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[marathoner452]

...otherwise known as how to go from subbing in high school French to preschool in the space of 3 days.

We dressed Wilbur the weather cat, made necklaces out of noodles, and read Clifford's Thanksgiving. They were learning the letter "n" and A-B patterns. While I'm definitely thinking elementary education as a certification, it's always fun to work with the really little kids. Tomorrow I'll be in elementary school again, as a special ed assistant again. I'm just happy to be working, and being willing to take special ed jobs anywhere makes it easy to get jobs as not too many subs are willing to do that. After tomorrow I'll have been in 9 different elementary schools out of 22 in Carroll County. Keeps me busy, keeps me on my toes.

I ran 9 miles last night and I'll run 10 on Saturday morning. Sunday morning I'm running the Jingle Bell 5k down in Baltimore, complete with jingle bells on my shoes. Yay.

~Bethany

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[gwendally.livejournal.com]

Hi Bethany, I meant to come over and introduce myself. Best I do it here; don't read me right now, I'm frothing at the mouth about the Middle East. I'm not always on political rants. (But ranting in general isn't terribly unusual for me.)

I envy your ability to pound out the mileage. I'm a runner in my heart of hearts, but the reality is that I'm an over-fat over-forty woman who has taken a pounding and can barely run anymore. My mileage tops out around 12 miles a week when everything is going great. That works out to running three miles or so every other day. If I do that, I can stay uninjured. If I do more, BAM, I'm on LiveJournal bitching about knees or hips or ankles or whatever. I'm not aging gracefully. I've taken to doing short course triathlons because I simply have no other option besides cross-training. Swimming is still a bit of a chore to me, but I've taken to cycling quite joyfully.

I'm really involved and interested in education. Key West is one of my favorite places. I appreciate your interest in disasters as well as activism: when I grow up (i.e., when my KIDS grow up) I'd love to go work for Doctors Without Borders in some hell-hole where I can make a difference. In the meantime, I'm a tax accountant (yawn).

I forget how I found you: I think it was by searching for disaster prep. Anyway, that's my intro. I'll go back into lurk mode now!

[marathoner452.livejournal.com]

Just wait until I get back from my next trip to New Orleans, I'll be posting all kinds of political rants. Someone's gotta keep people fired up and informed about the issues that matter. Might as well be us.

I only just got interested in education after I spent a year with AmeriCorps doing disaster education. I was a history major in college; now I'm just trying to find a quick and affordable way to get certified in elementary education. The plan is to be able to travel once I get that education certification-move to New Orleans, live anywhere in the country or anywhere in the world. It's a scary proposition 'cause I've lived in the same town my whole life, but the most interesting things happen when you push your limits.

I'm 23, that's how I pull off the running mileage. That and I'm crazy and don't mind getting up early on Saturday morning to run 3+ hours. It's a good crazy, though.

You don't have to lurk either. :-) Or you can. Welcome either way.

~Bethany

[black-op.livejournal.com]

I'll try to make it to Jingle Bell to cheer you and the rest on.

[roadwarrior220.livejournal.com]

I love littles. They're so much fun. When I was at the New School (the day care center), we did some fun stuff (making indian vests out of paper grocery bags for our Thanksgiving feast--and I do mean feast, as some parents went so far as making Ambrosia or bringing Venison; finger-painting Christmas trees, letting them paint their own easter eggs and then orchestrating the most insane easter egg hunt in the history of the world), and I've never seen so many kids captivated by such simplicity. I'd say you've chosen a good path. :-)

You still planning on coming out Sunday after the race? I'll have the shower ready for you.

~Adam

[30toseoul.livejournal.com]

Hey Bethany, I saw your message on the neworleans comm. One of my closest friends is a Montessori teacher here and I believe she can probably give you some information on the New Orleans educational system in general, because I think she looked into other things before she went the Montessori route when she & her husband moved here a few years ago. They're away this weekend, but let me check with Val when she gets back and I'm sure she'll tell me to give you her phone number so you guys can chat. (A couple of extra details: her school, while it paid pretty low to start as an untrained teacher, paid for her Montessori certification process and she's now looking to purchase the school from its owner after she has her baby in the spring. So if you have any interest in Montessori education, I know she would be extra-helpful in providing information about that.)