I don't stick with blogs, journals, etc. I get really into it and then I lose interest and get too busy. I need to be more consistent so rather than scrap the entire blog, I'm jumping back in. Lots of changes happened since I last posted. I am now a Master's student at Calumet College studying Education. First I'm completing courses for my license, then I am continuing for my Master's in Education (holla!). I am beyond stoked to be in the classroom again.
I was talking with Mom today and I had to stop when I told her how happy I was to be back in school. I'm the last person she would ever expect to hear that from. I never hated school, I was just apathetic. I "didn't apply myself to the fullest extent," basically. But something changed at Purdue when I started studying English - I found my home, my little niche. My place where everything made sense to me. I was excited about school. That's how it was today: I couldn't wait to get to school and get started on lectures, notes, group work, and....homework!
We got our first assignment. Not only do we have a 10 page literature review paper to write, but we have six hours of field experience to complete in the next two weeks AND a fifteen minute presentation (largely covering what our paper is about). Wow. I'm ready to get on this horse and ride it into the dust (not that I want the horse to die...I hope you know what I meant) - I can't wait to do these assignments. I've started researching and I have seven articles so far. Scholarly, peer-reviewed articles that are current. Yes, I know my stuff.
