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| Well its been forever and a day since I've been here...
but alas, I've given up on Xanga, its too hard to navigate, more than I need. You can still find me on facebook & myspace.
But I've also started a new page/blog. http://melissa.greathouse.googlepages.com
so go see me there from now on.
I'll log on here periodically so I can keep my archives
TTFN y'all!
And TTFE (ta ta for ever) Xanga
~M
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| so... its been a while again. imagine that.
Last weekend I went to Morgantown & Kennywood w/Nicole, Kristen, Jackie, Cassidy, and Brew. It was fun for the most part (a few nerve wracking/stressful moments along the way...) but all in all it was fun. I will have pictures up eventually. Not on here probably, but definitely on my myspace and facebook, as soon as Cassidy emails me the ones that she has.
so the semester is in full swing, so far, so good. I've managed to stay on top of things for the most part. And really have been much better than usual at procrastinating. I've decided to try and get my 5-9 Math Specialization. Weird, I know, coming from the person who struggled in Math and HATED Math for most of my life. But I can have it in 17 hours + student teaching. Not only will I be able to teach middle school Math, but I'll be able to teach Title I Math in elementary schools (basically helping kids in Math who are having trouble). So we'll see how that goes. My plan is for spring I have 9 hours left I need for my Elem. Ed. so I'll take those, plus Statistics, and one more math class I need. (Putting me at 15 hours). Then I'll go ahead and student teach in the Fall of 08. Graduate in December 2008 w/my K-6 Elementary Ed. degree. Then the following Spring take the remainder of my Math classes that I need (or as much as I can) while substitute-teaching part time. And its not like if I get into it and don't like it I can't change my mind. Part of the reason I'm taking statistics in the spring is because I know it will also go towards my masters in case I decide to head in that direction instead. But we shall see.
alright thats good enough of an update for now. TTFN
~M | | |
| hey look an update without waiting months.
what is new in the life of me... lets see... not a whole lot I don't suppose. I've been keeping busy without being overwhelmed so thats always a good thing. So I am really missing my fiance and my friends that are at school, but other than that things are great. I thankfully still have a couple of my best friends here.
Speaking of which.... I'm pretty pumped about next weekend. I'm going up to Morgantown next Friday to see Nicole! We're spending the night there then going to KENNYWOOD on Saturday (the 15th)!!!! Nicole, Kristen, Brew, Jackie (Nicole's mom), Cassidy (her sis) and myself are going. A whole day with rollercoasters and best friends. Sounds super.
This weekend will be good too! Seth is coming home so I get to see him for the first time in like 3 weeks. Unfortunately I have to freaking work on Saturday. I can't wait to see what our schedules are going to be next week. All I know is I told Brittany I did NOT want to work every Saturday, and she asked if I could work up to 20 hours a week and if I could work Thursdays at the Market St. Y. (which I can). So yea, I'm looking forward to getting some more hours so my paychecks aren't so pathetic.
Oh I finished reading the 7th Harry Potter book. It was really good. I was satisfied with the ending, but it makes me sad its the last one. Oh well I still have the movies to look forward to (yes I'm a nerd, I know...)
Right now I should be working on homework. And I think I will as soon as I'm done here. I'm just hanging out here till Brew gets out of physics, then we're grabbing a bite to eat and heading over to church for handbells.
Alrighty well I suppose this update should suffice for now. TTFN!
~M | | |
| ok so I officially suck at updating this thing anymore...
I think there's a few reasons for this... one- really there's not that much exciting going on in my life to start with, and 2-I'm not sure if its because I'm a year older or what but the past year I've just been more "private" about everything, meaning, I'd just as soon talk about things with my friends rather than post it on the internet for the world to see... I don't know.
But anyway, the new semester is underway. I have been dreading it for several reasons. Having to re-take Reading 302 is the main reason, the pressure of having to get all my grades up, and having to pay for everything now... but so far, its been alright. I only have 13 hours this semester and at least so far I don't feel overwhelmed. I've decided I'm going to take this semester to get everything back on track and get back where I need to be. Last semester was just a disaster over all. I was constantly overloaded and stressed and it didn't help that I had several crisis outside of school come up. (Losing my job, looking for another job, almost losing my friend in that Huntington apartment fire, totalling my car...) So I'm trying to make the best of this semester and turn things back around. I was always an honor roll student so its been hard struggling to keep my head above water. And hopefully it will be a crisis-free semester too.
But anyway, my schedule for this fall is:
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Music 191
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College Chorale
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MW 11-12:15
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Young
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Read 302
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Teaching Reading
K-6
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MW 2-3:45
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McGovern
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Educ 330
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Classroom Management
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TR 12:30-1:45
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Lancaster & Kelley
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Educ 330L
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Classroom Management Practicum
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F 7:30-11
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Fairplains Elementary
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Educ 315
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Instructional Strategies in Music
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T 5-7:30
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Fling (at Neale)
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Sci 301
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Instructional Strategies in Science
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F 12-3:45
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King
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So far all my classes I think will be ok. I'm most excited about my instructional strategies in Music. I think my professor for that class will be awesome, not to mention I love music. I'm also excited about doing my classroom management practicum (excited and slightly nervous-- we'll be teaching a lot...)
The only one I'm dreading is of course reading, but I am determined to get through it and I really want to get an A, just for spite. lol.
Well thats all for now, TTFN
~Melissa
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| Its been a while. I can't believe July is almost over. Summer is going way too fast. I'm not looking forward to school starting at ALL. I'm so dreading taking that reading class again. I just don't even want to think about it. Not to mention Seth starting school too.
Other than that there's been nothing new...babysitting has been going fine. This coming weekend I'm going to Buckhannon for a clogging workshop. Its really a pathetic workshop as far as that goes, but we have fun anyway. Last weekend I went up to see Nicole in Morgantown, lol we had fun.
I guess thats all for now, too bad I don't have anything more interesting to write. lol. TTFN
~Melissa | | |
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