Meme from LiveJournal

February 22, 2009 in memes

Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your blog and elaborate on the subjects given.

I was given …

French: Ye gods, I miss speaking French. Wish I could do it more often, but there’s nobody around here who speaks it. My interest in the French language stems from watching Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown when I was a kid. It also stems from the fact that I always wanted to be different. Everybody took Spanish in high school, and I didn’t want to be like everybody else. There is, however, a logical reason as to why the majority of people around here study Spanish as a foreign language. That reason is because Spanish is probably THE most likely language you will hear spoken in Northwest Indiana aside from English.

Translation: One of the things I thought I might like to do with my English degree. Alas, we return once again to my lack of background in Spanish, so a fat lot of good it does me here in NWI. Dad thinks I should try to apply with the FBI or something, but would they hire somebody who has some formal education in a language, but very little real world experience?

Bubbly (personality wise, not the drink): I try to be. It sure helps out in the line of work I’m ending up in. heh.

Preschool: Having made the switch from preschool/daycare to public school, all I can say is wow. Of course, I had never worked with kids with special needs before, either …. and THAT in itself is something. I mean, preschool-age kids (4 and younger) are known to have short attention spans and to depend on a daily schedule/routine. This is no different in public school-age kids, to an extent, nor is it different in kids with special needs … yet there’s still something about working with them that really make it a challenge. It takes a special kind of person to be a teacher — it takes an even MORE special person to be a teacher to kids with special needs.

Twitter: My LJ posts of late seem to be more LoudTwitter posts than anything. heh. Twitter is fun, but does not always replace a proper blog … plus I much prefer posted comments as opposed to Twitter’s @reply system. :-/