Oh... I have a blog?

It seems that for the past couple of months I may have forgotten that I have a blog. Not that anyone really reads this, it's more or less for my personal use. But, I figured while I actually had some spare time where I'm not doing anything related to school (although I SHOULD be), I'd give a quick little update.

I will warn you, I'm going to be tooting my own horn, and being really obnoxious about a few things in here... so If you don't want to be bothered by my bragging or complaining, I suggest you stop reading here. And I will not apologize for it. (Damn it. I'm proud of myself!)

School: School sucks. I hate this semester more than any other semester I've ever been enrolled in through out the past 8 years of my life. Why? Well, that is an excellent question. I hate it because of a few key reasons... 1, ALL of my friends with the exception of 3, are doing their student teaching internship this semester and so I'm stuck in classes with (excuse my language) dumbasses that have either just gotten into the elementary ed. program, OR they are just plain stupid and have to have EVERY little assignment/thing/sentence spelled out for them. If you know ANYTHING about me, you know that I do not do well with stupidity, ignorance, and brown nosing. And all three of those equal the majority of the people in my elementary education classes. 2, I have a professor that can't stand me because I keep questioning their teaching methods. Call me crazy, but I feel that since I'll be in debt for $20,000 when I finish this degree, that I deserve to question things that I either do not agree with or think are ridiculous. 3, The education classes that I'm in are boring, repetitive and are supposed to be taken at the beginning when you get into the program... but you know me, I have to be different and take the 4 hour higher level classes FIRST and leave the "easy" stuff til the end. The so called "easy" stuff has mainly turned out to be a mess load of busy work and ridiculous assignments that no one really understands. Not to mention one of my classes is called "arts integration in the elementary school" ... I hate art. I'm creative and crafty, but I am NOT an artist. So far, the most fun I've had in that class was when we did some creating with Model Magic and today we made Shrinky Dinks. And yes, I was one of the FEW people that actually KNEW what those were. And remembered making them when I was little.

SO.... School is not really fun for me this semester. I go home every weekend just so I can get away from the ridiculousness. And I'm not real happy up here this go around. The only thing that's keeping me sane this semester is my History of Nazi Germany history class.

LIFE: Life. Life is crazy. With all this mess at school and tons of school work, papers, and what not I haven't had much time to myself. Every weekend I go home I end up doing more school work than anything fun. And I've almost decided that I have more fun hanging out with my Mama than with anyone else. (Mom, You're welcome).

Other than that, Mom and I went to Washington, DC for spring break at the beginning of March for 5 days and had an AMAZING time! I'll need to do a separate post just for that...

This is where I'm going to step up onto my pedestal so that I can toot my own horn for a little bit. :)

Several weeks ago in my history class, Dr. Brown told our class that the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honors Society was accepting applications for their new spring inductees. I went online to the history website at UNCP and looked at the application and realized that as far as I knew, I met all of the qualifications. So, I filled one out, and took it over to the Registrar's office to get it signed and all official and turned it in. I wasn't sure if this was a "fill it out and we will let you know if we want you" or a "you get in because you filled it out" type of deal. Turns out, I GOT IN because of the history classes that I've taken AND because of my high GPA in those history classes.
         So, today, I was formally inducted into the Alpha-Delta-Xi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta at UNC Pembroke! WHOOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately, it was only a ceremony that History majors and members of Phi Alpha Theta could attend, so mama couldn't come. But, I've got a certificate that will be framed shortly, and a couple of HONORS cords to wear at GRADUATION in December!

LAST WEEK, mom called and said "you've got a letter from the center of academic excellence at the college" ... well, that either meant that they wanted to tell me that I am in fact, 'excellent' OR that I was not and I needed to leave the school. Needless to say I told mama to open it, and she read the letter to me. It was a letter informing me that based on my grades, GPA and hard work ethic, I was being inducted into the Mu Delta Chapter of the Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honors Society. This one is based on all of my classes and grades and GPA, and it is also for "non-traditional students". The induction for this one will be April 11, and my mom will get to come to this one! She's very excited.

Needless to say, I've been very humbled and taken back by these two different honors that I'm receiving. And Yes, I am freaking proud of myself. I moved back to North Carolina with a goal to finish my college degree, and I'm 4 weeks away from summer break, and 4 more months of student teaching away from having my bachelor's degree!  I've worked my ass off for the past almost 2 years and I absolutely love what I'm doing, and what I will be doing once I'm in my own classroom. And whether I had gotten recognized or not, I'd still be proud of myself.

HOWEVER, it means even more to me to know that I am being HONORED for everything that I've worked so hard for. And this is why I'm bragging. Because if someone had told me I'd have the GPA that I do in college 6 years ago, (or that I'd be living in Lumberton, but that's a WHOLE other story) I would have laughed in their faces.

BAM. I've got it!

So, that's all of my horn tooting for now... Until I decide to post pictures of these inductions, of course. :)