new blog :)

Hi! I have been "blogging" since high school (soo, about 7 years?)...well, actually I started a teenopendiary account in middle school but I don't like to talk about those days...anyway, the point is that this isn't my first blogging experience.  However, it's the first time I have had an open non-friend's only blog since those middle school days, and it's going to be used to talk about professional things like teaching, lesson plans, discipline, etc while I'm student teaching.  That's new.  I'm used to talking about boys I like, tv shows I'm watching, and other useless trivial junk.
I hope this goes well...I have actually been thinking about starting a new blog for my "adult" life, haha. Student teaching starts in exactly a week, so I will hopefully be able to write more about actual teaching then.  Until that point comes, I might just write about daily things going through my head, and possibly little posts about important people who mean a lot to me.  I am already nervous about embarking on this new, exciting, very scary last semester of school before I enter the big, frightening REAL world of teaching and living without my parents financial help (hopefully...if I find a job, haha).  It is very surreal.  I have been dreaming of being a teacher since I was a little girl, playing school with my dolls.  There is no other career for me, there is nothing I would rather do than help inspire and teach youngsters how to do all the important things they need to know in elementary school, in their later grades, and in their adult lives.  Nothing is better than helping a student understand something that they just did not get, and having a student tell yoi that you're their "favorite", or watching their little smiles spread across their faces when you encourage them and love them in spite of all their "flaws" (that you do not see, because they are wonderful and so bright and they can do anything they set their minds to).  Some kids do not have anyone else in their lives who will believe in them and the best of them no matter what, and that is what I love about teaching and being a role model.  I was meant to be a teacher, and I am so thankful to God that He revealed my true calling at such a young age.
Also, if you couldn't tell, I am long-winded and can write a novel about almost anything. Please like me in spite of this, haha.