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Stolen from a few people...

The Assumption Game

How to Play:
- Comment below with an assumption that you make about me
- And I will reply with whether it’s true or false.

If you don't want to play? Tell me one thing you're grateful for this week!

So at my rambling post, billysgirl5 asked me If you could travel anywhere, no matter the cost or anything else, where would it be and why?

This is so difficult to answer so I'm going to go with a cop out answer - a world tour. I've always wanted to visit different parts of the world and do different things (mainly eat all sorts of food) so if I had all the money? I'd just do a global hop - hit each continent, some more than once. I want to see the beauty of Iceland, the volcanoes and beaches of Hawaii, the amazing New Zealand, the historical Rome, the cultural Greece - all of it. I'd definitely want to do a fangirl hop to - visit all you lovely people all over the world!

Sorry J, for that terrible answer ;)

AND OF COURSE J2 HUNG OUT TOGETHER THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

So ash48 asked me to ramble about teaching in my post where you give me a topic to ramble about. She also said tips for new teachers.

Teaching is a double edged sword for me. I've wanted to do it since I was little but now that I'm IN it, I don't know if it's what I want to do with my life. I love some aspects of it - the people you work with, the wealth of knowledge, making connections with kids, summer holidays, the creativity aspect, getting to decorate my classroom and create things for it. I dislike some aspects of it - the pressure from everyone, the discipline issues, grading, being at a loss for when kids don't get it.

I procrastinate a lot and I was going through my stuff and my first ever supervisor mentioned to my principal that preparation was my weak point - and it still is! I just don't know how to get over that hump.

There's so many key points that go into teaching - lesson planning, accommodations for those with special needs, differentiating, engaging kids, assigning hw, grading them, looking at tests, replanning based on how they did, reteaching, and that doesn't include the professional developments, talking to parents, and having meetings. It's A LOT.

I feel like I'm not good at it. My classroom environment is awesome, the kids like being there because it's personal, and I know most of the kids like ME because I try to create those relationships, but idk if I'm an EFFECTIVE teacher. Am I giving them the skills they need to succeed in the future? I hope so. I try to teach them kindness in my class, use that as a big part of who I am and what they should be, so is that coming off to them? Just, it's all these things that are constantly going through my mind.

This will be my 5th year and it's going to be the biggest challenge yet. I'm going to do a couple of different things this year that I hope you can help me with.
1. I thought of this earlier and saw wendy was doing it, and that cemented that I should do it - write down 2-3 happy things each day. I need to find the happiness in what I've done. I CAN list a negative, but only 1. Just so I can reflect how to change and not obsess.
2. Reflect on my lessons - what went well and what didn't
3. Change my MINDSET. I need to think positive and well and hopefully the day goes that way
4. Build relationships with parents more. They've always been there but I haven't REALLY interacted with them
5. Develop friendships with the staff so creative ideas can flow
6. At school focus on SCHOOL. No more social media/fic/etc while on my break - be productive about it
7. Get my crap done BEFORE school starts the next day. No last minute copies, hastily checking pinterest etc
8. At home focus on HOME. BE with my family, talk to them!
9. Focus on my religion. Take 20 minutes every morning to focus on my relationship with God.
10. Make to do lists that work - separate them day by day rather than one long list - and actually try to get each thing done.

Basically, stop being so damn lazy haha. Hopefully with all this I can find more enjoyment in my job. And if I'm still unsatisfied, find something else to do. SIGH. Wish life were easier!

Damn that was a long post. If you got through that, KUDOS ♥♥♥

Where My Demons Hide by ash48
It's woven in my soul, I need to let you go....
Amazing.

Also, I clearly failed my OWN challenge. I realized on the 2nd and so I'll push it back to September instead *facepalm*

How about instead, since I still need to remain active here, if you want to hear me ramble on about anything on any day, let me know?
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My last entry for billysgirl5 for the January Meme.

She asked if you could go anywhere, no matter the cost or anything else, where would it be and why?

Umm, I'm going to go with 2 answers. 1 is the religious one, I want to go to Hajj, the pilgrimage to the sacred city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia (wiki version) because it's crazy expensive. The second is a world tour haha. No, if I had to pick one place it'd be New Zealand. I've always heard amazing things about it, and I've ALWAYS wanted to see Australia and I really just want to travel EVERYWHERE, but yeah that's at the top.

Hope you've enjoyed a little more insight into me! It's been an awesome month revealing some things about myself and rambling on haha

(My February Picture Meme is still open!)

So locknkey asked me how I got into SPN fandom for the january meme

I first started to delve into fic a little bit (J2 fic) by annella and she and frances_veritas would continually post about it. It was mid-season 2. My first episode was Roadkill. I ADORED Sam and was ehh about Dean bc of the way he acted with the chick. But then. Heart. Oh man, my heart was gone with that episode haha. I started from Season 1, INHALED it (while I was in my freshman year of college *facepalm*) and yeah, that's my story haha. Then became obsessed and fell in love with the boys and the show.

So today's post from the is from the_milky_way who asked Teen Wolf. Talk about anything you want: like, dislike, OTP ;)

Okay so I'm going to preface this by saying that a lot of what I love/adore/etc is brought upon by peer pressure or essentially I am EASILY swayed by other people's thoughts and ideas. It's a problem. (Ex: I always loved Scott, but started to hate him JUST a little bit because a few fics I read really delved into the betrayal of Scott to Stiles and Derek in S2 re: Gerard)

I recently really got into TW. I had watched it since Season 1, but ngl, the growth of Stile's hair made him uber desirable (on more than a personality level, bc I always loved him, but made him into a 'hot damn he's hot' - I never claimed not to be shallow) and thus propelled me into fandom. This past summer got me super into Tyler Hoechlin/Dylan O'Brien - esp. after watching the comic con interview with them (reference here) and yeah. THEN, I realized there was a WHOLE TON of Stiles/Derek fic and yeah, game over. I've been reading them NON STOP. It's a problem in that I've been reading fic and not getting any real work stuff done haha

Okay, I like that the writing is usually pretty awesome - the characterizations of Stiles and Scott's relationship has always been a fave. I love the idea of Scott/Allison and Stiles/Derek. Isaac, I've kinda adored because of fanon rather than canon (does anyone else have moments of: is this canon or fanon?!). Umm I don't like that Derek is ALWAYS suffering - it's like the show's creator seriously hates him. Can we just give him SOME happiness? Like how hard would it have been to just keep Laura alive. Seriously. Anyway, I like it for the most part, just small things here and there methinks. And seriously, it's come a long way since the first season wherein I just tolerated it hahahah

first off, thanks go out to fiercelynormal for this icon. JENSEN WAS FIXING JENSEN'S TIE AND JARED'S ALL CHILL. fsldkfjslkdfj ugh I love them so much.

Anyway, today's january meme inspired entry is from billysgirl5 who asked for my biggest pet peeve.

Unfortunately, I have a lot. But my main 2 are unnecessary putting down of people and jealousy for stupid things

My sis has the latter and is always 'woe is me, why does she have that and I don't' grrrr.

The first one is prevalent everywhere, but really in my school. The students don't realize that the crap they say hurts someone. 'Gay' is not allowed in my presence at ALL because it's always used in a derogatory way and the kids know that. If they say something mean or do something mean, they get a look from me, and are told to apologize. It's a small thing I can do, but I do what I can to let them know it's not okay.

locknkey asked me about my biggest accomplishment for the january meme.

I was going to go with graduating college and securing a real job, but I feel like it's an accomplishment, but not my BIGGEST. I don't think I've actually achieved my biggest accomplishment yet. I would want my biggest accomplishment to be the moment I've figured out how I'm happy - or in a job that truly inspires me. All I've wanted for the past 4 years is to figure out what I'm meant to do. I have realized that teaching isn't for me, maybe in small doses, but not whole class. I love a lot of aspects of it, but I can't deal with everyone being on different levels and the disrespect thing, nu uh.

So yeah, haven't had my biggest accomplishment yet, but I'll get there. Life's a journey after all, to be cliche!

At the January Meme billysgirl5 asked me my all time favorite movie.


Umm...I don't have one? I adore many movies - bollywood and english alike - and like different things in each one. Bollywood might be the family ones (Hum Saath Saath Hain, Hum Apke Hain Kaun, Kal Ho Na Ho, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, throw in Dostana and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na with some Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and 3 Idiots thrown in). English is anything with humor, romance, and some action. I LOVE Superhero movies (Marvel ones in particular, sorry Batman, ilu but Iron Man is my faaaaaaave) but I also love RomComs.

So. There is no ONE favorite movie. I like lots. hahahah, sorry man!