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Welcome Back to Iowa

8/28/2016

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Let's Play Catch Up!

  1. I left Sri Lanka (very sadly)
  2. I went on a traitorous plane ride. 
  3. I arrived in Iowa.
  4. I hugged my cats (and my family).
  5. I studies (cuz that's what the cool kids do - no that's a blatant lie).
  6. I started school. (I am ALREADY tired.) 
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Right: Rain the cat. Left: Thunder the cat (she acts more like a puppy though)
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I don't like suitcases - they always means you are going somewhere. I am a very stationary person - not a fan of travel - if I could be anything I'd be a plant. They don't have to deal with air travel.
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I got reeeaally bored at the air port - I drew my future house. Note that I made two kitchens.
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My lovely sister came to pick me up.
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They had been awaiting my arrival.
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Goal for this year: ORGANIZATION!!! I am usually a mess...

Summer fades away...

It feels like centuries ago that I taught back in Sri Lanka but I need to keep reminding myself it hasn't even been a month yet. Sri Lanka is a complete (half a) world away and I miss the community I entangled myself into so much! I of coarse especially miss the students. Their smiling faces reminded me how fun being a kid was. (I know I'm no grown up - but I feel like I am not even half as fun as they are...)
SO. Here's what's up: time is tight. School is offering up more work than ever so my 24 hour day goes by quick and I always end up very tired at the end. 
I'm balancing EARSL, school, and of coarse studying for upcoming exams it is no easy job. However I know it'll all end up fine. I think. 

So here is what is in the works RIGHT NOW

I am working on rewriting -- i.e. remaking -- each week I taught. I was in such a time-crunch that the posts were more like regurgitations than reflections. I am hoping to give a clearer perspective about what I did -- I want to share the thoughts and the emotions as well as everything I saw and heard and everything else in between. I am so excited for this project -- I will most likely be posting each week or so and making with a journal-esque style. This will take priority just because I need to write before I forget everything :). 

Coming up ~ What's in this blog's future?

So after my writing adventure I will be doing the following things:
  • Reflecting on what I did well as a teacher. 
  • Listing out what I need to improve on and future goals (ex. a posttest for the 3rd graders).
  • Starting the Lesson Library!!!
So that's all for now I am hoping the next post will be up by the end of this week but I might need an extension until the next week!
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Thunder likes to help with school work.
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So. Much. Math. Just...so much...
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This unusually large squirrel was terrorizing my cats.
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    Hi! I'm Samalya. When I'm not running about cramming for school I sit on my laptop and (attempt to) make a curriculum to improve spoken English in rural Sri Lanka!

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