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May. 16th, 2012 02:45 pmA lot has been going on since I last updated this journal. I try not to update too often or else I feel I'll have nothing to say, but that also leads to longer entries; I hope you guys don't mind that.
School is over for the summer, which I suppose is one of the bigger news items. I finished out the semester with 2 As, 1 B, and a Pass in my Pass/Fail practicum. This is very good for me, especially considering some issues that arose with another class that caused me to withdraw after the official cutoff--meaning I did have to accept one F for the semester (though I don't fully count it as I plan to retake the course and replace the grade). Currently I am sitting on a 3.0 GPA and I am looking towards next semester with the hopes of obtaining all As (and a 4.0 GPA) to raise that up higher until I retake that course and replace that F. I really am excited for next semester's courses too, even though the schedule is beyond weird, because all of my classes are in my major and it's my second to last semester before I enter student teaching.
Speaking of student teaching, that's another exciting prospect! I may be able to student teach overseas in Kobe, Japan. This is all reliant on the school remaining a part of the Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching (COST), but I'm hopeful. Teaching over there would go a long way in terms of ensuring I keep that job offer I was given. Which is my next point! I was offered the possibility of having a job after graduation, which is still a year and a half off. I happened to take to my alma mater's principal after a school board meeting, and upon mentioning that I had extensive study in the Japanese language he asked me if I would be able to teach it. I responded that so long as I passed my proficiency certifications it should prove no problem, and he asked me to keep in touch so that they might establish a Japanese language program at my old high school. It's all rather exciting.
On the other side of life, the side that has absolutely nothing to do with school, I was able to see Sydney last month. She came up again for ACen, and it was...easily the best week of the year. Long distance relationships are...exceedingly trying, but that week easily made up for all the nights I spent wanting her here with me. We only have a year and a half more until I am out of school and can hopefully look at getting a place so she can move up here--which I am so excited for. The only downside to that weekend was that we weren't able to have any alone time. The one time I thought we might have it a friend of ours ended up hung over on the floor (or in the bathroom puking) most of the morning. It kind of sucks that we weren't able to spend it comfortably in bed alone, like I had hoped.
School is over for the summer, which I suppose is one of the bigger news items. I finished out the semester with 2 As, 1 B, and a Pass in my Pass/Fail practicum. This is very good for me, especially considering some issues that arose with another class that caused me to withdraw after the official cutoff--meaning I did have to accept one F for the semester (though I don't fully count it as I plan to retake the course and replace the grade). Currently I am sitting on a 3.0 GPA and I am looking towards next semester with the hopes of obtaining all As (and a 4.0 GPA) to raise that up higher until I retake that course and replace that F. I really am excited for next semester's courses too, even though the schedule is beyond weird, because all of my classes are in my major and it's my second to last semester before I enter student teaching.
Speaking of student teaching, that's another exciting prospect! I may be able to student teach overseas in Kobe, Japan. This is all reliant on the school remaining a part of the Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching (COST), but I'm hopeful. Teaching over there would go a long way in terms of ensuring I keep that job offer I was given. Which is my next point! I was offered the possibility of having a job after graduation, which is still a year and a half off. I happened to take to my alma mater's principal after a school board meeting, and upon mentioning that I had extensive study in the Japanese language he asked me if I would be able to teach it. I responded that so long as I passed my proficiency certifications it should prove no problem, and he asked me to keep in touch so that they might establish a Japanese language program at my old high school. It's all rather exciting.
On the other side of life, the side that has absolutely nothing to do with school, I was able to see Sydney last month. She came up again for ACen, and it was...easily the best week of the year. Long distance relationships are...exceedingly trying, but that week easily made up for all the nights I spent wanting her here with me. We only have a year and a half more until I am out of school and can hopefully look at getting a place so she can move up here--which I am so excited for. The only downside to that weekend was that we weren't able to have any alone time. The one time I thought we might have it a friend of ours ended up hung over on the floor (or in the bathroom puking) most of the morning. It kind of sucks that we weren't able to spend it comfortably in bed alone, like I had hoped.
