Today I have off for its veterans day and for that, I can think therefore write<--spin-off quote from Descartes :)
So, Let's begin (ATTENTION ATTENTION: These words may be hard to digest)
This had be my 14 week teaching at a at-risk school and...I
- Tried to stop a student from pulling out a weapon
- Almost lost a student to suicide
- been cursed out 7 times (and counting)
- Met a gang member
- Seen students go and leave prison
- Seen a drug bust and a car stolen
- Gained respect
- Cried for being privileged
- Understood some of the loop holes of poverty
- Eaten a homemade Mexican taco about everyday
- Had my car towed 2 times and pulled over once (expired tag)
- Been accused of calling a student a dog
- Been threaten from an administration and student
- Never felt such empathy for a humankind
- Realized that I'm a fighting a spiritual war
- Faced the reality that I have always been chronically depressed
- Want to become a improv performer (In level 3 of classes)
- Have more respect for my students than most people in my life...due to their honesty and visibility of struggles.
- Broken up a girl fight
- Am calmer, and quieter...I've become a person rather than an actor in her own life.
- Gone on a few dates...bleh :/
- Have been in the midst of a wildfire and thought of purgatory
- Am becoming a hipster and am constantly an understand slang. Example 1:"Yo, Ms. C let me get those shoes off of you for those are live" <---translation: "Good morning, Ms. Carlisle, I love those shoes where did you get them?" Example 2:" Ms. C, why you mean mugging me? you need to stop pushing the gas"<-----translation:"Ms Carlisle, why are you looking at me like that? Could you please stop giving us so much work?"
- Lost 15 pounds
- Want to settle in Austin
- Am understanding the disposition of Jesus.
- Have seen Johnny Depp
- Want to start my Masters in Education next fall
- Am an excellent teacher
- Am content.
I hope each of you see God in goodness and destruction.If you haven't seen destruction, look around you and pray, oh pray. Break out of the ordinary and fight...fight for what you hold to be pure and good.
...Until next time.
Ashley Jayne Carlisle
