The other day I received a letter from my dad (whom I consider my biggest supporter in life). The front of the card read, “You’re not lost” and inside ” You’re just wandering”. I pondered what the card meant and why he decided to send this to me. This was the first time that I had realized how lost I was, and at this moment how comfortable I have become with being lost. I’ve been wandering around for many years with the support of my family.
So this leaves me where I have wandered today. The south side of St. Louis living in an apartment that frequently has cold water, a broken garbage disposal and a roof that leaks into my bedroom. My landlord Steve and I have become quite good acquaintances. I love characters and he fits into that category. Look forward to a blog entry titled “Steve”. What am I doing in St. Louis? Being naturally impulsive and refusing to look into things more than required. I signed up for Teach For America and picked St. Louis as my number 1 city. I thought perfect after TFA I can go to Wash U for social work and get an instate tuition. I can not tell you how much my heart dropped when my dear friend Kevin pointed out to me that Wash U is a private school. So I am here, teaching 30 third graders on the north side of town.
I wake up every day at 5 am and drive to school with a co-worker of mine. I get in my classroom and set everything up. My favorite part of the day is going to the buses and greeting all the students. The amount of excitement that each child comes with for school everyday amazes me. My favorite is when my Galisa’s face when my family came to visit. You would have thought that she was meeting the president. It took me a good month to figure out why people teach for so many years, but I get it oh too well now!
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