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I just got back from a great vacation! I just spent 4 days in Cayucos at one of my sorority sister's beach house. We had a total blast! We ate so much food, I don't think I'm going to eat for a month! Ok, maybe sooner. But, this was a vacation I desperately needed, this semester is so stressful. I just bought my cap and gown for graduation and I received my letter stating that if I pass all my classes this semester I can graduate in May. Yeah, that's a big IF. I have a "diversity" class that is threatening my graduation. Mainly because I want to tell my teacher to shove it up her....well you can fill in the blank. First of all, she is a feminist Mormon, just let that marinate for a couple seconds. Next, she is blond hair, blue eyed, WHITE, however she says that white people are bad. The woman is giving me a nervous break down, because anytime I ask her to explain a statement she has made, she says that I am only asking because I can't get beyond my "white privilege." What is that?! Because I'm white, I must be privileged. News to me! I went to her office hours to ask about a grade I got on my journal that I had to write when I read the required articles. I asked her why I got such a poor grade on it. She said that it was because I acted as "judge" of the articles. Well, she didn't want a summary of the article, so she must have wanted a commentary. No, she wants me to validate the author, in other words, write why the author is right whether I agree or not. Whatever. I just need a C. Deep breaths....
Moving on, I'm not exactly excited about graduating. It's not that I don't want to, I've waited a very long time for this, but I'm just not excited. When I bought my cap and gown everyone around me said, "That's so cool! Are you excited?" I just smiled and nodded, but the truth is, I'm not excited at all, not even a little bit. Maybe it will hit me later.
On the up side of things, I am officially starting to sub next week. I have three days lined up already at Chowchilla High School. I know, pretty far, but the pay is really good and I have a relatively fuel efficient car. The scary part is that it is at a high school. Those kids, (wow, can I call them kids?! I'm not that much older than them) are going to eat me alive. Hopefully it works out. I'm sure it will, I'm just excited to have a job!
Well, I don't want to depress my readers too much so I won't write my entire rant on here, but let's just say, thank goodness I have Darren and my close friends, especially friends with beach houses. Hehehe....
(Pictures of beach adventure to come)
Moving on, I'm not exactly excited about graduating. It's not that I don't want to, I've waited a very long time for this, but I'm just not excited. When I bought my cap and gown everyone around me said, "That's so cool! Are you excited?" I just smiled and nodded, but the truth is, I'm not excited at all, not even a little bit. Maybe it will hit me later.
On the up side of things, I am officially starting to sub next week. I have three days lined up already at Chowchilla High School. I know, pretty far, but the pay is really good and I have a relatively fuel efficient car. The scary part is that it is at a high school. Those kids, (wow, can I call them kids?! I'm not that much older than them) are going to eat me alive. Hopefully it works out. I'm sure it will, I'm just excited to have a job!
Well, I don't want to depress my readers too much so I won't write my entire rant on here, but let's just say, thank goodness I have Darren and my close friends, especially friends with beach houses. Hehehe....
(Pictures of beach adventure to come)

2 Comments:
At 12:19 PM,
Katie Fries said…
Hi, Dena! Long time no see. Eric didn't really like his "diversity" class st State, either. I think I would go insane if I had a teacher like that. Isn't a point of a journal to...journal *your* thoughts? Not simply parrot back what the author has written? Yeah. That's what I thought.
At 4:46 PM,
AmberM said…
Hey there Dena!! (it's Amber... Jason's wife) I think I had the same teacher. I learned that sometimes you just have to write to pass, which doesn't always mean you write what you feel. Sucks, I know! Glad you got a break away, sounds like it was needed. Congrats on graduation, I hope the excitement sets in soon... (ps--did I mention we have a blog? www.marinezfam.blogspot.com) FYI
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