Over the past couple weeks, I have been studying for the GRE. I've really hit the books/computer in the last week trying to learn new, big words (of course, right now, I can't think of any of those fancy new words to use to describe the type of words I'm learning...did that make any sense?). I've also done math. A lot of math. The kind of math that I haven't done since high school since most of my college level math was elementary-focused. The kind of math that, ironically, I was wanting to do just a few weeks ago. (What can I say...sometimes I want to do calculations that aren't "How many cubes do I have?" "What is one more than 8?" "Which one is longer?")
Thankfully, several words and math formulas that I learned in my high school PSAT prep class are coming back, slowly but surely. (Thank Ms. Shivers, Ms. Reed, and Ms. Daniels!) However, there's still a lot to do, and I take the test in less than a week.
Besides studying for the GRE and doing taxes (blech!), I've been focusing on trying to be more positive about work. I have struggled all year with being a paraprofessional and dealing with the fact that it's not "my" classroom, at least not in the sense that I had planned on for the past 4 years.
Oh, yeah, I picked up a sporadic after-school job. Tuesday-Thursday, the 5 elementary schools in Decatur have a 1-hour tutoring session for each grade. The tutors are hired through the City of Decatur. I am a sub for the tutors. My first time subbing was last Wednesday, and the tutor coordinator at that particular school asked if I would come every Wednesday and tutor the kindergarteners because their regular tutor couldn't do Wednesdays. Of course I said YES! (Heck, that would pay for my gas to/from work for almost 2 days!)
I am sticking my feet through every possible door I can, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. In the meantime, I continue hoping and praying for a lead teaching position next year.
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