Here I am after many posts and weeks. I always say that it takes three weeks to adjust and I think after my sixth time of doing this whole leave your life behind you I am realizing that it takes me about five weeks to come out of the woodwork. At first I am in shock and then I have to shut out my old world in order to cope. I am back and ready for you to be in my life. Last night Josh's birthday was the tipping point. Josh had interviewed for a principal job and did not get it. I also received some feedback from an instructional coach that I needed to do more direct instruction. For those of you that are not in the teaching world I will explain direct instruction to you: it is a way of teaching that is scripted to ensure that students get enough repetition. For those of you who know me well I am not a direct instruction kind of gal or teacher. Josh also did not get the job because he doesn't have enough experience with direct instruction. Blah, blah, blah... I was a complete disaster because I thought teaching abroad I would find the answer because I definitely was not finding it in Texas. Now I am teaching with teachers from all of the US and world and come to find out education is messed up everywhere. I have this belief that someday the president will have the opportunity to meet me because I am such a fabulous teacher. Well that is only going to happen if I keep pushing the through the boxes that these education organizations keep TRYING to put me in. I refuse to teach in a certain way if I don't see that it helps students and especially if it puts them to sleep. The worst thing a student can ever say to me is "you are boring miss." Hell no that is not going to be me. So I decided today that I am not going to be in search of a school that works for me, I am just going to force schools to work with me because I am so damn good that can't get rid of me. Also, the next time my instructional coach comes my way I will let him know that I am not interested in being coached on direct instruction. I am going to be one of those teachers that stands on desks and gets to meet presidents not reads from a script. I of course will read from the script for 45 minutes a day but if there isn't a script please don't ask me to invent one so my kids can sleep through another period of the day. That is my rant on education! I do want you to know that I am not going to chalk this experience off as a loss, I do have so many things to learn from the great teachers that surround me, I just won't get into that nasty box.
On a brighter note we are having a baby! We are going to Sri Lanka in a week! We moved into our new house! We went swimming this afternoon and heard an amazing call to prayer.
For those of you who this baby thing is new to we are due on March 29th and we are 95% sure it is a boy. We have narrowed it down to two names and Josh keeps trying to pressure me to flip a coin so that it is decided. He claims this is spontaneous so I will go with it when really it is a ploy to help him plan. We are beginning to learn each others ways. Marriage has been great and we have been going strong. It is very interesting to travel with a spouse, I like it. I am so excited to go to Sri Lanka with Josh, he is so friendly to everyone and likes to chat with everyone from taxi drivers to cleaners. Everyone at school knows him because he has taken the time to learn their names. We will maybe post some pictures once we get back from our trip.
Oh yeah, the reason we are having the break is because it is Eid Kabir when everyone travels to Mecca on the Hajj. We are having our fourth celebration for this holiday tomorrow. It is kind of like the many Christmas plays that we get to see before the big day!
One more thing, out great friends Seamus and Mary heard that I didn't get my glow in the dark bathtub so they sent us glow sticks, I really love me some glow sticks. Josh surprised me by creating a glow stick bathtub. It was great, now I have created a glow stick meditation area that is calling my name. Please send us emails telling us about your life because we get tired of talking about ourselves and miss you so much.
Love you,
Emmy
P.S. Keep changing the world one day at a time. Today my mantra was "be the change you wish to see in the world." Steal it if you need some inspiration today, it sure got me through the world.
My favorite part of the day was when people asked me how I was and I was honest instead of giving the obligatory fine or good. Ok enough wisdom from me; we love you and keep in touch!
On a brighter note we are having a baby! We are going to Sri Lanka in a week! We moved into our new house! We went swimming this afternoon and heard an amazing call to prayer.
For those of you who this baby thing is new to we are due on March 29th and we are 95% sure it is a boy. We have narrowed it down to two names and Josh keeps trying to pressure me to flip a coin so that it is decided. He claims this is spontaneous so I will go with it when really it is a ploy to help him plan. We are beginning to learn each others ways. Marriage has been great and we have been going strong. It is very interesting to travel with a spouse, I like it. I am so excited to go to Sri Lanka with Josh, he is so friendly to everyone and likes to chat with everyone from taxi drivers to cleaners. Everyone at school knows him because he has taken the time to learn their names. We will maybe post some pictures once we get back from our trip.
Oh yeah, the reason we are having the break is because it is Eid Kabir when everyone travels to Mecca on the Hajj. We are having our fourth celebration for this holiday tomorrow. It is kind of like the many Christmas plays that we get to see before the big day!
One more thing, out great friends Seamus and Mary heard that I didn't get my glow in the dark bathtub so they sent us glow sticks, I really love me some glow sticks. Josh surprised me by creating a glow stick bathtub. It was great, now I have created a glow stick meditation area that is calling my name. Please send us emails telling us about your life because we get tired of talking about ourselves and miss you so much.
Love you,
Emmy
P.S. Keep changing the world one day at a time. Today my mantra was "be the change you wish to see in the world." Steal it if you need some inspiration today, it sure got me through the world.
My favorite part of the day was when people asked me how I was and I was honest instead of giving the obligatory fine or good. Ok enough wisdom from me; we love you and keep in touch!
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