La Nouvelle-Orleans

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Apr 08 2010

Oh to see it with my own eyes…

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Last week I saw New Orleans for the first time. I took an extra long spring break so after spending a few days in Connecticut visiting a friend, and a crazy day of traveling (5 states, 4 flights, 1 day), I made it to my future home.
I stayed with a wonderful 2008 CM and made my experience quite enjoyable. Unfortunately shortly after arriving I came down with some sort of flu, but I took Dayquil and tried to not let it stop me from enjoying my short time there.
I shadowed an elementary SPED teacher at an elementary school to try and get a…

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Feb 02 2010

All things go, All things go

Praxis II = Success! I passed with flying colors! Apparently I did not need to worry so much even though I am a terrible scantron test taker and did not study very intensely. I got a perfect score on the math portion, which I anticipated, and well above average on the others. My score also…

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Jan 12 2010

So this is the New Year…

Saturday, I took the Praxis II: Elementary Education Content exam. I was a bit stressed about it because I had already booked a trip to Florida for the week before it before I knew about the exam. So I knew I had to study in Florida. Then on Thursday, my flight back to Wisconsin was…

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Dec 22 2009

A Moviescript Ending

I never thought the day would come. The day when I have my own TeachFor.Us blog. I figure since I thrived off of these blogs during my application process and horrible anticipatory waiting time, I would definitely start one. It most likely will not be updated often, seeing as I will not be teaching for…

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Teaching for America in Greater New Orleans

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High School
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Foreign Language

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