A is for Attitude

Today's post just hit me.
     Again, I am sitting at school and working away on my laptop, minding my own business.  All of a sudden, I hear a familiar voice from one of my classes.  This "boy" is in an educational technology class with me.  He was sitting at a table with a woman talking.  Personally, I hate eavesdropping and think it is a big no-no but he was talking so loudly I couldn't help but hear him.
    This gist of his conversation was a complaint about said technology class which consists of one day lecture and other day is in the computer lab.  I was sure that this class would be a waste of my time.  Seriously, what more could I know about technology?  I am glad to say that I was pleasantly surprised by how much I have learned already.  I'm not sure if any of you have had experience with Inspiration but it is amazing software along with delicious.  I would not have known about these wonderful tools if not for that class.
    The last thing I want to do is pass judgment on this person but how can someone be so negative?  He went on to complain about several other things from work to the amount of continuing education classes teachers have to take.  Finally, I had to get up and walk away because these comments were depressing me and I wasn't even part of the conversation. 

So, my lesson for all of you out in Lala Land today is to think of attitude like the letter 'A'.  A is first and a positive attitude should be first too.

School Life

     I thought I would begin with education because it seems like the easiest to explain.  It also seems appropriate because I am at school at the moment in the education building.  They say you should write what you know...so here is what I know. 
     I am a senior in college majoring in history education at a relatively large school in Iowa.  If you spend two minutes looking me up, you can easily figure out what school it is.  In case you don't have the time to really research it, here is a clue: it is considered the "teaching" college of Iowa.  I transferred here at the beginning of my junior year after graduating from a community college that I miss very much.  I won't graduate until December of 2010 (a semester after my goal). As for a career goal, I want to stay in Iowa.  Granted I'm still wet behind the ears but I have been around the block and know that Iowa is simply amazing.  Ideally, I will teach high school American history.  I will certified to teach US and World history, Geography, Sociology, Psychology, Economics and American Government for fifth through twelfth grade.  I know...it is a lot!  
    So there is a little background on me.  Now that I'm a senior, I have enough experience that I should have a teaching mantra by now or at least a start.  Well, back in the day (I hate that phrase) I was old school (another phrase I'm not fond of).  History wise I thought lecture was the only way to teach students.  Personally, I love taking notes and in my twisted little mind everyone else does too.  Now that I'm getting into the knitty gritty of education classes I'm learning that I want to do more.  What exactly...I'm not sure.  But I'm keeping my options open.

In the Beginning

There was a girl woman who thought, "I should start a blog." But she wasn't sure if that was a good idea fora couple of reasons.

1. Do I have the time?
2. Am I interesting enough?

She continued to think about blogging...for like two weeks which is a long time for her to contemplate something. So this girl woman person decided that a higher power (whatever that may be) was telling her to blog.

So what am I going to talk about on this blog?

• Lupus and autoimmune diseases in general
• Education
• Longdistance relationships
• My life in general