tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59334662011-04-21T17:20:32.133-07:00No clue yetA funny thing happened on the way to ... graduate school???Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1098046782006187762004-10-17T13:55:00.000-07:002004-10-17T13:59:42.006-07:00Wow. Two months sure do go by in a hurry. Especially when you're as busy as I am!
It's mid-term time here in the UVA library, and I don't have any! I'm sure glad of that. My plate is completely full at work. My students are awesome. I'm constantly learning, and there have been many sources of encouragement. Just this week, my boss put a note in my box to encourage me, telling me "No Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1092960261754214292004-08-19T16:56:00.000-07:002004-08-19T17:04:21.753-07:00I started work yesterday...on my birthday! Number 24. Just another day. I've hit all of the exciting milestones. It's just downhill from here. It was good to be busy yesterday. It kept my mind off all of the family drama. As soon as I left school, I went over to my old school to beg, borrow, and steal a few things. The teachers I worked with are AWESOME. They are more than willing to Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1092325765827467692004-08-12T08:44:00.000-07:002004-08-12T10:06:02.290-07:00OK, I have to confess...I didn't get any work done on my final the other day! [Surprise, Surprise] I'm doing it now just as I should be...on the day before it's due. Brings back memories from college.
Boy do I have A LOT of stuff to do. I've gotta do this final today (maybe put some finishing touches on it tomorrow morning), do some stuff at church tomorrow, wedding in Richmond tomorrow evening,Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1092090101994606282004-08-09T14:22:00.000-07:002004-08-09T15:21:41.993-07:00Yay! I just put comments on my blog. I'm surprised at how easy this blogger website made it.
So, I'm done with class for the summer, except for the take-home final. I'm planning on doing part of it tonight, but I figured I'd do a little procrastinating first. It just wouldn't be normal for me to type a paper without putting it off for a while. Plus, there are a few things that I've been Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1091403271040214912004-08-01T16:33:00.000-07:002004-08-01T16:38:31.126-07:00I'm watching my kingdom tumbling down
You're flooding my refuge underground
My kingdom for angels, mighty surround
To take me away from here
I'm watching my kingdom crumble and fall
You're building your kingdom over all
I'm cursing my wisdom while the angels I call
To take me away, to take me away from here
--Caedmon's Call, "The Kingdom"
Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1090422898360055392004-07-21T07:55:00.000-07:002004-07-21T08:14:58.360-07:00As of last night, I have a completely new outlook on life. I'm going to withdraw from my Western Civilization class because of the overwhelming amount of reading. I've had graduate courses with less reading. No lie...if I were to do all of the reading every night I'd average 6 hours of reading per night. Then there's more on the days where we're supposed to have a complete novel read in Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1090251128792065502004-07-19T08:30:00.000-07:002004-07-19T08:32:08.793-07:00I GOT A B+ IN ECON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This Western Civ. class sucks too, but I love my classroom routines course. The history class is TONS of reading (way to much for an intro-level course in my opinion), but I'm going to stick with it. Sucks having class 8-11 every day and then again from 1:00 til 3:15 every day. Oh well. Won't last forever. Well, gotta get back to my reading. Later.
Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1089940222969054972004-07-15T18:03:00.000-07:002004-07-15T18:10:22.970-07:00Did a little more moving in stuff on my wonderful two-day break between summer terms. I'm getting there. That said, I started Western Civ today. This girl's not going to let this class be easy for me. There's a ton of reading (for a survey course, in my opinion)--about 60 pages a night. I'm beginning to think that slack-off classes don't exist at UVA.
I'm headed down to Richmond tomorrowAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1089666982653333492004-07-12T13:49:00.000-07:002004-07-15T18:11:44.630-07:00ECON 201 IS OVER!!!!!!!
That was positively the worst class I've ever had to take. I was perpetually LOST as the teacher was lecturing, and I have no interest whatsoever in anything I've learned. Now that the final is over, I'll be busy trying to forget everything I did manage to learn. I do feel like I'm jumping through hoops for my teaching license. As hard as it is to believe, I just can't Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1087937286114686152004-06-22T13:24:00.000-07:002004-06-22T13:48:06.113-07:00It's hard to believe that the school year is over! It's been a rough transition for me. Over the course of the long-term sixth grade gig (which turned out to be only about two weeks), I got more and more attached to this group of kids. That's not to say that I didn't want to wring some of their necks from time to time, but looking back on it, I enjoyed being their teacher. I learned some Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1082598348038311462004-04-21T18:45:00.000-07:002004-04-21T18:49:54.340-07:00I'd just like to say that typing a paper at the library after teaching sixth graders all day long SUCKS. Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1082433404578671312004-04-19T20:56:00.000-07:002004-04-19T21:00:48.106-07:0011:42pm at the library. This brings back memories. I've been doing reading for my research project for the past four hours. I started off the evening with a ridiculously large iced coffee so I could shake the sleepies and get down to business. I'm fairly satisfied with what I got accomplished; hopefully I'll start banging out this paper tomorrow night. I'm going to skip Municipal Band Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1080238491743760242004-03-25T10:01:00.000-08:002004-03-25T10:18:20.920-08:00I've been away from my "home" school all week now. I've been substituting at one of the high schools this week for one of my good friends in the choir at church. She's the French teacher and that's my specialty. Inside the classroom, it's been a nice change of pace. It's such a pleasure to see that your lineup of classes for the day includes two Honors French 4 classes and an AP French 5. Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1078012179387336562004-02-28T15:49:00.000-08:002004-02-28T15:52:32.903-08:00OK, I just had to write a little about one of my experiences at school this past week. I went to bed Monday night looking forward to a nice easy day Tuesday. I was scheduled to sit in for one of the special ed teachers at school who has great kids in all of her classes. Then came 6:15 Tuesday morning when the assistant principal woke me up to tell me that the gym teacher had to be out that dayAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1076629216130407692004-02-12T15:40:00.000-08:002004-02-12T15:42:47.606-08:00I'm sorry to keep going on and on about my substitute teaching career, but I just can't say enough that I LOVE what I'm doing! Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, last week I had sixth graders for the first time all day long. I taught them about matter (solid, liquid, & gas) and about the different phase changes. I had the best time ever. Those kids were the joy of my existence Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1075419662347722472004-01-29T15:41:00.000-08:002004-01-29T15:43:14.513-08:00Boy it's been a boring week. We got hit pretty hard by the winter storm Sunday afternoon through Tuesday night--4-5 inches of snow then a half inch of ice for good measure. What does all this add up to? No income for Adam all week long! I can't wait to be a teacher on contract so I actually still get paid when the weather sucks. But, there is some good news. Tomorrow's a 2-hour delay and I Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1073583233941179242004-01-08T09:14:00.000-08:002004-01-08T09:34:13.800-08:00Here I am, sitting in In-School Suspension. No, they didn't put me here for any particular reason. The teacher in charge of ISS is just out for the day. So, this is my job for the rest of the day. No kids here now; only had two last class. Pretty easy work if you ask me. That said, I might have to stop this blog in mid-sentence if kids come in here.
Well, it's been an interesting week. Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1072759591173918152003-12-29T20:46:00.000-08:002003-12-29T20:46:48.340-08:00I'm blogging tonight from the great state of Kentucky. I left yesterday after church and got here around 8:00. It was a nice, peaceful, uneventful drive. I'm staying at my best friend Tyler's house. I went to Louisville this afternoon to visit some family; the weather didn't hold up today--rain rain rain. It's good to be home though.
OK, here's the job update. I'm still having a ball Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1072397626793081912003-12-25T16:13:00.000-08:002003-12-25T16:14:03.130-08:00Wow...three weeks plus sure do go by fast during the Christmas season. I didn't realize it had been so long since I've blogged. We had our Christmas play at church a couple weekends ago, then we sang a bunch of Christmas anthems at the mall, at a nursing home, and at the hospital last Saturday. I'm having a great time doing all of this cutesie Baptist stuff. I used to joke about stuff like Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1070418758890887462003-12-02T18:32:00.000-08:002003-12-02T18:32:49.023-08:00I finally made it to our small group this week after three weeks of absences due to illness, church, church, etc. We discussed the next chapter of The Ragamuffin Gospel, learning how to turn our mistrust of God into trust, to acknowledge our nothingness before the Father, and how to be honest with ourselves, others, and God. Great chapter, great book. Then we had a short Advent service at the Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1070243062897647162003-11-30T17:44:00.000-08:002003-11-30T17:44:32.350-08:00Had a great Thanksgiving break. Based on the conversations I've had and the blogs that I've read, it sounds like most everyone else had a good one too. I did the family thing in Richmond. It was nice to have most all of my brothers and sisters in town and all the nieces and nephews to go along with them. (Made for a loud day Thursday, though). My grandmother caught the turkey on fire and Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1069339703048587492003-11-20T06:32:00.000-08:002003-11-20T06:48:29.820-08:00OK, here's the report on the adventures in middle school substitute teaching. I enjoyed my first day of middle school more than any day I've had yet in high school. The kids were loud and hyperactive, I told them they were enough to make a preacher cuss, and I was exhausted and ready to leave when the last bell rang, but I LOVED it. For one, I was actually able to teach; this helped me to Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1068772144618466732003-11-13T17:09:00.000-08:002003-11-13T17:09:10.130-08:00Make that 0 for 4 on the early-morning gym routine.
I really enjoyed reading Real Live Preacher for the first time today. Thanks for the recommendation, Debi. I forwarded the address to several friends and church co-workers; I hope someone might get something out of it. If you didn't get the forward, you can go to Debi's blog (www.scriptorium.blogspot.com) and link over to it. Man I've Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1068518337264862182003-11-10T18:38:00.000-08:002003-11-10T18:39:01.833-08:00Had an exciting experience at church tonight during play rehearsal. I was getting ready to play the next number and there was this loud pop outside. It was a head-on accident with a minivan overturned and a patient trapped inside. Thankfully no one was hurt, but here's the kicker. The driver of the other car was nowhere to be found. One window was rolled down halfway and there was only a Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1068337249044776382003-11-08T16:20:00.000-08:002003-11-08T16:20:53.133-08:00God's really looking after me. I'm on schedule to be a sub as the music teacher at one of the local middle schools next Friday and the one after that, but I'll be in high school every other day next week. [See my last posting--I was kind of agonizing over not having a consistent place as a sub; God took care of that one for now] It looks like I might be well on my way to having an everyday gigAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1067827041396950092003-11-02T18:37:00.000-08:002003-11-02T18:37:23.743-08:00OK, I think I'm getting brave in my old age...if I don't get a call to sub tomorrow I'm going to call the county office and tell them to put me on the middle school list too. As I was saying in my last posting, I don't like dealing with the younger kids as much, but I need to make sure I can be kept busy (i.e. working every day). Along those same lines, I talked to a lady in the choir at churchAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1067569662489311832003-10-30T19:07:00.000-08:002003-10-30T19:07:44.476-08:00I met with one of the deans of the Curry School of Education here at UVa today. I just wanted some general information about the program to see if it's something I might consider for next fall. Yes it is, but this'll need some prayer. It's like $4000 a semester (two-year program) and I'm already about $33,000 in debt from my loans in Kentucky. I don't want to dig myself into such a huge hole Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1067308623259036172003-10-27T18:37:00.000-08:002003-10-27T18:37:04.036-08:00Got yet another confirmation of God's great sense of humor last night and this morning at school. About 90 seconds after leaving the computer lab last night, I got a voicemail saying I was needed to sub today. Then, the way the lady in the office phrased my responsibilities for the day might easily have sent me into V-Fib (actually, that's some serious hyperbole, but you get the point). She Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1067221137376768822003-10-26T18:18:00.000-08:002003-10-26T18:18:58.123-08:00Back home again to just one of the three places I now call home. Yes, Charlottesville. I got back from Kentucky last night around 8:30. But it was really only 7:30. It was nice to have the extra hour of sleep after the six-hour plus ride back from the bluegrass.
I had a great time Friday night hanging out with the gang at Matt's new apartment. It's a great atmosphere being only about 40 Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1067014874877837172003-10-24T10:01:00.000-07:002003-10-24T10:01:15.250-07:00I'm writing today from Kentucky and, as I'm sure you can tell from my last couple entries, I'm pretty excited to be here. I got here yesterday morning at 3:45 a.m. I prefer driving at night when there aren't many cars on the road. I'd gotten a second wind after choir practice Wednesday night and decided to take advantage of it. I still went to the Lexington Rescue Mission yesterday to Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1066784386943413232003-10-21T17:59:00.000-07:002003-10-21T17:59:46.356-07:00I'm happy to say that my first day of subbing was a VERY positive experience. The best way to describe it was "the blind leading the blind," but it worked out just fine. God really blessed me by letting me get my feet wet with three "Honors" Chemistry classes rather than the general-level classes. The kids were very kind, considerate, and overall they were a pleasure to have in class. I guessAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1066699228958447682003-10-20T18:20:00.000-07:002003-10-20T18:20:28.886-07:00Hello all...
Guess what ... I'm starting to substitute teach tomorrow! I got a call from the administration at one of the local high schools and they said they could use me tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday. But, since I've already made plans to go to KY on Thursday, I told her something had come up and that I'm only available tomorrow and Wednesday. I'm excited, scared, terrified, Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1066615649807016332003-10-19T19:07:00.000-07:002003-10-19T19:07:29.960-07:00I found out at church today why at least one of the local high schools hasn't called me in to sub yet. One of the ladies in the choir is a permanent sub there and she put in a word for me with the "powers that be" and they told her they can't call me on the number I gave them (my cell phone # with a KY area code--the only phone I have right now). So, tomorrow I plan to rectify the situation andAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1066339727305645122003-10-16T14:28:00.000-07:002003-10-16T14:28:47.146-07:00Not too much to add so far today. Still no calls from the high schools, but I'm becoming less worried about it. Or, maybe a better way to say it is that I'm still anxious, but I think I'm depending on God more. It helps that several days have passed since this past tumultuous weekend. My family situation (in Richmond) seems to be going all to pot and last week every problem under the sun Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1066271608392295012003-10-15T19:33:00.000-07:002003-10-15T19:33:28.166-07:00Just got finished reading Rachel's blog a few minutes ago (www.rkochackis.blogspot.com). I really enjoyed the poem and I can appreciate exactly what you're going through, Rachel. By the way, it was really awesome to see you and MJ this past weekend in Charlotte. It made my entire weekend that I was able to see some of my Kentucky friends. It reminded me of just how homesick for Kentucky I am.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-10661607005300822003-10-14T12:45:00.000-07:002003-10-14T12:45:00.063-07:00It's only Tuesday? Man these weeks go by slowly when you're out of work. In the back of my mind, I was hoping I'd get a call to come in and substitute teach today, but it didn't happen. Maybe tomorrow. I hope they call soon because it would be really nice to be able to pay November's rent in a couple of weeks. Maybe God is teaching me a little something about faith and trust here, but I Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933466.post-1066068686743658272003-10-13T11:11:00.000-07:002003-10-13T11:11:26.730-07:00OK, I tried doing this last night but I somehow deleted what I'd written. I'm new to the world of blogging. I was saying, though, that I think this will be a good outlet for me, having recently moved to a new town (Charlottesville, VA) from Kentucky where I completed my B.A. this past May. I need to express myself some and it's not like this won't be available to millions of websurfers. At Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160636892206417635noreply@blogger.com0