I also am a leader for the 7th grade girl in teaching them, praying, and just laughing with them when needed! I am supposed to be the teacher, but they teach me new things all the time! I am supposed to spend a 3 day weekend with them pretty soon and I am pretty excited for that! :)
ONLY 8 WEEKS LEFT! Well, actually less than 8 weeks, but yes, about 8 weeks and I am done with my first semester at the University of New Mexico!
Sooo many things to talk about I could write for days! but instead I shall leave it at this for now and write more later! :)
In other news I was accepted to the college of education! YES!!! and I already signed up for my student teaching and got all the stuff for that moving forward! :) Approximately 3 semesters till I have a degree in my hand! I am so excited to see what God is going to do through all of this! He continually blows my mind! Why He would want to use someone like me for anything is beyond me! :)
Right now I volunteer at my church as the worship leader for the middle school kids, and it is such a blessing! I love going every week and getting the opportunity to lead them in worship to our great God! I also am a leader for the 7th grade girl in teaching them, praying, and just laughing with them when needed! I am supposed to be the teacher, but they teach me new things all the time! I am supposed to spend a 3 day weekend with them pretty soon and I am pretty excited for that! :)
ONLY 8 WEEKS LEFT! Well, actually less than 8 weeks, but yes, about 8 weeks and I am done with my first semester at the University of New Mexico!
Sooo many things to talk about I could write for days! but instead I shall leave it at this for now and write more later! :)
Thursday, February 9, 2012
College of Ed!
Well, today as some of you know I had my interview for the college of education!!! Pretty big deal for me :) And I think it went really well, but I will know in the next couple weeks if I was accepted or not! One thing I have learned through this though is really to trust God even more! I was asked a bunch of times if I was nervous and I was a little bit, but I have learned not to be nervous because it really doesn't matter. It wont help me at all, and Gods will will be done no matter my nerves so I might as well go in confidently. I have nothing to fear with Him by my side! :) I have learned so much over the last couple weeks and I thank God each day for all the people He has placed in my life to help me grow in Him! I am truly blessed! :)
Monday, January 23, 2012
College Classes
So, one of my readers asked me to write about what I have really learned in my college classes, so here goes! :) (I might add things that I have learned at college, but not in the class room)
1) English one isn't necessarily about learning a thing about writing. It is more of a feel good class that is ALMOST impossible to fail, though some still have....
2) When there is a former Nazi youth speaking about WWII don't say anything!!!!!! even if they beg for your input! (you will get yelled at in German... SCARY!)
3) Lockers spin Right twice, left twice, right once
4) For psychology just make sure you know about Pavlov and his drooling dogs... also about the fake jail.. Also, don't be surprised if your teacher runs into you at church.
5) Sociology...... ya... it is an easy class, but very weird.... I don't know that I really learned much of anything about sociology...
6) History is amazing, but peoples views can greatly differ.... I am continually amazed how 5 people can see one simple event so differently. If it is a more complex historical event... just don't
7) make sure you have paper clips and staples with you at all times!
8) if you have a foreign teacher biology can take on new meaning...
9) Class mates will lock you out of the classroom so beware and try not to make enemies
10) In some cases it is much quicker to walk up 4 flight of stairs instead of waiting for the elevator
11) (kind of goes along with 10) You can fit 10 people in a normal sized elevator... awkward....
12) Jihad doesn't necessarily mean war, it is a type of worship.....
13) NEVER touch underneath any desks or tables for any reason!
14) Wear tennis shoes most of the time.... your feet could be murdered!
15) beware of large backpacks they will get dropped on someone.
16) Botswana is a REALLy dry place in Africa
17) Cleopatra wasn't killed by a house snake
18) Alexander the great supposedly killed his father
19) If your minor is in social studies and you really love history you will have a billion history facts stuck in your head
20) If teachers yell at you then try and find a reason to laugh about it... It makes life much more pleasant
21) All CNM staff like cupcakes, especially the computer guys
22) Become friends with the janitors!
23) If the teacher says something funny then laugh even if it isn't funny
24) If you stare at a teacher without blinking for awhile the teachers eyes start twitching whenever they look at you
25) If you're going to throw something at someone in the room triple check that the teacher isn't looking... face palm
26) Some teachers really like guns....
27) Cater to what your teacher likes, but only if it doesn't compromise your own beliefs.
28) Carry chalk with you. If the teacher forgets sometimes they can end up very upset!
29) Don't read your textbooks in class. It doesn't make you look studious, the teachers just think you didn't do your work.
30) If the teacher isn't too creepy become friends with them :) It can really help at times!
31) The heater/ cooling systems in school never work right... Also, sometimes they squeek
32) The chacoan Indians are now the native Pueblo Indians
33) Some teachers LOVE youtube
34) Math is a most interesting class. You find out if the teacher really is nice or not pretty quickly, and it is one of the classes with the most drops...
35) make sure you have voice commands turned off on your phone.. in fact, make sure all noises, including vibrate, are off before you go in the classroom
36) Some people can't figure out that even though Berlin is in Germany it is a part of it... they aren't two separate places....
37)The wall did indeed fall!
38) democracy has many meanings and there are four confirmed views on it
39) I am smart because I counted all the way to 39!! :D
40) Colleges have some of the weirdest clubs
41) Be very careful when you walk were the skateboarders are... it could result in multiple injuries
42) Don't sit in wet grass
43) When you have a water bottle make sure you don't accidently get it replaced with a bottle of soapy water that contains glitter.... not good...
44) don't knit in class. I haven't, but people keep doing it and it makes all teachers nervous for some reason
45)The older your teachers are the more fantasies they will have..........
46) Look at your chair before you sit in it and make sure you don't lean forward so far as to fall off..
47) English teachers like scary movies
48) Art history is pretty boring
49) Music appreciation can be interesting... Specially when the teacher hands out feathers from her bird that her dog swallowed.. Also, we saw a movie were these evil kids blew up a frog...
50) Stalkers are everywhere, just look out your window
51) Triple check your class schedule with the number on the class door....
52) Have a supply of snacks handy at all times... Especially chocolate
53) CAFFEINE IS ESSENTIAL FOR FINALS!
54) In general it is a good idea to wait for the crossing light to turn green. Just in general though...
There are sooooo many things to say, but the gist of it all is that college is supposed to prepare you for life, and even though you might not learn a lot from your actual classes you will learn a lot about how to survive daily life without dieing :)
So, one last note 55) When someone has a mischievous look on their face and they have goat heads in their hand, it is likely that they will toss them over a banister and when you look down to see if it landed on anyone someone will look up at you with an angry look and your friend (the one who dropped the goat heads) will be laughing hysterically at you...
I end this note with the satisfaction that this will save someones life :D
1) English one isn't necessarily about learning a thing about writing. It is more of a feel good class that is ALMOST impossible to fail, though some still have....
2) When there is a former Nazi youth speaking about WWII don't say anything!!!!!! even if they beg for your input! (you will get yelled at in German... SCARY!)
3) Lockers spin Right twice, left twice, right once
4) For psychology just make sure you know about Pavlov and his drooling dogs... also about the fake jail.. Also, don't be surprised if your teacher runs into you at church.
5) Sociology...... ya... it is an easy class, but very weird.... I don't know that I really learned much of anything about sociology...
6) History is amazing, but peoples views can greatly differ.... I am continually amazed how 5 people can see one simple event so differently. If it is a more complex historical event... just don't
7) make sure you have paper clips and staples with you at all times!
8) if you have a foreign teacher biology can take on new meaning...
9) Class mates will lock you out of the classroom so beware and try not to make enemies
10) In some cases it is much quicker to walk up 4 flight of stairs instead of waiting for the elevator
11) (kind of goes along with 10) You can fit 10 people in a normal sized elevator... awkward....
12) Jihad doesn't necessarily mean war, it is a type of worship.....
13) NEVER touch underneath any desks or tables for any reason!
14) Wear tennis shoes most of the time.... your feet could be murdered!
15) beware of large backpacks they will get dropped on someone.
16) Botswana is a REALLy dry place in Africa
17) Cleopatra wasn't killed by a house snake
18) Alexander the great supposedly killed his father
19) If your minor is in social studies and you really love history you will have a billion history facts stuck in your head
20) If teachers yell at you then try and find a reason to laugh about it... It makes life much more pleasant
21) All CNM staff like cupcakes, especially the computer guys
22) Become friends with the janitors!
23) If the teacher says something funny then laugh even if it isn't funny
24) If you stare at a teacher without blinking for awhile the teachers eyes start twitching whenever they look at you
25) If you're going to throw something at someone in the room triple check that the teacher isn't looking... face palm
26) Some teachers really like guns....
27) Cater to what your teacher likes, but only if it doesn't compromise your own beliefs.
28) Carry chalk with you. If the teacher forgets sometimes they can end up very upset!
29) Don't read your textbooks in class. It doesn't make you look studious, the teachers just think you didn't do your work.
30) If the teacher isn't too creepy become friends with them :) It can really help at times!
31) The heater/ cooling systems in school never work right... Also, sometimes they squeek
32) The chacoan Indians are now the native Pueblo Indians
33) Some teachers LOVE youtube
34) Math is a most interesting class. You find out if the teacher really is nice or not pretty quickly, and it is one of the classes with the most drops...
35) make sure you have voice commands turned off on your phone.. in fact, make sure all noises, including vibrate, are off before you go in the classroom
36) Some people can't figure out that even though Berlin is in Germany it is a part of it... they aren't two separate places....
37)The wall did indeed fall!
38) democracy has many meanings and there are four confirmed views on it
39) I am smart because I counted all the way to 39!! :D
40) Colleges have some of the weirdest clubs
41) Be very careful when you walk were the skateboarders are... it could result in multiple injuries
42) Don't sit in wet grass
43) When you have a water bottle make sure you don't accidently get it replaced with a bottle of soapy water that contains glitter.... not good...
44) don't knit in class. I haven't, but people keep doing it and it makes all teachers nervous for some reason
45)The older your teachers are the more fantasies they will have..........
46) Look at your chair before you sit in it and make sure you don't lean forward so far as to fall off..
47) English teachers like scary movies
48) Art history is pretty boring
49) Music appreciation can be interesting... Specially when the teacher hands out feathers from her bird that her dog swallowed.. Also, we saw a movie were these evil kids blew up a frog...
50) Stalkers are everywhere, just look out your window
51) Triple check your class schedule with the number on the class door....
52) Have a supply of snacks handy at all times... Especially chocolate
53) CAFFEINE IS ESSENTIAL FOR FINALS!
54) In general it is a good idea to wait for the crossing light to turn green. Just in general though...
There are sooooo many things to say, but the gist of it all is that college is supposed to prepare you for life, and even though you might not learn a lot from your actual classes you will learn a lot about how to survive daily life without dieing :)
So, one last note 55) When someone has a mischievous look on their face and they have goat heads in their hand, it is likely that they will toss them over a banister and when you look down to see if it landed on anyone someone will look up at you with an angry look and your friend (the one who dropped the goat heads) will be laughing hysterically at you...
I end this note with the satisfaction that this will save someones life :D
Sunday, January 22, 2012
BIG
So, I just realized that I haven't posted on here in ages!!!! I'm sorry about that! These last few months seem to have just flown by! Things have been crazy busy, but so good! I am at a new school and I am involved in new and fun things :) God has so richly blessed my life! I am so excited to see what He is going to do with me this next year! This next semester is going to be pretty busy, though not bad, but God has put me right where I need to be. He has given me some of the desires of my heart and He shows me more and more each day just how awesome He is! One of my friends told me awhile back that the word awesome should only be used in context with God because He is the only thing that is truly awesome. I have to concur! :) I am filled with awe for the God I serve.
On Sundays I work with seventh grade girls after the main service. It is such a blessing to get to see them grow in Christ! Today was the first Sunday of the year that we have met as a small group and the excitement that everyone had was incredible! You can't deny that God is going to do something! I can't really express what all went on today, but it was truly awe inspiring to see that God is going to do something! I mean, I know that God is constantly at work, but you could just see that He has something really big planned and to think that I get to be a part of that is exciting, but also downright scary, but in a good way! :)
So, even though I have basically just rambled my way through this post I would like to end it with something of importance :) I just want to encourage all of you who are of Christ. He has got such big plans for all of us! I didn't even know what to title this post, but all I can think of is how Big and great our God is! :)
Also, if any of you have anything you would like me to write about I thought I would open it up! :D So, please let me know if you have any suggestions! :)
GOD BLESS!!! :)
On Sundays I work with seventh grade girls after the main service. It is such a blessing to get to see them grow in Christ! Today was the first Sunday of the year that we have met as a small group and the excitement that everyone had was incredible! You can't deny that God is going to do something! I can't really express what all went on today, but it was truly awe inspiring to see that God is going to do something! I mean, I know that God is constantly at work, but you could just see that He has something really big planned and to think that I get to be a part of that is exciting, but also downright scary, but in a good way! :)
So, even though I have basically just rambled my way through this post I would like to end it with something of importance :) I just want to encourage all of you who are of Christ. He has got such big plans for all of us! I didn't even know what to title this post, but all I can think of is how Big and great our God is! :)
Also, if any of you have anything you would like me to write about I thought I would open it up! :D So, please let me know if you have any suggestions! :)
GOD BLESS!!! :)
Sunday, October 16, 2011
I look up
I look up as if waiting for an answer, but the clouds don't reply.
I don't expect them to, but I do expect another voice.
A voice that hears not only my voice, but hears my heart.
This voice knows me inside and out and before my heart cries He knows.
I look around me and I feel empty.
What fills my life?
Who fills my mind?
Again I look up to find my answer.
When I look around I am empty.
I find longing in looking around me.
I long for things that I can't fully describe, but they are not mine.
I look up.
I look down.
My head is hung.
My eyes are filled.
My heart cries out.
Those around me do not hear.
I look up.
When I look up I am filled.
I am made whole.
I am loved.
No one can hold me like I am held when I look up.
My life has been crazy lately..... but even in the midst of everything I know that He loves me. :)
I don't expect them to, but I do expect another voice.
A voice that hears not only my voice, but hears my heart.
This voice knows me inside and out and before my heart cries He knows.
I look around me and I feel empty.
What fills my life?
Who fills my mind?
Again I look up to find my answer.
When I look around I am empty.
I find longing in looking around me.
I long for things that I can't fully describe, but they are not mine.
I look up.
I look down.
My head is hung.
My eyes are filled.
My heart cries out.
Those around me do not hear.
I look up.
When I look up I am filled.
I am made whole.
I am loved.
No one can hold me like I am held when I look up.
My life has been crazy lately..... but even in the midst of everything I know that He loves me. :)
Monday, October 3, 2011
More quotes :) with commentary :)
I personally LOVE quotes.... Not sure about the rest of you, but yes I am quote crazy.. :) So here is yet another post about quotes :) Also, please forgive me if I already used some of these.
Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs. ~ Malcolm S. Forbes
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
~ Bruce Feirstein
Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. ~ Virginia Woolf
Psychological....
The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.
~ William Arthur Ward
Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.
~ Frederick E. Crane
Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles. ~ Samuel Smiles
A good home must be made, not bought. ~ Joyce Maynard
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. ~ Henry Ford
Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away. ~ Tommy Lasorda
The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones. ~ Somerset Maugham
True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. ~ Helen Keller
Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it. ~ Bill Cosby
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
~ Dale Carnegie
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.
~ Anonymous
Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
There is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion ~ Thomas Browne
God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless. ~ Chester W. Nimitz
The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm
~ Swedish Proverb... not sure about this one, but I thought it was amusing :)
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. ~ Jonathan Swift ...rofl :D
If you are afraid of your future, you don't have a present ~ James Petersen
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. ~ Kahlil Gibran .. if it is a real friendship!
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line. and adding to one's liberty.
~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. ~ William Arthur Ward.. sooooo true! :)
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. ~ William Arthur Ward
Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs. ~ Malcolm S. Forbes
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
~ Bruce Feirstein
Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. ~ Virginia Woolf
Psychological....
The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.
~ William Arthur Ward
Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.
~ Frederick E. Crane
Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles. ~ Samuel Smiles
A good home must be made, not bought. ~ Joyce Maynard
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. ~ Henry Ford
Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away. ~ Tommy Lasorda
The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones. ~ Somerset Maugham
True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. ~ Helen Keller
Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it. ~ Bill Cosby
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
~ Dale Carnegie
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.
~ Anonymous
Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
There is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion ~ Thomas Browne
God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless. ~ Chester W. Nimitz
The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm
~ Swedish Proverb... not sure about this one, but I thought it was amusing :)
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. ~ Jonathan Swift ...rofl :D
If you are afraid of your future, you don't have a present ~ James Petersen
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. ~ Kahlil Gibran .. if it is a real friendship!
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line. and adding to one's liberty.
~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. ~ William Arthur Ward.. sooooo true! :)
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. ~ William Arthur Ward
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