Tag: time
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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 62
At last, flowers are blossoming and rays of sunshine are beginning to peek through clouds. Little boys and girls are playing. Easter is finding itself on the shelves of stores. I’ve been working with middle school kids for the past 2 weeks. Though I don’t see them every day, their influence has been great on…
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1,000 miles: step 60
I actually came across this whiteboard message a week ago, on my way to one of my tutoring sessions. Although today is a slow Friday, it’s a welcome from the days that have filled up this week. Next week, I have yet another job interview, which adds up the grand total to half a dozen…
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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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1,000 miles: step 51
Things I’ve done so far in this brand new year: visited the national zoo, started volunteering again at my local library, read Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, used a fax machine, a digital one, saw a squirrel fly jump 1-2 feet high in the air, saw a baby fox stray cat, worked on a few job applications and…
Claudia Rojas 