1. Baltimore.
This city is the perfect next step for me. I have a place in Fells and GREAT optimism for having an official placement in a school soon. Baltimore is a city of neighborhoods; each has its own feel and things to do. It's nicknamed "Small-timore," and believe it or not, it really has the type of small-town feel that I'm used to. The people are friendly and welcoming. B'more's also one of the most humid places I've ever lived, but we're all sweating together and are dealing with it together.
2. B'more Hardcore.
The biggest corps at institute (up 3 on D.C), we are nearly 200 strong and even stronger in our corps rapport. We yell obnoxiously (one cause, one corps, B'more, hardcore) at least once a day and put a lot of effort into saying hi to each other. It sounds silly, but we need a crazy amount of positivity in this sleep deprived, stress ridden environment. It's not too much of either of those things yet, but we know it's coming along with our students next week.
3. Edison High School
Shine on! This is the high school where I will be teaching chemistry this summer to Philly 10th graders who didn't quite get it the first time around. The school is monstrous (like, total enrollment is around 2800), and the summer school program itself has about 750 students enrolled. I'm completely relearning everything about lesson planning. I'm afraid that Christy Khan's KU School of Education clap pattern is not going to work for Philly classrooms. I'm on the same level as everyone else who have little to no background in education.
4. My roommates
Yeah, we totally got placed in alphabetical order and have no control over who is always around us, but the people around ME are incredible people. I mean, everyone's intelligent, inspired, and kind, but these girls are solid. I've signed my lease with three of them, Allie, Alexis and Courtney from Jersey, New York and Maine. Yep. Very east coast dominated vibe all-in-all. As far as I know, I'm definitely the only one from Kansas here (definitely in B'more corps).
5. Internet
I didn't have it for the last week. My ethernet port is non-functional on my computer, which I'm quickly realizing is a great excuse to make getting a new one a priority. My wireless also wasn't working since leaving home, but thankfully that's been cleared up. I'm quickly seeing that I'm going to have little to no time to blog faithfully, and "I'm sorry" to my friends and family in Kansas (and in France) who have no clue why I've been out of touch. I love you all and hope to get a chance to share again soon!
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