I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Friday, March 2, 2012

Beer on the Table (Feb 28)

  • Our last day of Orientation – I really can’t believe it. My brain does not fully understand what’s going on, because the last orientation setting it was in lasted for 3 weeks, not 5 days...I honestly feel like I’m going to be listening to lectures and eating cafeteria food for 2 more weeks. 
  • We had a fantastic last day though. Our main objective during lectures today was to write and teach a 40 minute lesson plan in a group. Our topic and group members were assigned so, by nature, I was a little frustrated with the assignment. But our group worked well together and our lesson went great! Everything worked how we planned and we got really high compliments from the judges. One of the judges, who is an elementary teacher (for over 30 years), really liked our Memory Game activity and said she was going to use it in her classroom...cool! She (and a few of the other scholars) complimented me specifically on my teaching. It felt really good :) 
  • After lectures, we had a little closing ceremony, with some speeches and Ukulele playing (by Eugene). Eric made us a great memory video and the coordinating staff admitted that we are honestly the best generation they’ve had. Yay! 
  • Then, it was time for Pizza, Chicken And Beer! Not THAT exciting, but exciting when you’ve been stuck in the ghost town for 5 days. Plus, it turned into a dance party and was awesome. I loved dancing (KPop!)and taking pictures and just being with everyone not during lectures or meals. I also spent a lot of time with my new Korean Scholar friends. They are all so friendly and adorable in the way that they don’t think they speak English very well (even though it’s way better than me in trying Korean). I made an effort to get to know as many of them as possible and I found some pretty great people :) I hope I get to see them again.

Eugene wanted to be on my blog :) 

  • After that party finished, we all went upstairs and celebrated a little more in the dorm rooms. It was great spending that last amount of time with my new Korean friends and getting even closer with my TaLK Scholar friends. I went to bed waaay too late, but it was totally worth it. All my love to GB (esp. Group 5) and our Korean scholars :) 

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