Tomas Morrissey - Fri Jul 25 01:41:55 2008

I'm back.  I was out on the town but the 5-0 kept hassling me and made me go back to Deaton for reasons of which I am still uncertain.  I am certain, however, of my place in MTC and the friendships I have formed over the past two months or so.  Its been quite a ride, from the first day of orientation, to the last day of summer school.  Mississippi stills scares me, from its underfunded schools to its "southern culture" which I have yet to adopt.  I cannot be a Roman quite yet, and am unsure if I ever will be.  As far as my role as an educator, that story has yet to write itself.  I'll begin the processes of being a first year teacher in two weeks, and from then its all up in the air.  Every Child Left Behind, thank you Washington.  It will undoubtably be a more difficult challenge than any I have faced before, yet I have a sense of calm in the impending danger.  I strongly feel that I will be a good, and at worst above average, mathematics teacher.  I have nothing to base this on except a gut feeling, but it was a gut feeling that got me to take this job on five days notice anyhow, so I feel that it is a quality measurement of how the future will be.  All in all, I am excited to be here, and by virtue of that excitement I will propel my career as an educator and tackle the challenges that lie ahead.