In less than 5 years from now, I hope to be here:

It's hard to believe that in just a year, I'll be certified to be a teacher. When I was younger, my sister and I would play school among a lot of the other games most little girls and boys play at a young age. I was always the teacher, and looking back on it now, I think that is one of the reasons I feel more confident with my future. It's sort of crazy to think that I started gaining skill in that area at such a young age, but it's paid off so far. I've taught Sunday School for the youth group at my church for 2 years, and I've had numerous opportunities to work in the community of Dahlonega, GA. It's amazing and a bit exciting that certification, after taking the GACE of course, is just months away. Although I've had other professions cross my thoughts in the past before beginning college, there was always this feeling that teaching was something I might enjoy doing. 

Combining teaching with another area that I enjoy, art, made it an even easier choice. It's been a long, hectic road studying Art Ed at NGCSU, but I know that in the end it will all pay off. I'll have wonderful memories with people I'll hopefully never forget, and I'll have the experiences from my college classes to work from in my own teaching career. I can't wait to be a teacher somewhere, wherever I'm lead to go, but for now, I've got to go to bed since my first upper level class of Art Education starts at 8 AM in the morning. I know that I've made it this far, and I'll be making it farther in the future.  What an awesome thought that happened to cross my mind tonight, don't ya think? :)

Enjoy your day tomorrow! 

WA

There's never enough.

Sitting here today has made me realize something about life. It's a common problem we all seem to run into and aren't able to fix because we get so wrapped up in life and we make the conscious choice not to deal with it. The funny thing is that we don't bother with even fixing it, or even look to other options for help when they're right in front of our faces. I know I've struggled with it in the past few years as a stressed-out college student, and I'm pretty sure you've been down the same road.

I'll give you a hint of what "it" is....
It's one of the main problems that just irks us, as well as one of the most common wishes of adults and students.
We are always checking it, and wishing it would either slow down or hurry up.
Can you figure it out yet?


Time--There never seems to be enough of it to get tasks done in, and we waste so much of it when we consume ourselves in things that aren't beneficial to us at all. What makes it even crazier, is that we're obligated to make choices that affect only the time that is in the future, not our past or present. And, if you want to go even deeper, we're the whole reason we don't have enough time. We have become a population that soaks itself in a bath of procrastination, putting things off till the last minute, and then look back at all the opportunities we had in a past in which we could have avoided that overwhelming period of stress. So, our time is not just too short. We're the ones who have control of  how much we do have, so we're the only ones who can change that.

Anyways, I'm going to use my time to go to bed, since it's a bit late, but one of my goals this semester is definitely to use my time in a more effective manner. It all starts with me...I'm the one who has control of how much time God has blessed me with. So, I'm gonna figure out what I need to do to get the most out of it. My advice: you should do the same. Good Luck!

Always,
WA