It's Definitely Crunch time! After Halloween it always seems that the semester goes into warp speed around here but all if us start to fade! I realize that this is a very busy semester though and when I think of what the overall reward will be it is so worth it. I gave a lecture here yesterday at the Squibb lecture series in the Science department on what I did my masters thesis research on and it was so great to be back in a lecture hall where I took so many classes and be on the other side! I was introduced by one of my favorite faculty members who was a mentor when I was here for my undergraduate work as well as an advisor of mine in grad school. I was presented as an 'alumna' which is awesome- even though I am back and still classify-(hahaha). I have to admit that as my final classes here come to end(with the exception of my student teaching) I am sad that my days at UNC-A are numbered, but I am really excited at the same time because I know that I could not have gotten a better education anywhere!
I am working on lessons for student teaching already and the entire process is so exciting! We have to do a research project in our class that we student teach and I am really excited about mine and think it will be quite useful to me in the future!
On a non-school topic the election is of course over- and NC finally decided who we voted for...- and I am really excited about how the country is going to change and the things that are about to happen in our government. I think everyone will eventually come together because we so need that as a country. I was really touched and humbled in a way about the concession speeches of the candidates that did not win. They were all so gracious and polite and talked of unity in the country although they had suffered defeat. I find it to be truly inspiring that there was none of the bickering over the final election count or mud slinging afterwards. I am truly proud of how our country handled the election and how many people turned out to vote! It is a very exciting time in our country!
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