Greetings everyone!
It has been a long while since I posted something. Let me get up to speed of what happened since then.
I will be doing student teaching this fall semester to complete my masters. I will be in Paterson but as of now, I have no idea what school I will be in Paterson. I am looking forward to an urban school over the suburban/small town schools. I feel there has been various movies set within urban schools but each has been different due to what kind of movie it is. Two movies that come to mind for me are Freedom Writers and Finding Forrester. Any place you go to teach will be different regardless. It can be challenging but the acceptance of the challenge makes it fun.
You might be wondering, wait a minute, he was in student teaching last semester. What happened? I would give you details but I rather not talk nor write about it because it is not necessary and unprofessional of me to write down what happened. All I can say is it did not work out. That's all. If you want more, you can ask me personally. We all make mistakes.
With that in mind, I had to get away for a bit and went out to California for the summer. I went to work for my aunt at her doctor's office. It does not mean I am changing professions again. I went there to assist my aunt in her practice by means of organization and computer skills that I could possibly use within the confines of the classroom. It is skills necessary to push forward her own practice as well. Besides that, I got to work with people but in the means of medically and just talking to them. I feel that those skills are useful within a classroom setting.
With a doctor's office on the side, I got in tune with myself. I went through a mental and spiritual journey. I picked up yoga once again after a long hiatus along with various other work outs like free weights, hiking, cross fit (which is insane on the beach), and Zumba. These exercises got me in tune and grounded myself more. It took all the negativity and garbage I had in my body and mind. I found forgiveness and being one with myself. It took me a while to make these discoveries but with trial and error, I found to be one and moved on. There will be negativity wherever I go but I will not let it consume me like it did before. I created a balance in my life and found happiness of what is in front and around me. I am happy once again.
After I was done work in California, my friends from NJ and I took a 5 day cross country road trip from CA to NJ. If you have any free time on your hands and you want to explore, do a cross country road trip. It will open your minds to a world you are not used to seeing and on top of that, you go through areas that you only see in magazines and online. We went through California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Each state has something to offer for better or for worse. For me, it made me embrace my inner Jack Kerouac. It was rereading On The Road at points. Each state had an identity in terms of the atmosphere and people. When you drive through America, everything is picturesque. Always use your camera! Being on the road created a connection to what is around me and everything is going on. I felt more peace with myself and to take on what the world has to offer. I hope someday you can take a road trip and discover worlds different from your own.
This is what happened since the last post. I will be posting more blogs as we go through the fall semester. All I can say is that I felt like a Phoenix. If there is a quote to fit perfectly of what I went through, Carl Sandburg said it on the spot. He said "I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post- mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future."
