Best. Day. Yet.
Today was my favorite day so far, by far. Woke up again at 5am, having won the battle over my bed for the second day in a row (disclaimer: I actually have a huge advantage… it isn’t that comfy, I don’t have a mattress pad, and it is THE creakiest bed I have slept on […]
Notes, and the End of Induction
The first week of my new life as a Teach for America corps member here in Philadelphia is now over. It has felt a lot like the MTC–Large group meetings, discussing the vision and mission and goals of the movement in order to get us pumped up to work hard, living in tight quarters with […]
Arrived at Teach for America Induction!
I got aboard a red-eye flight from Salt Lake City at 11:35pm, arrived at JFK airport at 5:35am, and my life will never be the same again. It has officially happened. I am a part of Teach for America, a movement dedicated to the goal that one day, all children will have an excellent education. […]
Weekly Notes, Catching up on some thoughts from a blog I’m following.
I haven’t been AS diligent in recording all of the nuggets of wisdom I have come across since coming back from my trip (I have to keep some reason for people to want to interact with me face to face :), but I have read the rest of the posts I wanted to from Raptitude.com. […]
What The Gospel of Jesus Christ Means to Me
What was the lesson about last week? Pause. Write notes, make commitments to yourself, ask yourself ‘when I go home and someone asks me what I learned in Church, what are some things I could say?” It’s like, God put us into families for a reason. Quote 1. The Gospel is a two-edged sword, so […]