That is how much time we have left of Institute. Not that I’m counting or anything. The end is so close, yet so far. We are all simply trying to get by in these last couple days so that we can make it to our regions as soon as possible. I cannot WAIT to get…

Jessie, Daniel, and I were sitting at dinner Thursday (we decided to ditch the dining hall for Qdoba) and we were all complaining about how we all had interviews and pretty much did not get the job. I hadn’t heard for four weeks, so I figured it was easy to assume that I did not…

So, after two weeks and two days here at Temple and one week and two days in our schools, the Institute staff gave us the afternoon off. All I can say is: It’s about damn time! I know this is supposed to be rigorous, but our mental health is definitely important here too. This past…

Oh my goodness. I feel like no matter how much we were warned about Institute, you definitely don’t understand the pressure, stress, and sleep deprivation until you get here. It is pretty much impossible to sit there and pay attention for 15 hours a day without falling asleep at many intervals throughout. And then, after…

Wow. We’ve finished our first full day of induction and we have so far to go. It seems like today was such a long day, but we have six more weeks of much longer days to come. Not to mention, long days of teaching for the next two years. I think that today was definitely…

Well, I had the interview. I continue to go back and forth about my feelings on how it went. I felt prepared and I felt relaxed–two things that seem important in an interview atmosphere. However, there were several curve balls thrown my way. First of all, instead of interviewing with a principal one-on-one, the interview…

So apparently this is really happening, eh? I now have a real interview scheduled with a real principal, at a real school. Somehow it has taken all this for me to begin to realize that in September, I am going to really be a teacher–(yes, it is that “real”). I found out yesterday that I…

has consumed my soul. I definitely need to crack down and actually get this stuff done. Instead of reading and writing, I am sitting here creating a blog that I most likely will not use. I am really excited to get started with training and teaching. 20 days and counting…