Register, Set, Go

Today I registered for the Praxis I. I've been registered for the Praxis II (the crazy math one) for a couple weeks now, but I figured I'd bite the 130$ bullet and register for the regular Praxis.

MARCH 29th. That means I'll have about two weeks between the Praxis II and the Praxis I to prepare. It'll be nice to have these out of the way. And then immediately after those tests, I'm headed to New Orleans with 3/5's of my family to check out schools for Sam. It'll be a little reward for beating myself over the head with standardized testing for two months.

I've decided (tentatively) that my institute departure date is going to be JUNE 2nd. Which basically means I have three days of driving, and a couple days of goofing around in Norman.

Then I become a big kid. Yikes.

In The Beginning...

Three days ago, this popped up in my inbox:

"I am pleased to extend you an offer to join the Teach For America 2010 Corps! This offer to join Teach For America reflects your outstanding accomplishments, leadership potential, and commitment to expanding educational opportunites for children in low-income communities."

It went on a little longer, but that initial statement was the important part. Yes, I was accepted to be a part of Teach For America. My assignment: Secondary Math in The Mississippi Delta. I will be one of about 500 corps members in the region, which spans parts of Mississippi and Arkansas. According to the website and information packet they sent me, I can look forward to: crawfish, the blues, a low cost-of-living, Wal-Mart, day-trips to Little Rock or Memphis, and the King Biscuit Blues Festival.

For those of you not overly familiar with Teach For America, they have an excellent website that explains all their goals, their impact, their process, etc. You can find that info HERE.

And if you're interested in learning more about where I'm headed, you can find that info
HERE.


Needless to say, my life is going to change. A lot. It is going to be the most stressful, terrifying, and rewarding two years of my life. So, even though it's cliche, I figured I would start a blog to track my journey and to, hopefully, keep my head on straight.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
March 13th -------------- Praxis II: Mathematics Content Knowledge Exam (pray for me)
April __th ---------------Praxis I Exam (pray for me)
Mid-June----------------Induction and Institute
Early August-------------School starts

Here we go...