Lots of Reflecting

The time has finally come. While I am not graduating yet, I am leaving a lot of things behind. I am leaving Manhattan, my job at Jardine, and college.

For the past four years I have lived in Manhattan, and while I am very much a big city person, I have grown to appreciate Manhattan and more importantly the people in it. I have meet so many amazing people that I wish I could just list off, but I can honestly say that I have learned something from almost every person I have met in Manhattan, and that is a gift I am grateful to take away.

Oh Jardine! For two years now, I have been an RA at Jardine. Wow, has it been an experience! Yes of course there have been ups and downs like any other job, but I have taken so much away from this experience. I have met people from all over the world and learned so much about people. I have broken out of my shell and I am so comfortable just going up and talking to people I have never met before! Not only have the residents been amazing, but the people I have worked with have been amazing too!! I have made some true friends and it is going to be hard not to see them every day. Ah...it is so hard just even thinking about leaving them!!

And college. I finished up my last official class this past Thursday. No longer do I have to sit in the classroom and be taught. Next semester, I am going to be the teacher. While I will not be in a formal college classroom setting for awhile, I know that I will still be learning so much! From my peers, teachers, and students. I am so excited to see what real life experiences I can soak in. I know that teaching is going to be tough and it is going to be hard working full time with no pay, but you know it's worth it. Money doesn't always matter and if I am happy going to school everyday than that over shines all the money in the world.

I have been doing a lot of reflecting. We do that a lot in education, so it's only natural that I have been doing a lot of it! :) But I can really say that I have enjoyed the past few years and I have enjoyed every single person that I have met. It is going to be so hard to leave everything, but with changes come new excitement. And I am more than excited to start my new chapter in my book of life! :)