A month in the city

I can't believe that it has already been a month since I arrived in New York and began graduate school. I think that I have fully adjusted to the hustle and bustle of city life as well as with the workload of being a graduate student.

My classes have been great. Most of the classes I'm taking are practical. It's exciting to know that I will be able to use what I am learning and apply to a school.

I've received my internship for the semester working at a public school in Washington Heights called WHEELS or Washington Heights Expedionary Learning School. It's a brand new school that when in full operatioin will be a a 6-12 grade school. It's a very progressive school where learning is very non-traditional. The students learn through a life experience model bringing in what they know already and don't know from their community and apply it to their learning. It's a take off from Outward Bound. The school puts Out Bound learning models in the classroom. I'm really excited to be experiencing what working in a public school is like.

If you all think about it this month, please be praying for me as I think this will be one of my busiest months this semester. Mid-terms and papers loom in the coming weeks.

So far so good I'd have to say. I can't wait for what the other 7 or 8 months have for me.