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Finally, I finished the alternative certification program. When the administrators told me it would take a year I thought it was a long time. Now, that time just flew by, I realized how fast the entire process really is. It will be odd not having to study for certifications, attend after-school graduate classes and first year teaching training. Not to mention those Saturdays when all you wanted to do is sleep just another five minutes. It would of honestly been a lot harder if it wasn’t for Eric helping me and working around my crazy schedule. I am looking forward to starting the school year. I feel better prepared and I know that it won’t be such a stressful year. Most of all I will be able to enjoy a family life with Eric and our soon-to-be addition.

I wanted to share some of my teacher moments. My class was cut into 12 wonderful children. You could say I have the ideal class. It’s a small class and they are all so motivated to learn. All of my teacher moments have occured at my parent conferences. My first was with the parent of a child who is very quite and forgetful. His mother told me that her son had told her that the only three people he knew really cared about him. He said it was his father, mother, and his teacher. My heart sank, I did not realize what kind of impact I had given a child who I had only been with in five weeks. It was awesome!!!

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Hello to all!! A couple of you have asked either Eric or I about my new job. Well everyone is right, teachers are under paid!!!! My class is about 23 kids. Apparently the teachers from last year did not do a good job about separating the English speakers from the Spanish speakers so now I must break the news to my class that some of them won’t be my students.

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