On January 10, 2012 I begin a new chapter using my training in Communication. I will begin teaching two classes of Speech Arts at Jackson State University. I am both excited and apprehensive about this. But then that's where same comes in. I felt both excitement and apprehension last January as I embarked on teaching at ABCU in Liberia.
So, what's different? Besides being a year older, I hopefully have grown in this past year so that the woman who begins teaching this Spring semester is not just older but wiser as well. I guess others will have to be the judge as to whether or not my perception is actually a reality. But then I'd rather have the affirmation of God that somehow He has used the trials, experiences, and lessons of this past year to make me not only a better teacher THIS SPRING but a better child of the King.
On the same front though, it's the same that buckling down to create lesson plans is a daunting task. It's the same that I like teaching. But it's different in the pay I receive (smile) and the distance I have to travel in order to teach. It's also different the amount of different preparations I have to make.
It felt SIMILAR, however, the other day when I went to campus to fill out final papers and pick up my textbook. In the coming months, those who read my blog will receive more details on those similarities, that is after I figure out what is going on in me that makes me sense that working in two different worlds might not be as different as one would expect!
Merry Christmas! I'm 2/3 of the way ready with Christmas dishes I need to prepare for our family gathering. Now, I think I'll do a little preparing for January 10, a date fast approaching.
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