Confessions of a Hopeless Romantic (Valentine's Day Monologue)

Wrote a monologue that's fitting for Valentine's Day, check it out and feel free to make comments.


I sit in the school working on a writing assignment that’s due later today. I know it sounds crazy but I get a kick out of that last minute pressure. Procrastination really gets the creative juices flowing, at least for me. Anyway, I’m working hard on this assignment, when I hear laughs and giggles coming from across the room. I look up and see a couple sitting a few tables down from me.

Despite the fact my paper is due in less than 3 hours, it’s quite a pretty sight to see. The girl smiles playfully at her boyfriend and he reciprocates with soothing whispers. The girl is quite a beauty with long blond hair that curls up at the end. She definitely uses a lot of Pantene Pro V. Trust me I know these things. Her eyes are sweet as Malaga and she has perfect, well-rounded lips. She also has perfect, well-rounded hips but we’re still on the face. She has a cute, small nose and she must use Crest whitening strips at least four times a day for her teeth are a bright, pearly white. She has a beautiful physique and has been blessed with accurate assets in all the right places. It’s like goldilocks, not too big and not too small. Just perfect. Her personality comes off as shy and reserved, but she’s also assertive and knows how to get what she wants. She appears to be more on the petite side, but that makes it so much cuter watching her sit next to her much taller boyfriend. He’s not too bad looking either. As I said before, he’s tall and carries the persona of a true Italian. Not the Jersey Shore, Robert DeNiro wannabe Italians, but a nicely groomed and humble human being. You can tell from his hazel eyes that he shows deep concern and compassion for his girl and it’s adorable. He’s got a bit of muscle on his arms, but not too much that would make him look like he’s jacked. His hair is jet black and cropped up towards the front.

Every five minutes my eyes dart up to watch the two young lovers, chat and chuckle playfully with one another. Every so often they would exchange quick kisses. At one point they kiss and hold it out for almost a minute. I look around and notice I’m not the only one watching.

All of a sudden, the boy hands the girl a present and says, “Happy Valentine’s Day.” It’s at that moment, I’m painfully reminded of what day it is and I quickly turn away. When I turn back, I catch a glimpse of the young girl’s eyes. I can tell she’s completely enamored over her gift and there’s a magical spark between them. Me and everyone else know what that means. He’s going to sweep her off her feet and take her home tonight. They’re going to have a nice romantic dinner and he’s going to serenade her with kisses and old-fashioned R & B tunes. Then he’s going to take her upstairs and they’re going to fuck.

Oh yes, I just went there so deal with it. Besides what else do you want me say? Make love? People in the real world don’t make love, only people in literature do. Case in point, Edward and Bella made love. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart fucked. Most likely.

So this young lovely couple will get their freak on and from the grin on her face I can tell he’s a pro.

This piece was just supposed to be about me going through another year without a valentine, but now that I think about it, it seems kind of selfish and it’s really low of me to play the pity card to my female friends that will read this, so I’ll just continue writing about Romeo and Juliet.

I look up and see that the romantic duo is standing up and getting ready to leave. Damn, that guy is really tall. He’s almost a foot taller than her. One must wonder the epic failure of these two trying to engage in stand up position. He’d probably have to give her a boost up, although if you factor in his muscle strength and her body weight, they might be able to pull it off. I’ve never been that good in physics so I’m moving on.

Anyways, they kiss again and hold hands as they make their way down the stairs. As soon as they disappear, it suddenly hits me why I’ve been so focused on this cute couple for the past 10 minutes. It’s because I want that in some shape or form. I don’t know a thing about this couple before I met them and I probably won’t know a thing that happens after this encounter. What I do know is in those few moments, I wanted to have something like that in my life. I mean is it wrong of me to ask that much or am I even asking for that much at all? Is it a crime for a guy to just be an old-fashioned romantic and sweep a girl off her feet by doing something so touching? Is it wrong of me to ask you, the reader, why I feel like a hopeless romantic? Is it bad of me to fantasize about a girl walking up to me, planting a kiss on my lips and saying you make my world brighter? Is it a sin for me to occasionally eye the breasts of the chick sitting next to me in anthropology wondering how I can score her number? Nope, not at all. So then why do I feel like I’m exploiting myself? I don’t mean to. Then again I don’t think most people try to exploit or expose themselves, it just happens.

I’m painting a picture where I seem unlucky, but in reality I’m just too damn picky and in the end, that’s my downfall. If I really wanted to, I could go on J-Date and find myself a nice Jewish girl. But with my mindset, that’s being too lazy on my part. It’s like I’m telling my computer, I’m too lazy to go out and find a girl myself, why don’t you do it for me. I could go out to bars every night and hook up with chicks if wanted to. But do I really want to get into a serious relationship with a girl who enjoys going to bars more than I do? It’s not my cup of tea and I don’t need to smell the stench of vodka every time I kiss a girl.

Again it comes down to the fact that I don’t know what I want and maybe with all the baggage I have now in my life, I might not even be willing to take on the baggage that comes with a relationship. However, I see many of my friends and classmates in relationships and at times it bother me. Sometimes the “will I end up alone?” question pops into my head and I turn my attention to something else to rid those thoughts. Now the relationships my friends and classmates are in all have their ups and down, but it’d be nice if I can have someone to call a valentine.

Shit, there I go again with the pity card. I know I can’t just put myself out there, meet someone, hook up and then label it a relationship. That’s not how it works, although some people believe that’s the way it happens. I just hope that one day, I can meet that ideal girl and we can sit and drink coffee as we engage in intellectual conversations and build infallible chemistry. I’ll have you know that I hate coffee, but if she likes me enough and I like her enough, I guess I can manage a cup or two. Until then, I’ll just keep on living the single life and just waiting.

Until then let me finish up this writing assignment.

“Why I hate Valentine’s Day?” by Ian Feldman
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Beautiful Boy

I didn't have much time to update so I'm just going to leave you with the lyric and video of the day. Anyway, this is John Lennon's Beautiful Boy, which was released on his last album Double Fantasy. The song was written for his 5 year old son, Sean whom he had with Yoko Ono. I chose this song as it's my brother's birthday, who happens to share the same namesake as John's son.



‎"Before you cross the street take my hand. Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." John Lennon



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Sometimes

For today's song of the day we go back to 1992 when No Doubt released their first album. If you were to ask if I'm a No Doubt fan, I can't give you a clear answer. To me they're one of those bands that started off hot and then over time they slowly went downhill until they became pretty much toxic to the ear. "The B sides and rarities" album don't count as most of those were from their early days.



This rare gem from the self titled album would have probably gone unnoticed by me if I would have never heard an amazing acoustic cover done at Frenchwoods a few years back. Anyway here's Gwen Stefani and the rest of No Doubt in their prime.

"From now on I will behave, but in the back of my mind I will be enslaved." - No Doubt



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Cruel To Be Kind

I have a lot of things to do tonight so I'll make this quick. Today's song of the day is Nick Lowe's 1979, "Cruel To Be Kind." It was his best and only known hit to reach the top 40 billboard. The song would later be covered in 90s by Letters For Cleo for the film 10 Things I Hate About You.



Fun Fact: 10 Things I Hate About You is a modernized version of William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. The title "Cruel to be Kind" is often contributed to another Shakespeare character, Hamlet.

Here's today lyrics of the day.

"You say you've got to be... Cruel to be kind in the right measure. Cruel to be a Kind it's a very good sign." - Nick Lowe



And here's the Letters For Cleo version



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November Rain

This one is a given for this month. I should've done this yesterday since it pretty much poured all day in New York. Anyway, this Guns and Roses classic was released in 1992. At almost 9 minutes it is one of the longest songs in their repertoire and is considered by many to be an epic classic. The video is quite amazing and went on to win an MTV movie award. Anyway, here's your lyrics of the day.



"So if you want to love me then darling don't refrain. Or i'll just end up walkin' in the cold November Rain" - Guns N Roses



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El Scorcho

Yesterday, Weezer released the deluxe edition of their 1996 album Pinkerton. The band's second album, it followed the release of the Blue Album, which featured popular hits such as the Sweater Song and Buddy Holly. When it came time to record a second album, Weezer attempted to create a concept album, which is now the abandoned "Song from the Black Hole." Some of the tracks from that album would wind up Pinkerton. The album Pinkerton as a whole is much darker than the Blue Album.



Upon its release, Pinkerton was a commercial failure and it would become popular until years later. "El Scorcho" was the first single released from the album. As i said it's completely different from Buddy Holly and therefore this is one of those love it or hate it. Anyway, here's your lyrics of the day.

"I'm a lot like you so please, hello, I'm here, I'm waiting. I think I'd be good for you and you'd be good for me" - Weezer



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Electioneering

Since it's Election Day, I found this Radiohead tune to be a perfect day for today's mood. Electioneering comes off Radiohead's third album O.K. Computer. Although, it never became a single, it's become one of my favorite Radiohead songs. The lyrics pretty much speak for themselves. Anyway here's the lyrics of the day.

"Say the right things when electioneering. I trust I can rely on your vote" - Radiohead



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Go ask Alice when she's Ten Feet Tall

Today's song of the day is the 1967 hit single from psychedelic rock group Jefferson Airplane. "White Rabbit" captures the essence of the late 1960s drug culture through drawing metaphors to Lewis Carrol's classic Alice in Wonderland books. The line "Go Ask Alice" would serve the title of anonymous novel written a few years later about a troubled teenage drug addict. The song which was popular during the late 60s and early 70s resurfaced in the 90s when it appeared in the cult classic "Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas" Anyway here's the lyric of the day.

"One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small. And the ones that
mother gives you don't do anything at all" - Jefferson Airplane



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Cause this is thriller, thriller night

I don't have much time to update today. This is a great song and an even cooler video.

Here's today lyric of the day and the 14 minute thriller video.

"It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark" - Michael Jackson



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This Is Halloween

Today's song of the day comes from the Tim Burton stop motion animated feature, "The Nightmare Before Christmas." I have mixed feelings toward Tim Burton's later work particularly those that over-exaggerate the presence of Johnny Depp. However, I regard The Nightmare Before Christmas as one of his epic masterpieces. "This Is Halloween" is the film's opening song and right away it captures the atmosphere of Halloweentown and the film. So here's the lyric of the day and the video to follow with it.

"In this town we call home everyone hails to the pumpkin sun." - The Nightmare Before Christmas.



Fun fact: Chris Sarandon performs the voice of Jack Skellington. However, he didn't feel comfortable singing so Jack's singing is done by music composer and longtime Burton collaborator, Danny Elfman.

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Dr. X will build a creature

The cult classic "Rocky Horror Picture Show" is one of my favorite films. I first watched it at an early age on cable television and oddly enough I didn't find it to be that weird back then. Anyway, I've become a big fan of Rocky Horror as the years past and I've even had the pleasure of going to a midnight showing back in 2004. I even got to portray Brad for a bit at Frenchwoods Rocky Horror night. It's a really great experience and I'll never forget getting my friend Mark Gordon into the film. I don't know if I can pick my favorite song as I pretty much like them all except for Superheroes, which I was happy they cut from the American version. The song of the day, "Science Fiction/Double Feature" opens the play and film version of Rocky Horror. The red lips that appear in the opening credits belong to Patrica Quinn, who plays Magenta. But the voice belongs to Richard O'Brien, who plays Riff Raff. Here's the lyric of the day and if you're Rocky Horror virgin, I recommend you check out the film.

"And
at a deadly pace it came from (Where) Outer Space. (Thank You.) And
this is how the message ran."(Freeze those lips.) -Rocky Horror Picture
Show

If you're wondering what the words in parenthesis are ask anyone who's a Rocky Horror fanatic and they'll happily educate you. Tonight if you're interested in learning more about Rocky Horror, you can check out the Glee episode, which is paying homage to the film and the play. This won't make you lose your Rocky Horror virginity though.



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Welcome to my Nightmare

So I'm doing a special halloween theme for this week's song of the day. Check every Monday-Friday on my facebook or here for the daily pick of the day. Here's today's pick:



how awesome is that picture.

There's no argument. Alice Cooper is one of the greatest performers around. Who cares if he looks so old nowadays. The bottom line is he's cool and I've head from people who've met that he's such a nice person to talk to.

Here's the lyric of the day.

"Welcome to my Nightmare. Welcome to my breakdown." - Alice Cooper



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It was like lightening... everybody was frightening

Today's song of the day dates back to 1973. Originally released by the English band, The Sweet, Ballroom Blitz has received a dozen or so covers including a cool one from the Misfit's. Here's your lyric and video of the day.



"And the man in the back said everyone attack and it turned into a ballroom blitz" - The Sweet.



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I'm a blonde single girl in the fantasy world

Today's song of the day I'm not a particularly big fan of. In fact, I only chose it because my education course was introduced to our unit plans and this song was used during someone's unit plan slice.



Released in 1997 by the Danish-Norwegian group Aqua, Barbie Girl became their most successful single. It caused a bit of controversy when Mattel decided to sue MCA Records as the song portrayed Barbie as a sex object. The case was eventually dismissed in 2002 because quite frankly Barbie is technically a sex object. Anyways, here's the quote of the day and video for Barbie Girl

"You can touch, you can play. If you say, I'm always yours."



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Dream of Californication

Today's song of the day comes from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' seventh album "Californication." The album itself marked the return of guitarist John Frusciante, who's drug problem and dislike of the band's growing popularity caused him to leave the band. It was actually a much needed return as their last album included Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro as lead guitarist and the album stunk. I have nothing against Dave Navarro or Jane's Addiction, but he just wasn't the right fit for the Chili Peppers. Anyway, many tracks from "Californication" including the self titled track received rave reviews. The song "Californication" has become a staple of 90's music and the music video that was released along with it is pretty amazing. Anyway here's Californication.



Born and raised by those who praise control of population. Well, everybody's been there and I don't mean on vacation.



P.S. I'm only doing the song of the day Monday-Friday

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Song of the Day

I know it's been months since my last post, but school is literally driving me crazy and I needed to take a short break from my blogging. Anyway, I'm here to talk about a new daily section that I will be adding every day. So I'm a pretty big music lover and there's always a song or two that's constantly playing in my head. Every once in a while, we need to be reminded of a song that will help get us going through the day. This is where I come in. Every morning, I'm going to post a lyric from a song in the hopes that it may jump start your noggin and bring back precious musical memories. In addition, i may also post a music video along with it. You'll notice this morning, I posted a lyric from "Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2" For a good amount of you, that song will most likely stick in your head for the rest of the day. So make sure to check my Facebook every morning for the music quote of the day. If you don't have a Facebook or miss the lyric of the day, then I will be posting it here every afternoon. So make sure to check out today's lyric and feel free to make some comments. If anyone has requests for a song, then please let me know.

Here's today lyric of the day:

We don't need no education, we don't need no thought control." - Pink Floyd



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Who needs the boogeyman? We'll always have Cropsey

This is not a film review.

For people who are film buffs, there are numerous film festivals held in different places for you to see. From Cannes, Berlin and Venice to Tribeca and the New York Film Festival, there's always a place to catch good films. However, if you're not looking to go far away to catch a good film on Staten Island, you can always catch the annual Staten Island Film Festival, which is currently in its fifth year has gained a steady following over the years as locals head to the St. George Theater and The College Of Staten Island to watch the work of other fellow Staten Islanders.

It's really a great opportunity for Staten Islanders to showcase their talent. Last year, Pharmacist/Director Dave Broitman scored rave reviews for his zany pharmacy comedy, "Don't Shoot the Pharmacist!" This year, the guys from Dogandponyshowwebsite.com produced a mystery short entitled "17 to Midnight."

While looking through the film selection for this year, one films that caught my eye was a documentary entitled Cropsey. Reading about the film brought back memories of the days when I went to the JCC Summer Camp at Family Park. Now camps are notorious for having their ghost stories to give their campers a little fright. While the camp legend of Cropsey was somewhat over the top, there is some truth to it, especially when you learn about the Willowbrook State Institution err I mean school, which is not far from where the remains of the Cropsey house stands. Matter of fact, if you take a short hike behind what is now JCC Bernikow Building, you'll find the broken down house.

The last time I went to the JCC, they had guards stationed in front of Cropsey's house and all campers and staff were prohibited from heading into forest. However, I have this memory of the camp giving us a tour of the area one day and I remember seeing a rusted, old car.

The Legend of Cropsey, like most other legends has slightly different variations, but it's believed that Andre Rand, who may have been a patient at Willowbrook killed a 12 year old girl with down syndrome in 1987. It's believed that he may have killed other children, yet she was the only body that police found. Thankfully that wasn't the story they told us when I went to camp.

I always wanted to see them make some form of movie about the Cropsey legend and after several years, filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio have made that happen. I'm quite glad to see the story is going to be portrayed as a documentary rather than a cheap, gory, bloodfest film. I don't know if I'm going to see it tonight, but based on the trailer, reviews and awards, it seems like an interesting film. If you're not sure what to do tonight, then you should check it out tonight at CSI. The film is scheduled to be screened at 10 in the recital hall in 1P. For more information about this film and other films that are screening tonight, you can check out the links below.

Staten Island Film Festival - Shows

Cropsey Films

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Conceptual Units. EPIC FAIL!

“We Need to Finish This Lesson Class! Why Conceptual Unit Planning Won’t Work in Today’s School System”


"If Only I Could Remember Those Key Concepts"

I’ve wanted to do a post like this since the middle of the semester. I was going to hold off on this post until about June but a recent epic Facebook commentary made me realize that this issue needed to be addressed sooner.

Before I go further with this issue, I just have to put it out there that I’m not the most vocal person in the world. However, as my anxiety levels reached a near boiling point last Monday evening, it’s safe to say that I share my classmates’ disgust with the unit plan project. This post will serve as my retaliation and for those in my EDS methods course you guys can feel free to post your opinions.

One final thing before I begin is that even though I will be making criticisms on some of my professor’s viewpoints, I will in no way belittle, or berate him. I’ve learned from past mistakes to never burn bridges and if you want to leave comments make sure they’re nothing less than cordial.

In my previous post, I mentioned that the hardest part about being a teacher is becoming one. Actually, if you think about it, most jobs feel that way. I’ve been in the education program for a year and a half. Between the three education courses I’ve taken and the student observations, it’s enough experience to warrant your opinion on the curriculum.

I find it rather funny that 85% of the stuff we’re taught about schools in EDS 201, 202, and 316, I have yet to witness inside a high school classroom. In EDS 201, we’re constantly reminded of the poor, underachieving schools in New York, which has no effect on future Staten Island teachers, since we don’t have a single school on the island that’s in danger of failing. Also a teacher will NEVER tell you, “I use the Vygotsky method to get through to my students.” I learned this during my first observation when the teacher said, “Ah! You must be starting out.”

“Conceptual Unit Plans” are another of these things you learn during your education curriculum that serves no useful purpose in a real life school setting other than to give you heart palpitations as you figure out how to draw key concepts and make text to self connections to 17th century Salem witch trials. For those of you who are asking, “what’s a conceptual unit?” In a nutshell, it brings all the ideas you want to cover within a set period as one whole, meaning you pick one big text and four other poems or short stories that relate to a theme and you just teach it. Everything is interlinked and it might sound good until you realize you only have four weeks to get through all of it. I know what you're thinking, "Sorry I asked!" So that’s the best way to define that since Google didn’t seem to know much about it. For those who do know what it is, please forgive me for robbing a minute of your life.

You might think that conceptual units are not such a bad thing and I can understand that feeling because quite honestly it sounds really good on paper. Then again, Communism looked like the perfect economic solution on paper and we all know how that turned out. The primary problem with conceptual units and unit planning in general is that they could really never hold to be accurately achieved in today’s classrooms. In fact, it’s very difficult to pre-plan how every lesson and unit will go because for the most part your students will make you decide how you will run your class. You’re going to have some days where students are going to be lost in the book they are reading and you’ll have to alter your lesson plan to make sure that they understand everything. For other days students might not care about the book, you’re reading so you might have to restructure and figure out a way to get them interested. Plus other things come up that need to be addressed. If you have a student, who’s in tears over a bad break up, you can’t pacify the issue with a group activity.

Now just because I’m against conceptual unit planning, doesn’t mean I see a problem with having a structured system. In fact, if you don’t use any type of structured system, then you’ll never make it out alive for your first year. Now there are different options you could choose in making your structured teaching plans, but I personally feel the best is a student set goals structure. This is when you allow students to create their own personal goals to reach at the end of a marking period or the school year. This gives you the opportunity to work your curriculum around helping your students achieve those personal goals. I feel this is much more realistic set up than giving students a bunch of key concepts, which they will never use again.

You’ll notice that I’ve been referring to unit plans as unrealistic and this has a lot to do with time management and the change of politics in the public school system. It’s nearly impossible to run a classroom like it’s a factory assembly line because each student requires different kinds of needs. For example, if I had to teach Romeo and Juliet to a regular class and ESL class, I would be able to complete it with both classes, but it would take longer with the ESL class. I also witnessed a middle school teacher reading “The Giver” with her “SP” class and a street lit book with her other classes. So if we have different expectations for different students then how can we incorporate a universal conceptual unit plan?

One of the things that irritated me was that my professor hadn’t taught in a New York City Public High School in over ten years. That ten years plus is a long time not to be teaching in a high school and especially since “No Child Left Behind” has changed the way English classes are run, conceptual units may simply just be suffering the issue of being outdated. Also, the mayor did not have control of the schools back when my professor was teaching in high school. So it doesn’t matter if you teach a conceptual unit or one book at a time, if you can’t make the right connections, you won’t be able to get a job in a school.

As I sum up my thoughts and feelings, I feel I need to tug at the heartstrings of this issue. I feel frustrated over the fact that all of this hard work had to be put into a bogus 29 page conceptual unit plan, which I nor any of my classmates will use once we receive our masters.

The only good thing that came out of the project is the fact that we all got to watch a group of great, potential teachers.

I hope that you'll find this argument compelling and hopefully one day we can live in a world where we won't need teachers to teach us how to be teachers.

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School's (Almost) Out For Summer

Well, it's been two months and as the semester reaches it's final week, i figure it be a great opportunity to pick up a little on my blogging and talk a little about what's been on my mind for the past few months. Now my postings won't be as frequent as they were last year, but you should still check back every now and then for the latest entry.

As of today, I've completed all of my classes for the spring semester and all I need to do is take three finals, which I will be doing on Tuesday.

So how did this semester sum up in the end?

I wish i could tell you that it was easy or hard, but it's more complex than that. I think the best place to start is by saying compared to the fall semester, it did not drag and it felt like the semester began a month ago. I can't really say too much on my grades since I haven't taken my finals yet, but overall I think I did a better job this semester. I felt that with the exception of the last month the workload for this semester was not the abundance that I continually felt piling up during the fall semester.

However, this semester did not sail through without its fair share of problems. It's difficult to break down the types of problems but, in a nutshell, it ranged from the personal, which always shows up, to the absurdities and antic of the classes. One of the biggest problems with this semester happens to be the realization that the process of becoming a teacher is more complex then teaching any lesson in front of a classroom. If you don't believe me, you can ask anyone who took EDS 316 with me this semester. I will be addressing this matter in greater detail for a separate entry.

On a last note for tonight, I feel that it's important that i bring up this last part. There's always something that you discover about yourself during a semester that you choose to apply to the things that lie ahead. For this semester, I finally realized I have to do what's best or what's going to be beneficial to me. Some people might find this to be selfish, but it's the only way you get ahead in life. Even though I wished I would've picked up on this advice earlier, I'm really glad that i learned it when I did.

Back in August, I had set up a position working as a notetaker within the Office of Disabilities at the College Of Staten Island. In the spring, I chose to expand my duties to tutoring a couple of students with the Office of Disabilities. I'm not allowed to say much about the progress with my students, but I will say that they have come along way and I'm very proud of the help I provided them. I'm really glad that I established this job because now as I finish the spring semester, there's going to be a lot more opportunities for me and one of those opportunities will be occurring next Friday. I have been selected with six other students to help out at a convention in the city, which will help create an equal playing field in Corporate America for people who have a disability. So I'm looking forward to be taking part in this prestigious event.

With that thought, I leave you tonight and for those of you finishing up your semester, I hope it was manageable, if not bearable.

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UnTITLED

It's been well over a month since my last post. I'm sure some of my readers were wondering if this was a done and said thing. Well, it's not. You could say time is the vice that had drawn me away from my blog, but I have to do what's in my best interests. Unfortunately, this means you're still not going to hear from me as much. Now that I move closer towards graduation, I need to put my focus on certain things to establish my stability within the education system and so forth. In addition, there are new challenges in my life with which I'm learning how to handle. Therefore, I have to make some sacrifices and for now this is one of them. This doesn't mean I plan to stop writing anytime soon. In fact after much debate, I've decided to go forth with one of my side projects, which I had to put down for a while. This is just to give my readers an idea of why I haven't been blogging. I want to send my personal thanks out to those that have periodically checked out my blog and I hope to post something sometime soon. (Alliteration. Ha.)

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