Just around the corner

Silent laughter

Too cute for words

I love these two photos. I wish I had more children around to photograph.

Celebrate the little things

First Week of School

When asked to choose which is more important, iron or monumental architecture, one student wrote this: "We thank iron is better because weapons are way better then we can go steal people
stuff and kill them."

I think that might be the moment when I began to realize how much work I have ahead of me.

Or perhaps it was when we were outling classical empires on a world map in colored pencils. One student was coloring the Pacific Ocean red. I pointed to it and asked what the red represented. "China." he replied.

I am young. I am twenty-three and have only been out of high school for five years. I haven’t seen any teachers in the school that are closeto my age yet, though most of the teachers I have met so far are in the social studies department or are coaches. I have a feeling that the math and science teachers might be younger. Sometimes I can relate better to my students than my cooperating teacher. My sister is still in high school and I find myself talking to my students in a similar tone that I would use to talk to her and her friends.

Once I was in the faculty restroom when the door opens and a teacher yells, “Nobody under the age of 26 is allowed to be in here!” I froze in my stall for a brief second until I remembered that I was allowed to be in there. I came out and she looked at me and said “Not you.” Apparently a bold student had slipped in.

This past week has been very surreal. For starters, the school that I am student teaching copied the same floor plan as the school that I attended. Sometimes when I am walking through the hallways between classes, I forget that I am in another school. For a split second I think that I am going to my next period in a sea of my peers until I notice the colors on the wall- red and black instead of purple and gold- or the yellow brick in the courtyard instead of the classic redbrick Richardson is known for.

Multiple times this week I have sat at my desk half-listening to the lecture and the Coach barked out my name, “Megan! What’s the answer?” My mind rushes to try to remember what he is talking about and I panic over the thought of the teacher catching me not paying attention. I sit there cold until his student, Meagan, answers the question she raised her hand for.

Overall school is going well. People keep asking me how it is and I either tell them frightening tales of students not knowing the difference between India, South America and Africa (we're in High School) or I tell them that I'm still observing so it is incredibly dull. A lot has happened but it is difficult to put into words. I guess I'll work on that.

Ch- ch- changes

This is a post specifically for those of you who have left me in the past year and a half to go on and do better things. You might remember the above image, the Activity Center.

You might not remember the images below. The picture directly below is from the exact same spot I was standing in only turned 180 degrees. This is the new Bookshop and Visitors Center. The green square down there is a coffee shop and the orange one on the right is the tech center. Further to the right (out of sight) is a copy center.

I'll post on my first week of school this weekend... I think I'm still processing.

I want to ride my bicycle

I am starting my first day of Student Teaching tomorrow. I am so nervous!

Here are a few pictures from a bike ride I took around my neighborhood yesterday.

Background Noise

Grapevine Sunsets

All aboard!

Downtown Grapevine has a passenger train that has roundtrip day trips to the Fort Worth Stock Yards. How cool is that? I haven't been on one yet but once the weather cools down a bit I'm going to be all over it.

Glass Blowing

Sana and I went to a glass blowing shop in downtown Grapevine. Can you saw "awe?"

Summer Lovin'

I cannot believe it's September. My summer flew by and I know I'm going to miss it.

I was going through some old pictures to practice Photoshop on and found this series from June. My friends and I went to a concert at the Dallas Arboretum. It was such an amazing evening... I miss summer already. <3