Life After Americorps?
The big question amongst Amerifolks on all teams, is what are you doing after Americorps? It's kinda like last year in college all over again. For many people here, who did this after college because they didn't know what they wanted to do, still have no idea. Luckily for me, I know WHAT i want to do. Or i guess i should say i have an idea of what I am supposed to do after this? Since I am content with this little glimpse into what avenue I am going to pursue post Oct. I am not stressing like others.
Oh, incase you are wondering what it is that i am talking about, I am planning on getting a teaching job in a high school in NC. Granted, i can send out all the resumes and applications I want, but if there is no opening, i won't be getting a job.
Those of you that know me well, know that i usually think ahead, so of course i have a Plan B. Granted, Plan B isn't all that exciting since it includes CVS for a while, and then doing grad school in the fall. Of course this leads to more questions such as, where will I live? grad school where? Go figure the 2 schools I have looked at so far are both in cold snowy mountain areas. (cold...ugh!)
Since I am kind of itching to get back into a school, i decided to work in the "youth development" area here at Hands On. The Long-termers here that work in this area, are in a couple of the elementary schools, and work at the Boys and Girls clubs in the area. I have been at one of the elementary schools the past few days. This school, Nichols Elementary, was only open one year before the storm, and after the storm it had 8 feet of flooding, so it was closed for a little over a year. There are only 160 kids currently enrolled because so many people have not returned. The first day I was there, I was sitting in a classroom, pretty much doing nothing. All i could think of was Larchmont Charter school, in Los Angeles, and all the nothing that i did there. So, i decided that wasn't going to happen again, so I was proactive and went and asked the Librarian if she needed any help. Of course she did, so i have been helping her get books on the shelves. They have gotten a bunch of new ones this year, but also there are boxes of donated books from other schools around the country. I have been putting the reading levels on the books so they can be put out and the kids can easily pull books they can read, instead of getting frustrated by not finding something. I also put the publishing information in it, while i am putting the reading level stickers on. It's kinda tedious, but i LOVE books, even childrens books, so it's fun looking at the cool pictures and of course stopping to read a little here and there! One of my teammates, Lindsay, has joined me in there a few days now so it's been fun to have someone else to talk to, someone who i like a lot from my team. Plus the librarian gave me a radio, so i just jam to some country music all day, it's wonderful! Hopefully i'll be in there helping her for the next few weeks, i'm sure she has plenty of work to keep me busy. Especially since I'll be working 4 day weeks the next few weeks, because i have so many personal days left to use!
Other than that, i've just been doing a lot of nothing really. The place I live, is kind of tiresome in that everything happens here and it is one big open space. People come in loud in the middle of the nights, or they get up early and make lots of noise. Things are pretty unorganized as well, so normally I would get aggravated at that. HOwever, i have adopted this i don't care attitude when it comes to things like that that would normally annoy me, since we are so close to being done. I know, not a good attitude to have, but why get mad over it. 4 1/2 weeks left! Then the traveling fun begins! I have gotten back into the swing of things with my team, from being gone for 5 weeks. One of my teammates, who has always drank quite a bit, now drinks everynight (or day) and we are getting worried about her. I just want to shake her and be like THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO LIFE!! But i can't without her punching me in the face. . . so idk, i feel kinda helpless.
I just heard the dinner call, gotta go grab some while it's still there!
Have a wonderful rest of the week and weekend. HOpe it's a little cooler (and less humid) where you are!
Oh, incase you are wondering what it is that i am talking about, I am planning on getting a teaching job in a high school in NC. Granted, i can send out all the resumes and applications I want, but if there is no opening, i won't be getting a job.
Those of you that know me well, know that i usually think ahead, so of course i have a Plan B. Granted, Plan B isn't all that exciting since it includes CVS for a while, and then doing grad school in the fall. Of course this leads to more questions such as, where will I live? grad school where? Go figure the 2 schools I have looked at so far are both in cold snowy mountain areas. (cold...ugh!)
Since I am kind of itching to get back into a school, i decided to work in the "youth development" area here at Hands On. The Long-termers here that work in this area, are in a couple of the elementary schools, and work at the Boys and Girls clubs in the area. I have been at one of the elementary schools the past few days. This school, Nichols Elementary, was only open one year before the storm, and after the storm it had 8 feet of flooding, so it was closed for a little over a year. There are only 160 kids currently enrolled because so many people have not returned. The first day I was there, I was sitting in a classroom, pretty much doing nothing. All i could think of was Larchmont Charter school, in Los Angeles, and all the nothing that i did there. So, i decided that wasn't going to happen again, so I was proactive and went and asked the Librarian if she needed any help. Of course she did, so i have been helping her get books on the shelves. They have gotten a bunch of new ones this year, but also there are boxes of donated books from other schools around the country. I have been putting the reading levels on the books so they can be put out and the kids can easily pull books they can read, instead of getting frustrated by not finding something. I also put the publishing information in it, while i am putting the reading level stickers on. It's kinda tedious, but i LOVE books, even childrens books, so it's fun looking at the cool pictures and of course stopping to read a little here and there! One of my teammates, Lindsay, has joined me in there a few days now so it's been fun to have someone else to talk to, someone who i like a lot from my team. Plus the librarian gave me a radio, so i just jam to some country music all day, it's wonderful! Hopefully i'll be in there helping her for the next few weeks, i'm sure she has plenty of work to keep me busy. Especially since I'll be working 4 day weeks the next few weeks, because i have so many personal days left to use!
Other than that, i've just been doing a lot of nothing really. The place I live, is kind of tiresome in that everything happens here and it is one big open space. People come in loud in the middle of the nights, or they get up early and make lots of noise. Things are pretty unorganized as well, so normally I would get aggravated at that. HOwever, i have adopted this i don't care attitude when it comes to things like that that would normally annoy me, since we are so close to being done. I know, not a good attitude to have, but why get mad over it. 4 1/2 weeks left! Then the traveling fun begins! I have gotten back into the swing of things with my team, from being gone for 5 weeks. One of my teammates, who has always drank quite a bit, now drinks everynight (or day) and we are getting worried about her. I just want to shake her and be like THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO LIFE!! But i can't without her punching me in the face. . . so idk, i feel kinda helpless.
I just heard the dinner call, gotta go grab some while it's still there!
Have a wonderful rest of the week and weekend. HOpe it's a little cooler (and less humid) where you are!
posted by Sarah @ 6:15 PM
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