Friday, September 07, 2007

• I'm a teacher!!!!!

  Currently Reading Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen By Joyce A. Tyldesley see related

  Wow.   All I can say is... wow!  

  The reason why I haven't been posting (and I realize this is sounding more and more like a site where I give excuses why I haven't communicated with all my online friends....)   is because as of Monday, August 27th, I have been teaching 7th and 8th grade Ancient History at ACS (my old high school)!!!!!    Freaky!!!!!         I mean, it was so sudden (I had literally a week to prepare lesson plans and everything), and it's just so strange to hear people calling me "Miss Rice"  who just a few months ago were pulling my hair and calling me Aimster.... 

  Apparently, though, I've really scared them to death (I'm not mean or anything, just intimidating, which is really good conisdering they're junior highers, taller than me, and many know me from when I was a highschooler there...).  And I've heard rumors that my nickname is Miss Purgatory, since I give so much homework (Molly, you don't need to be telling Beau any of this...)  Yeah, that's another thing.  One of my friends, Molly, has a younger brother in my class.  So Beau keeps saying "You can't be my teacher. You're my sister's friend.."   

  But we've had SO MUCH fun the last few days.  The test over ancient Mesopotamia (Sumer, Akkad, and Old Babylon) is Monday, and the review today was good (really good, we played a game and the kids behaved themselves nicely and knew their stuff). Yesterday we made clay tablets and wrote in cuneiform.. (they loved that).     I've decided I love this so much, I can't wait until I finish college and can devote myself to full-time stress as a teacher.  God really does work in mysterious (and amazingly fast) ways!

  But anyways.  It's really hard, since I'm a full time college student,  working part time at the public library, and teaching at ACS.   I officially despise grading, and really am fond of all my students already.    If you want to, those of you who still read this can see my online profile at:   http://acsb.org/Faculty___Staff.html#Rice_A  .  One word of vanity:  I forgot about the picture-taking that day, didn't even get a chance to comb my hair, so cut me some slack.....  You'll also get to see some of the most important people in my life:  Pastor Joe (gave me my love of history and the tools whereby I understand everything I learn about history), Miss Eppinger (possibly the most patient woman alive, taught me calculus and chemistry, and is now a good friend), and my pastor and mentor since 8th grade, Pastor Swygard (affectionately called PBS), who changed my life in so many ways... I don't think I'd be who I am today if it wasn't for him.... (and his puppy-eyes, which can hypnotize the hardest of criminals).

  I really wish I had time to talk more (especially with you, Esther- I am really upset that I've let our communication slide so badly), but I can't promise anything. 

  Thank you all so much for still hanging around my xanga and looking at it occaisionally!  I do read all my subsciptions, so I've been keeping up with you all, just not... saying anything.... 

  Au Revoir!  God bless!

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