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Name: Katie
Country: United States
State: California
Birthday: 5/16/1983
Gender: Female
Expertise: none
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
9/12/2002
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| so to get my ucla master's degree, i have to complete an inquiry project, which is the education name for a master's thesis.
i have done chapter 1, and am working on the theoretical framework. i'm excited because THIS THING IS GOING TO BE BOMB!
i rule.
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| today, i got a phone call during 5th period:
K: this is ms. kondo.
D: hi this is kathy dragone (one of the assistant principals). do you have irma romero in today?
K: (i thought she asked for OMAR) yes, he's here today.
D: great. don't say anything. we're going to be there in a few minutes to pick her up.
K: wait, what was the name again?
D: irma romero.
K: oh, no she hasn't been in class for a week and a half.
D: not surprising, we were about to arrest her.
K: !!!!!! what? why?
D: do you remember the email you got on tuesday? about the stabbing?
<i should interject that we got an email a few days ago that one of our students was stabbed near his home, repeatedly, with a screwdriver>
K: yes, of course.
D: well, irma was the one who stabbed the victim. thanks, ms. kondo, sorry for interrupting your class.
<katie's heart drops to the floor as she recovers from the feeling of getting hit by a bus>
the next second, i had to turn off whatever it was that i was feeling, put on a smile, and keep teaching.
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there are such good students at our school, really good students and i wish, WISH, that these were the types of students that we got emails about... i didn't even know how to react to this.
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| i'm a month into teaching at hawthorne and while in the very end, i love it and love all of my students, it's so so so hard. i don't think i can possibly describe the intense range of emotion, difficulty, heartbreak, anger, despair, hope, etc that goes through the heart and mind of a teacher in an urban school. while this might sound pompous or presumptious, i don't think that even regular teachers who are at better schools can understand. it's really difficult.
on top of that, i feel so disconnected from the life that i used to live. i hardly talk to anyone that i care about anymore outside of my parents, william, and evo. that sucks like nothing else. it's lonely. to those of you that i used to spend almost every day with, i miss our lunches, breakfasts, parties, sleepovers, and everything else that i had before i took on the role of "social justice educator."
it's a 30 hour-a-day job and it doesn't go away because no matter where i am, it emotionally affects you and you can't stop thinking of all you have to do and how little of an impact you seem to be having. don't get me wrong, i really like the school i'm at, the math dept here is fantastic and i'm good friends now with many of them, i love all my students. it's just so so hard...
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| message to the people i love (you know who you are!!)
i miss you dearly and wish that i could see you everyday instead of once a month, six months, year, or however long it's been. from the bottom of my heart, i am sorry that i haven't kept in better touch with you, especially during the past month. my life has been nonstop crazy, tons of work, no-room-for-anything-i-love ever since i started at ucla. it's completely draining and while i enjoy teaching, i miss seeing my beloved friends as often as i used to back at cal.
so i just wanted to tell you that i love you and hope that we can pick up more frequent conversations in two weeks when school is finally out for the summer.
12 days left of student teaching and counting...
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| katie's celebrity log
august 2006 - ian ziering (beverly hills 90210) at griddle cafe in west hollywood
november 2006 - richard dreyfuss at best buy in santa monica
march 31 2007 - jessica biel at coral tree cafe in brentwood
may 5 2007 - donald faison (turk on scrubs) at griddle cafe in west hollywood
also there was a girl from smallville (we didn't see her) and the lead singer from fallout boy
june 2007 - jay manuel (america's next top model) on melrose in beverly hills
august 4 2007 - janice dickinson at griddle cafe in west hollywood summer 2007 - william assaulted bobby lee (mad tv) in santa monica and said "hey it's that guy from mad tv" to his face.
october 13 2007 - teri hatcher at 3rd street promenade in santa monica, richard dean anderson (sort of) at the santa monica pier.
october 2007 - william met diggity dave (pimp my ride) in west los angeles. he came over to our apartment and sat at the dining table. for reals!
october 27 2007 - met and got the autograph of slash (half of guns 'n roses and velvet revolver) at the best buy in west los angeles. also, bret michaels (rock of love), sort of. | | |
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