Tag: life and experience
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1,000 miles: step 72
Today I was reminded that I have… a blog! One of the students I work with remembers me mentioning this blog way back-long-ago. It comes as a surprise to me that my young students DO listen and retain the oddest things. I know I’m still very young myself, but it often feels like they’re getting…
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1,000 miles: step 69
So I’m here again. Staring at a blank screen. I’ve been meaning to get here for over weeks. … For three months, I’ve been preoccupied with school and work (but mostly work). I spent the summer building up anxiety about this semester. And it wasn’t bad. I got out fairly decent. Reunited with old friends.…
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1,000 miles: step 66
He’s like a bird in a cage, who’s noticed he has wings,” she says. How could you not love language…?” I ask. This is my friend and me talking about a class assignment. I’ve been hearing her complain about writing for over a year now. How difficult it is. How she hates it. Hates the idea of writing so…
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1,000 miles: step 65
This week, the students at the middle school I’m working at have been creating timelines of their short, action-packed lives. I’m not around at the school enough to see all these creative exercises, but I had the chance to help two girls who hadn’t started their timeline. I tried verbally explaining, and that was enough for…
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1,000 miles: step 61|Patience
“Isn’t a pair a fruit?” I ask my friend, as we look at yet another beautiful display at the campus library, showcasing vegetables. “Isn’t it also a vegetable?” she responds. I then realize it’s too early in the morning to discuss food groups. I like working in a small group, and am often eager to help out a friend who is stumped on an assignment. The…
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1,000 miles: step 59
This week can’t even be called a week, maybe two weeks wrapped in one. I had an internship interview for the summer this past Wednesday. I’m full of anticipation for this one, because it would involve working with children of all ages and picking up new languages along the way. (Perhaps, I could learn German the fun…
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On friendship and living
The things that happen when I’m away: I’ve got friends working 8 hour shifts, who have learned to tackle work and class schedules without forgetting how to breathe. I’ve got friends with marriage plans, promising to pause on the baby-raising. I’ve got friends who made no such promises, and are raising babies on their own.…
Claudia Rojas 