I am beginning to get really excited! I cannot rightly describe how awesome it is to know that in a year and a half, I will be out of school (yeah!) and on to a great job. I can't begin to even describe what I feel when I think about what I will be doing and experiencing in my job. To see a child learn how to count the correct change or how to mail a letter. Little things that we, living a "normal" life, take for granted everyday. I cannot wait to help a girl learn to use a bus pass or make a sandwich. I want to teach my students functional academics that will help them to become productive citizens, but help teach the social skills that are needed to maintain lasting relationships. Even the simple task of voting. Do I sound incredibly optimistic? Probably, but to even think that I may have to chance to help one child have a better education and life makes me swell with pride. I cannot wait for the chance to get into a room that is "mine" with "my students". I cannot wait to help mold my students into a team that builds people up, and accomplishes great things, things beyond anyone's (including mine) imagination. Too many times, students that are different or have difficulties get left in the cold. They have great ideas and feel the same emotions that you and I do. I believe that they deserve the same things. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "...to know that one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded." How amazing to leave that kind of imprint on the world!