Ready, Set...Go?

The countdown begins now...39 more days until I will be standing outside my classroom door waiting for my students to come up to the door on the first day of school. I am full with mixed emotions of excitement, nervousness, anxiousness, and hope. I am going in armed with mymaster's degree from a great university, a year of a wonderful student teaching experience in a good school with amazing kids, and the ambition and drive to help children become educated, active, and happy in all their endeavors.

To document this wonderful first year (and many more to come), I have decided to write a blog. Now, normally I hate writing blogs. I tried very much to get into it but never really had the discipline to do so. Some of that may be contributed to the fact that each blog was a class requirement in grad school, but nonetheless, I have never been a huge fan of authoring one.However, as I was making a list (like I always do whenever I feel overwhelmed, thanks to a roommate from college who did the same) of what I needed for the classroom, various ways to keep in touch with people, and keep track of resources, I realized that a blog would be perfect. I could easily keep track of web resources and upload pictures, share some of these resources with others, write down experiences as a teacher (and of right now, a first year teacher), and not have to lug around a scrapbook. So this is the plan and I am going to desperately try to stick to it.

I am in the process of moving away from my home away from home--I went to the same college for my undergraduate and graduate degree and leaving after five years is both a happy/sad moment--and closer to my school. I am preparing myself for all this moving I have to do for the next month--home, classroom. My next couple of posts may be sporadic but bear with me...school is just around the corner (again, 39 more days until students!).

And so, I say unto you...I pledge to try to not quit on this blog, to enjoy every minute, and to have a wondrouspectacularyawesome school year!

Oh, and before I forget, here I am: Miss Teacher. And this is my diary blog.