It’s Been A Long Time
” . . .without a dope beat to step to, step to, step to .. .”
Bonus cool points for those who got the reference without having to look it up.
S’up? Currently it is 5:30am and I figure I should write something. Oh the life updates.
Working at as an assistant professor of education. Yes, the completed Masters of Fine Arts in poetry has come in handy, or something. Which means, yes, I have also graduated. Mandy and I have successfully moved to Boston, and we both have jobs. Though time will tell what “success” means. Wedding plans are running along relatively smoothly. I am bridezilla: hear me roar.
Working in higher ed is weird. Getting used to losing my content. I’m not teaching English (et al) or Philosophy any more. I’m teaching education to undergrad and grad students. I’m middle of the road in age. Many of my students are going into education in light of the economic downturn. Always wanted to teach, lost job, why the hell not do it now? So ages range from 19 to 60. I kid you not. And I’m the “experpt” on curriculum, methods and classroom management. Funny.
I miss my kids. I miss my content. But I’m making this work as best I can. Currently I feel like there is a lot of downtime. I went from teaching 6-7 classes a day, everyday, with 100+ kids, to (currently) one class, once a week, with 26 students, and a handfull of student teacher to take care of all around MA. weird. Taking on more responciblities where I can, to lighten the load of my collegues and to stay busy. Designing a new course for next year (old habits die hard) and seeing where I can maybe squeeze into my old content. We’ll see.
Be nice if I could “find time” to write, poetry and music. Hmm.
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