Alyssa's Slice

I cannot shake this wonderful feeling that I get every time I walk into my internship classroom. My students greet me with huge smiles and exaggerated waves from all over the room. They immediately make me smile. It also thrills me that I can already see some slight improvements in some of the class's work when we have one-on-one time together. I get the greatest amount of joy and pride in my heart to see a student of mine that has been struggling with their classwork finally answer the problem without a little extra push. But what melts my heart the most is when my students get excited to share what is going on in their lives with me. Today a girl in my class shared the fact that her family owns a flying monkey, she then told me a fun fact that flying monkeys are nocturnal and they don't like the light. This is yet another reason that I have such a great feeling on the mornings of my internship, I love learning alongside my students, and sharing that they are teachi...

It never occurs to me how close I am with my family, until I meet someone who isn't. I love seeing my family, spending time with them, and hearing from them often. When I tell my friends I talk to my mom everyday, and my sister and dad at least once a week, and they look at me weird, I get so confused. To me it is so normal. Yesterday my sister calls me because she was having a bad day. all she said was I need my big sister. I was immediately in big sister mode. "Whats wrong?" I asked. She tells me that she was just having a really off day and needed some "sister talk time". I called her as soon as I could and talked her through her emotionally draining day and when we finally hung up I felt so happy. Not because she needed my advice, or because it was me that she chose to talk to over her mom or friends. I was just happy for the relationship that I have with her. I love being able to drop everything and run straight to my family when I am upset. I also love t...

Sometimes the most exciting things in life can also be the most frustrating. Recently I bought a car. I had so much fun searching and trying to find a car that will fit me. I finally found the perfect car and so I pulled all of my money together and got it for myself. It isn't much but it's 100% mine and I was so proud of myself for being an adult and buying myself a car. Pretty soon I realized that the sunroof was falling into the car in one corner. I immediately got upset. Of course this would happen to me! I called every mechanic I knew and, of course, no one could fix it. This was so frustrating to me, I couldn't figure out anything else to do other than take it to the dealership. Then my mother and step-father came to the rescue! They knew someone who could do the work for me. So finally things are looking up and my car will finally be perfect again. I am still so happy that I was able to make such a large step in becoming an adult and taking care of myself, but I am g...