Yesssssssssssssss!

I am happy. Really happy. I have not for the longest time enjoyed every day so much. I love what I am doing and it is an amazing feeling. Don't get me wrong, I do have many shitty things going on in my life, but the fact that this huge part - all the decisions coming together, all the hard work, has paid off. I LOVE BEING A TEACHER!!! I love making bulletin boards, turning my classroom into a solar system, telling my students lies, grading their ridiculous stories. I love my students, even the fat grumpy one. They are so funny, so unique, beautiful people! No matter how stressed I am, or how many things I have to do, I just can't help but be so happy in a classroom. You know you always have that little voice in your head wondering if you are doing the right thing, have you really been called to this? All the annoying assignments - please just let me get through this. Well I did, and it is amazing. I truly know that I will always love my job. I always dreaded this next step of graduating, and while I am depressed about leaving my friends and (my beloved) Sioux Center, I still can hold on to the fact that I get to teach. I hate change, but I think it is time... I dunno. I just never wanted to be one of those people who hates their job, I have had a huge fear of that, but yeah I could go on forever. I will not hate my job. I LOVE BEING A TEACHER!!!

Quotes from my students:

When referring to where I live on a map of North America - "she lives right under that big ol' lake." - Jesse K.

"Why would I want a girlfriend, all they do is empty your wallet. This is what its like - she has a new purse and she's like I love this purse, it is SO beautiful. Then the next week you go shopping with her, and she runs into the store and screams oh my gosh, that is the cutest purse I have ever seen. I HAVE to have it. You say to her, didn't you just get a new purse, and she goes, what purse? Then you have to buy her a new one." - Jesse K

Tay - "OHHhhhh its Easter! I get candy from the Easter bunny!"
Me - " I want candy, send em over to my house when you are done!"
Jesse H - "Send em on over to my house, I'll be waiting on my front porch with a 12 gauge!"

"I will probably cry when you leave. I won't get over it." - Maddy

Questions I was asked about Canada during the first week:
"Do you have white tigers up there?"
"How about boa constrictors?"
"Have you ever been to Alaska?" - "I live closer to you, than I do to Alaska" (dumb founded silence and puzzled looks)