up in oxford this weekend, posing as a grad student at ole miss. this was an interesting week. i wrote this amazingly relevant paper about working with teen literacy in the delta - and got to present my ideas to the rest of the class this morning. i'm going to try to become a reading specialist focusing on teenagers, i think, after this MTC experience. i love teaching english, and i adore being in the classroom with with my awesome students, but i think i'd rather be focusing on how to help them read so that the reading is meaningful - and fun.

thursday and friday were rough on the carey. between the stress of being "on stage" everyday for my students and working on this paper (and being pms-y) and missing my family and friends in the great north, i had a really crappy last couple of days. however, the boy i like sought me out, so that was fun and dandy. purely platonic, but still fun for my little imagination to run wild for a split second and a half. on the down side, i have serious "missing the people who LOVE-love me" issues. BUT only 10 school days left until thanksgiving vacation. yay!!!! my mind is on random mode right now, so you're getting a basic summary of everything that's running through it. =)

oh, hey, my new email address is: barefootnhippie@yahoo.com.

the highlight of my week (other than the cute boy coming by my room) was teaching my senior english class how to swear in french. it made me laugh. nic ta mere, toi! hee hee. we were naughty!!! but they were engaged in learning, which was cool, even if it wasn't my subject area. okay, back to class now.