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Name: krista
Country: United States
State: Texas
Birthday: 4/4/1984
Gender: Female
Interests: I <3 Jesus Christ! Kids, reading, writing, sports (baseball, basketball, football, etc. etc. I like 'em all), teaching...
Expertise: I'm an expert at sleeping... I do that quite well, although not as often as I'd like to.
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
12/3/2003
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| Sometimes I feel as though I live life half-hearted almost because what matters to me just isn't my life yet. Like, teaching. I do my assignments half way because it doesn't matter to me. I know I won't use them in a classroom and they are just busy work. I don't put that much effort into school because I don't want to GO to school for the rest of my life, I want to TEACH it! Nothing right now in my life seems that important because it's a transition period where I am stepping toward what matters. All that I've ever desired is to be a teacher and to have a family. I'm almost a teacher and no where near having a family, which is fine. I'm not ready for that yet. But this whole college life is going to mold me into this person that God wants me to be in the future. It's an important step in my life, but it doesn't feel like it because it's not what I want out of life. If that makes sense and if it doesn't, sorry, but I guess it doesn't have to make sense to you because it does to me! :)
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| So DO recommended a book called The Heavenly Man and I am going to tell you guys that you absolutely HAVE to read this book. I read the first five pages and was pumped up about God in a way I haven't been for awhile. It's Brother Yun's story. If you don't know who he is, LOOK HIM UP! He is a missionary who's life is a living testimony of God's grace, mercy, protection, guideance, strength, love, compassion, power, soverignty, heart, etc. etc. etc. I don't want to tell you too much because I don't want to spoil the book, but seriously, try and find it. If you can't, at least take five minutes to look this dude up online or something. His story is a story that NEEDS to be heard and will give you joy in the Lord and will strengthen your faith. LOVE IT! | | |
| It's so cool to see the person you were and the person God wants you to be in the future. I experience glimpses of that person he wants me to be now and it's such an amazing feeling... the hard part is getting there.
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| So i'm thinking I might teach in Willis ISD at Turner Elementary. It's such a great school! I absolutely love my experience so far there. This school is so positive and all the teachers are all about helping us future teachers. I've never been in a school where the teachers walk by you and start a coversation with YOU... normally, it's the student teacher starting conversation with the mentor teachers. It's pretty great. I can't describe the welcomeness and the positivity that this school gives... and, we would have a choice to team teach or have a self-contained classroom. How cool is that? Options are great!
I have gotten to know so many teachers there and they have all helped me out tremendously! I feel like I can go to any of them for advice and they wouldn't have the mentality of "she's trying to take my job, so I'm not going to give her ANY advice," I haven't heard any of the teachers talking badly about the kids in a hositle manner. Normally, all I hear are bad stories about kids who have behavior problems or teachers make fun of them for doing something. Not cool. It's nice to see a school that is not negative for a change.
I think I'm going to ask Mrs. Anderson to pull some strings and see if I can't student teach at Turner.
Not to mention, if I got a job there, I'd be able to wear flip-flops! Yea! :)
So yeah, I'm thinking about working there when I graduate...
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| So God is stinkin awesome! He has totally blessed me. I have finally gotten my financial aid in!!!! It only took a month and I really wanted to go in there and yell at people because it's been so long and I have had bills due; but I refrained. Therefore, God gave me ANOTHER GRANT!! Basically, my senior year is paid for in grants and I get about $4,000 back each semester. It's so awesome to see how God blesses you when you are patient and pray continually.
Heard like five minutes of a sermon the night of the UT/Ohio State game and was blown away by this:
"Jesus did not come to redeem us from God... he came to redeem us from the law." | | |
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