The Rules
1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Award 5 great recently discovered bloggers
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about the award
7 Facts about me:
- I am a second-year fifth grade teacher. When I graduated college, I was unbelieveably excited to get into the classroom and make a difference. I never imagined how hard the first year would be! In fact, I almost quit part way through last year because of how hard everything was and how incompetent I felt.
- I am SO GLAD I pulled it together because this year is one bajillion times better, mostly BECAUSE of all that I learned during my baptism by fire. I fell in love with teaching again this year. It's a wonderful feeling. :)
- I am one of those elementary school teachers who has NO desire to teach primary grades. I feel like most young teachers love the little ones and would hate teaching 5th grade, but I am exactly the opposite. The little ones are adorable, but I just love the way you can actually have conversations with the big kids. They understand my sense of humor, first of all, which is a plus. :) Seriously though, I would freak out if I were moved to first grade!
- I loooove reading, but I rarely venture out of children's and young adult lit these days! I like to pretend that this is because I'm a teacher and am reading these genre to help relate to my students, but the truth is I'd probably read kidlit even if I wasn't a teacher! When I actually do open an adult book, my first thought is usually, "The print is so TINY!"
- I can't cook. Seriously. This is partly because I actually am a terrible cook (once recently I managed to ruin rice in a rice cooker. Those things are supposed to be idiot-proof), but mostly because when I get home from work, the last thing I want to do is cook. I do make a fabulous bowl of loaded oatmeal though, if I do say so myself...does that count as cooking?
- It doesn't take long for me to get completely hooked on something (ahem...Twilight, Secret Life of the American Teenager, The Hunger Games...the list goes on...), especially books and TV shows! Once I do get sucked in, I temporarily can't focus on ANYTHING else!
- I'm a terrible runner...slow, bad form, etc. I run anyway. :) After months of injury-filled training, I am running my first half-marathon in Disney World in exactly ONE week! Yikes, where did the time go?
Thanks so much for the award! If it makes you feel any better, I just bought a rice cooker last week and I still end up crunchy rice every single time I've used it! Good luck on your half next week!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the award! I also get hooked on things easily - including Twilight and Secret Life. I'm actually watching season 5 of Secret life right now... it's so addicting!
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your half next week, you will do great!!
Love that I found your blog through Sarah. I am a teacher taking a break for a few years to be with my kids. I taught 5th grade for 4 years and really loved it! And I loved Twilight and The Hunger Games books too ...they were fun change of pace books. Hope to read more of your blog! :)
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