Going to Scotland!

Hey all of you still in the blogosphere, I am going to study abroad a the University of Stirling in Scotland next school year!! I will be gone from September till June. After that it's back to Kotzebue and finishing up school. I only have 7 more classes until I student teach. So cool. I am trying to match up courses I need to take with classes over in Scotland, but I'm not sure I want to take so many serious courses. Hope all is going well this semester for you all!! And with any luck, by this time next year, I will be in Scotland, cozied up to a man in a kilt...

Almost There

Hey all, we're almost done, yay!!! It's really funny, but I'm almost glad my computer broke. It's forced me to really use my time wisely and get my work done. I've had to use Chuckchi's computers and the computers at work to get things done, and this has forced me to work fast because I don't really want to be there. I guess I learned a good lesson. When I had my computer at home, I got the same amount of work done but in twice the amount of time. There were too many distractions and since there are not any at work and school, it's easier to get it all done.

Next semester I am taking the Math 206 intensive, ED 201, ED 204, and ED 410. Anybody else taking any of these?

the home stretch

So it's the last few weeks of a crazy semester, Yay!!! I will be so glad to be done. I just have to keep on getting things done and making those to do lists and get through finals. The one thing I am truly excited about is that my brother and my sister and niece are all coming up for a week at Christmas. It will be the first time in a couple of years we will all be together at Christmas, it's gonna be so much fun!!

On an interesting school note, the kindergarten changes go into effect tomorrow. The four year olds will now be going to school for half the day in thier own classroom seperate from the five year olds. thier will be two classrooms of four year olds who will come in the morning and afternoon, four classes in all. This was the compromise that they came up with to placate the parents. The problem is is that it is only a temporary fix and an illegal one, or so I've heard. The four year olds are not funded. The school board has taken a certified teacher from the kindergarten and redistributed her 5 year olds to the other teachers. She is now going to be the head four year old teacher, and divide her time between the two classes of four year olds with aids filling in the rest of the time. It will be interesting to see what happens.

video take 4

OK, I've had so many issues with uploading the video, so I thought I would try to use YouTube. so here goes.

holiday stuff

I had a great holiday, hope all of yours went well. My family has a pie fest openhouse every year and this year was pretty good. All together we made about 30 pies. We have just about every kind that you can imagine, bannana cream, chocolate cream, butterscotch cream, coconut cream, chocolate chip, peanut butter, cheesecakes with various toppings, pecan, maple pecan, huckleberry, huckleberry strawberry, apple, cranberry apple, and of course pumpkin. There may have been more, but I don't remember... We make a big thanksgiving feast and have a private family dinner and then open the house for hungry pie eaters. This years dinner was a little unusual because we couldn't afford to bring home my cousins from college for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, so we had to do with out them, sad...but we invited some people who didn't have any family in Kotzebue to dinner and ended up with about 15 people. We had turkey, smoked turkey, peking duck, stuffing, mashed potatoes,gravy, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, Aunt Atha's salad(family recipe for a layered salad that nobody really likes but makes anyway because its tradition), spinach salad, and rolls. We were all stuffed and had to watch football and take naps before pie. Then we opened the house to the crowds. I think at one point we counted 30 people in our living room!! Most of them were highschool kids that my uncle teaches and the highschool volley ball team that my aunt coaches. It was loud and crazy and just the way I like it. And we got to eat leftovers for days. Nothing like turkey sandwiches at midnight!!

On a not so fun note, my computer crashed this weekend. Literally there was smoke coming out of it!! I'm no expert, but a computer should not smoke. They could get hard drive cancer, and emphazema of the disc drive. Seriously, smoking computer? not good... So I called the manufacturer hoping that my warranty was still good and of course it wasn't. So I am going to have to send it in for repairs and pay 300 for them to look at it. If they have to make repairs and get parts its extra. I guess I should have bought that extended warranty...

Well, I hope all your holidays went well and you had lots of fun. I am working on my ED 330 presentation and trying to be caught up in my other classes. So far this has been my craziest semester with work and taking 15 credits. I don't think I will try to do this again. It seems as if I can have no life outside work and school and still get good grades. oh the sacrifices we make. We were talking about the costs of higher education in another class and how its not just money, but time, energy and friends and family. But I know in the end it will be worth it for all of us. I think this class has been so great for me because I got to meet all of you who want to be teachers just like me. I always get excited when I find out that someone likes the same things as me (I'm a dork, I know) and it was great to see all these wonderful people who are going to be great teachers just like me. Sometimes I feel a little isolated over the phone and the internet, and it was nice to be in a classroom for a change.

Video take 3

Did anyone else have as much trouble as I have uploading their videos? If not what was your secret? I hope this works this time!!

My Video

Hey All, here is my video. Enjoy!