2 more weeks.
Did I forget to post something last week? I feel like I did, sorry! I have my doubts about whether anyone is reading these anyway. I’ll keep doing them because well, I only have 2 more weeks, and it is a nice release to think over my week and presumably keep in touch with “many” people.
This week went pretty well. Easter was wonderful, but it was wild because it was really the first Easter that I wasn’t home with my family, but thankfully I was still with family. My aunt and uncle had their family over so I was still somewhere that I “fit.” We had an Easter egg hunt throughout the house because it was muddy outside and we had a blast hiding eggs from the kids. The kids also played so roughly with me that I’m surprised my shirt didn’t rip. They literally clung to me! We had a marvelous meal and hung out and then I went and worked, yes on Easter, the Resurrection of our Savior, I worked. I actually had to break into the school. I have a key but they have these rather large red gates and so I had to jump it. I received permission from my cooperating teacher and her husband, both teachers there (he even said that he’s done it!).
The main event that has happened in my life happened more to my cooperating teacher, Mrs. Foster. Last Friday, her son-in-law fell 7 stories from a parking garage in Austin, TX. He and his wife are from California and his wife is 8 months pregnant. So Mrs. Foster has taken a medical leave of absence for the rest of the year. I’ve continued to teach the class I’ve worked with her on, but Mrs. Weiss will take it over when I am done. If you would pray for Mrs. Foster and her family, especially Keith, that would be great. He is on a long road of recovery and they are unsure of how much he will recover. He has a lot of brain swelling and many broken bones, as you can imagine.
Wow, am I almost done? I have something else almost ironic to share. My aunt and uncle don't have internet, yet. In the last week, they have gone from very little technology to having a new laptop and a blackberry cell phone. And so they are getting wireless on the 24th (my birthday!). Well, for the last 4-5 weeks I have spent countless hours at the other student teachers’ host house using the internet for lesson planning and now my aunt and uncle are getting internet literally on the very last day that I'm teaching. Isn't that just fantastic? Better late than never…?
The greatest thing from the week was that I had an interview with Lincoln Lutheran Middle/High School in Lincoln, Nebraska for a 7/8 grade Social Studies position on Wednesday. I think it went well enough. I felt good about it after it was over. We’ll see though! The principal said that they wanted to wrap it up in the next week so hopefully by next weekend I can say whether I was offered the position or not! I was also contacted by Zion Lutheran School in Dallas, TX about a middle school history teaching position. I have a phone interview with them on the 21st!
Something cool that happened from the week was on Wednesday for Geography I had put together a little front/back, read/research/respond activity on OPEC for the kids to work on and when i was making copies of it, one of the science teachers looked at it and liked it enough to ask for a copy because he said that he had a unit that he could really use it. THEN during my interview that night, they asked me if a teacher has used anything that I've created and it was great to say, it literally happened today!
Well, I’m sure I could say a bunch more, but I think I’ll go with that for now. I can’t believe I’m almost done, but as much as I like the school and I love living with my aunt and uncle and being able to spend so much time with them when I haven’t before, I am really ready to be done and move on to the next part of my life. I know that recent country song, “You’re gonna miss this,” plays through my head, but I really excited for what the future holds, and it’s interesting because I don’t really know! But I have faith God will provide something!
In Christ,
Adam
This week went pretty well. Easter was wonderful, but it was wild because it was really the first Easter that I wasn’t home with my family, but thankfully I was still with family. My aunt and uncle had their family over so I was still somewhere that I “fit.” We had an Easter egg hunt throughout the house because it was muddy outside and we had a blast hiding eggs from the kids. The kids also played so roughly with me that I’m surprised my shirt didn’t rip. They literally clung to me! We had a marvelous meal and hung out and then I went and worked, yes on Easter, the Resurrection of our Savior, I worked. I actually had to break into the school. I have a key but they have these rather large red gates and so I had to jump it. I received permission from my cooperating teacher and her husband, both teachers there (he even said that he’s done it!).
The main event that has happened in my life happened more to my cooperating teacher, Mrs. Foster. Last Friday, her son-in-law fell 7 stories from a parking garage in Austin, TX. He and his wife are from California and his wife is 8 months pregnant. So Mrs. Foster has taken a medical leave of absence for the rest of the year. I’ve continued to teach the class I’ve worked with her on, but Mrs. Weiss will take it over when I am done. If you would pray for Mrs. Foster and her family, especially Keith, that would be great. He is on a long road of recovery and they are unsure of how much he will recover. He has a lot of brain swelling and many broken bones, as you can imagine.
Wow, am I almost done? I have something else almost ironic to share. My aunt and uncle don't have internet, yet. In the last week, they have gone from very little technology to having a new laptop and a blackberry cell phone. And so they are getting wireless on the 24th (my birthday!). Well, for the last 4-5 weeks I have spent countless hours at the other student teachers’ host house using the internet for lesson planning and now my aunt and uncle are getting internet literally on the very last day that I'm teaching. Isn't that just fantastic? Better late than never…?
The greatest thing from the week was that I had an interview with Lincoln Lutheran Middle/High School in Lincoln, Nebraska for a 7/8 grade Social Studies position on Wednesday. I think it went well enough. I felt good about it after it was over. We’ll see though! The principal said that they wanted to wrap it up in the next week so hopefully by next weekend I can say whether I was offered the position or not! I was also contacted by Zion Lutheran School in Dallas, TX about a middle school history teaching position. I have a phone interview with them on the 21st!
Something cool that happened from the week was on Wednesday for Geography I had put together a little front/back, read/research/respond activity on OPEC for the kids to work on and when i was making copies of it, one of the science teachers looked at it and liked it enough to ask for a copy because he said that he had a unit that he could really use it. THEN during my interview that night, they asked me if a teacher has used anything that I've created and it was great to say, it literally happened today!
Well, I’m sure I could say a bunch more, but I think I’ll go with that for now. I can’t believe I’m almost done, but as much as I like the school and I love living with my aunt and uncle and being able to spend so much time with them when I haven’t before, I am really ready to be done and move on to the next part of my life. I know that recent country song, “You’re gonna miss this,” plays through my head, but I really excited for what the future holds, and it’s interesting because I don’t really know! But I have faith God will provide something!
In Christ,
Adam
posted by Adam | 11:23 AM
1 Comments:
Hey Sweetie
And you are probably right about nobody reading your "blog"...except me of course. But I have thoroughly enjoyed coming here and being able to connect with you and what your thoughts are. You are just an amazing young man and a total inspiration to me and hopefully to some very lucky young 7-8 graders.
Love you
Mom
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