It's his parents fault

I am a good mood, but I do have to make this post. The case of the year has finally reached a verdict. I'm not really sure how I feel about the verdict besides the fact that I'm glad the circus seems to be over. I do wonder, as I've wondered throughout the case, why is a teenager dead. He was shot. How does a teenager find themselves in a situation where they end up being shot? I look at Rachel Jeantel who is apparently the girlfriend and the way the parents tried to pawn him off on each other and I think what a sad life. I think of all the students I met in my career and how it could easily happen to them. I wonder if they die, will they say "Vu was the teacher, it's her fault". No one seems to want to point the finger at mom and dad. Didn't they teach him you don't want around acting strange and looking into stranger's home? Did they even care he did those things and cut school frequently? No, because they have a gun to take away their responsibility. A life was ended and I hope people realized more than one person was responsible for it.

I triple dog dare you!

Many moons ago, before I was even done with college, I stumbled upon a teacher's blog. Her plans for that summer was to sit in a kiddie pool while drinking and listening to music. I think I'm going to do that this summer. I've earned it!

This year started off so well and went fubar. I'm very glad to know the company I was in. I couldn't take it anymore. I asked for a transfer to another school and was denied. I put myself out there. I was willing to even take a daycare job. I just knew I had to get out of this system of nepotism and bad behavior getting rewarded. It paid off. In September, I will be in a new district.

I challenged myself to make a change and it worked. I know change is scary. A lot of people going into teaching because it's considered a "safe" job. I'm challenging anyone reading this (teacher and nonteacher) to make a change. Do something! I'm not promising it will turn out good, but it's good to break out of the box every now and then. See that you're still alive.

I am very excited for a new location. I will post some ideas for the classroom very soon.