Life has been hard and complicated so what’s a girl to do? I decided to grad school!
I had pondered it and I had even started my application but didn’t follow through, but one day, I just decided that I was going to officially apply. Of course, I didn’t know if I would actually get in but I knew I wanted to try.
So, I filled out some forms, I got some letters of recommendation, and I paid some money. Before I knew it, I had officially applied. And apparently, I applied at exactly the right time. (The summer semester was starting in a week.) Because I was accepted the same day!
I’m a grad student
I was so excited. I hadn’t had anything to be happy about since February 10th but this made me happy. And also a little scared. (If you don’t know what I’m referring to, read this Suicide And The Ones Left Behind).
A handful of days later, I was starting my masters classes for my Master in Exceptional Education.
Technically, I was provisionally admitted for one semester, meaning if I didn’t do well, I was out. What if I screwed up? Brian assured me that I wasn’t going to screw up. And turns out, he was right!
To date, I have A’s in both classes and I couldn’t be more proud of myself.
And yesterday, I got approved to the reading endorsement graduate certificate program. (Also right before I was coming back to edit this, I found out that I was accepted into the Teaching Diverse Learners Certificate CB program which leads me to believe that I have officially lost my mind.)
I don’t know where I am finding this bizarre motivation and determination from. Absolutely no idea. Maybe it falls under the realm of “something I can control.” I don’t know.
The Future
What I do know is that I already feel like I have learned some ways to become a better teacher and that’s what I really want. Well, that and bragging rights, 😉 Because the $30 a paycheck raise isn’t really that impressive but the ability to help an Autistic child succeed is.
(I want to keep helping like this – Teaching An Autistic Child Who Doesn’t Want To Learn)
However, $30 might not be life changing but it does buy a lot of chocolate so I’ll take it! 😆
(Get it? Cause I’m dressed like Steve from Blue’s Clues! 😁)
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Congrats on grad school! It came at a time when you needed it, Emily … so that tells me you’re going to ace it all the way through.
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Thank you! Here’s hoping! It does feel really good to have something like this to focus on. 😊
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I think you are spot on about control, and lack of control.
Serenity Prayer: God help me to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to tell the difference.
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