T.C. Marsh Middle School

After some much needed sleep last night, I felt like Dad this morning as my alarm went off at 5:40 a.m. to awaken me for a much needed jog. There really wasn't another time to fit it into our busy schedule and what I really didn't expect was for it to be dark outside! It was nice to see the sunrise over this beautiful campus and don't worry Mom my run was safe I stayed on the main campus road and saw about 4 patrol cars throughout my run. It felt good to be active after having to sit in meeting and study groups all day yesterday. The only thing I was not looking forward to this morning was the community shower...it wasn't that bad and I survived...thank goodness for shower shoes! After getting dressed in my business casual attire and grabbing some breakfast (a banana and granola bar), I went to take a practice Social Studies 8-12 test. I finished around 8:30 and then we headed over to T.C. Marsh Middle School for the rest of the day. We spent all day there and had the opportunity to listen and ask questions to parents from the community, principles, and students.  A 12 year old name Caesar talk to us and he was so cute and hilarious it was nice to interact with the students. It was also nice to see how excited they all were that we are here and how much they appreciate and value Teach For America teachers. Today we really focused on what type of leader we want to be in the classroom and what type of environment we want to create for our students. They brought in Jason's Deli box lunch's (yay for turkey sandwiches). We finished around 4:00 and then headed back to campus for "free time" which means that I studied and reviewed for our evening study group up until dinner with alumni at 7:00. I had the best group at dinner tonight I met so many interesting people. My roommate, Emily, and I get along great and we usually sit together but our table was hilarious we had a really good time. I have yet to meet someone that I cannot have an intelligent conversation with, which is nice for a change! It was a BBQ on top of the roof of one of the buildings here so we had nice view and a good breeze. I might have met a couple of cute guys :) I just got back from dinner (I had a veggie burger and fruit for dinner...you would be surprised how many Vegans there are here and they all get special meals). Right now I am about to go to our study session until 11:00 and then it is off to bed! Overall a good day, I'm meeting new people but its hard to remember names so I am thankful we always have to have on name tags.
Love yall!
-Molly (6-1-2011)