| Woah, hey, I'm going to be ridiculously busy for the next couple of weeks!
I should stop procrastinating.
Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
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| i find it hard to appreciate the existence of slutty girls.
that is all i will say...
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| This is the first time, in a very long time...that I can say I am extremely excited for my future.
School is going really well...and I know that I'll be done with class work before I know it. (3 more semesters!) Although it will be hard work, I know I can do it.
Then, we'll probably get married in the summer of 2011. (Before I start my internship and Adam starts grad. school.)
The most exciting part, though, is that we hope to move back to Champaign after that. U of I is creating a Master's of Religion program...to be available starting Fall of 2011. PERFECT TIMING for Adam to go there. Hopefully I can find an internship site somewhere either in Champaign, Urbana, or the Rural Special Ed. Co-Op.
It seems like everything is falling in to place...I just can't wait until I'm done taking classes. I've been in school for toooo many years.
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| 1. I love my grad. program....but I can't handle the stress. I need to learn how to deal with it better. It's like...no matter how organized you are, something is going to be out of your control and make your day/week 10 times more stressful than it should be. That's just one aspect of this profession I am going to have to get used to. I am a control-freak...and I can't be anymore. I just have to learn to accept the fact that things aren't always going to go as planned.
Good life lesson, I suppose!
2. Adam's computer is completely broken....so my mom just gave us their desktop...and I freaking love it. I haven't had a desktop in so long, it's fun! She is tooooo good to us.
3. We are going to see, "Where the Wild Things Are," tonight and I'm so pumped.
4. I have a 12 essay exam this week. I should probably go. hahah
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| WOW. So, today I had an extremely eye-opening experience.
Let me just preface this first. I am taking an Intellectual Assessment class this semester...and as part of the requirement we have to practice giving kids these different types of assessments.
Well, today I gave an assessment to a little 4th grade girl. I went to her house to pick her up (her mom doesn't have a car and she has 4 kids with another on the way---and each of them have a different dad). SO...I get to the house and go inside...and this place is absolutely disgusting. I have never been in a more disgusting house in my life. It smelled so bad in there and there was just stuff EVERYWHERE and it was so dirty. I try not to be judgmental, but this place was grossing me out. So then I start talking to the mom and told her it was going to take a few hours to do this assessment, which I had already told her on the phone a couple days beforehand. She was just like "Yeah whatever, do whatever you have to. And by the way, she hasn't eaten all day and she's pretty hungry." I was just appalled at this statement. She was just EXPECTING me to feed her child for her. Honestly, I was planning on seeing if it was ok for me to get her McDonald's or something as a treat anyway.
So whatever. I just feel really bad for kids who are raised this way. I kind of had a revelation on my way home from dropping her off though. It's not that mothers like this don't love their kids (because I think this lady actually does), it's just that they are so poorly educated that they don't realize the damage they are doing by not providing stable, safe, and stimulating environments for their kids.
By visiting this house, I had a glimpse into a life I, thankfully, have never known. I feel such a deep appreciation for my parents now. Although they were divorced, they both were extremely loving, supportive, good providers (although I know at times when we were really young it was a struggle), and promoted education.
I have a few ideas as to how we can attempt to tackle this issue, but I'll save that for a later date. hahah
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