History sometimes repeats itself, history sometimes repeats itself, history sometimes repeats itself...

"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life, and brings us tidings of antiquity." - Marcus Tullius Cicero (Ancient Roman lawyer, writer, scholar, orator and statesman, 106BC-43BC)

I leave in two weeks time and so enter the nerves. I have no doubt that I will be a good teacher, some say I have the personality for it. Where the dilemma lies is that I fear I don't know enough history to teach a classroom full of highschool kids. Really, when I think about it, I don't know that much. If my class needs to know about Nazi propaganda then I am their girl, but what about the other 2000+ years?

Another fear is that during my practicum, I will be teaching British history...to Brits!! Just from taking it in elementary school gives these students a leg up. I'm not worried about teaching English lit because I can think on my feet - hence the many papers written the night before (in the same night that I read the plays/novels). I think I'm overthinking things here. Everyone keeps telling me that I'm going to know more than the kids, and if I don't have the answer than I can just tell them I'll find out - but that's easier said than done.

Perhaps this is just last minute jitters. After I throw up on the first day I'll be fine....

My next entry will be about the recliner that has found its home in my room. I love this chair and spend many hours playing Super Nintendo on it. There will be pictures so brace yourselves!

You've got the write stuff...

"Ink on paper is as beautiful to me as flowers on the mountains; God composes, why shouldn't we?" ~Audra Foveo-Alba

Ever since I was a kid I've wanted to be an author. In my highschool graduating class I was voted "Most likely to write a bestseller" quite the accolade, I know. I was able to write 86 pages about Nazi Germany and propaganda, and yet I have great difficulty in deciding what I want to write about. I want it to be a novel, however, the prospect of this is somewhat dreary.

They say write what you know - can I manage an entire novel about Celtic? Yes, probably, but would anyone outside of my immediate family enjoy it? I have a rough idea for characters but I don't know. I want memorable ones, lasting ones. I want my heroine to be in league with the greats whether it be Jo March from Little Women, or Lucy Sullivan from the queen of Chick-lit, Marion Keyes. And I want women (or men depending on what tickles your fancy) to fall for my leading man like they do for Mr. Darcy. I want it to be funny and romantic etc etc.

I even googled how to write a novel for ideas and the most prominent tip is that your idea will happen when you least expect it. And so, with that in mind I have put down the notebook and pen and am waiting for an idea to hit me over the head. To take my mind off of my conundrum, I am watching Batman & Robin on the Space channel. As usual, when watching a movie, I feel a desparate need to imdb each film to learn as much as I can about it. (I imagine it will be useful in a round of Trivial Pursuit of Jeopardy in the future). Random fact learned from my imdb-ing - in the Batman series, Robin's real name was/is Dick Grayson, while Batgirl's name was/is Barbara Wilson. I am a big fan of Mr. Bale as Batman, but George Clooney isn't too bad to look at.

And we're off to the races...

Ok so I'm not literally off to the races but I thought it would be a good title to start off with. I used to have an open diary in highschool (in fact I logged into it today and low and behold it's still there - I just haven't written in like 2 years), but I thought this would provide a great opportunity to keep everyone in the loop while I'm away in Glasgow (how's that for a run-on sentence? Me going to be English teacher).

So flights are booked and I can't wait. I have a few days in the Nish (YAY!), one of these days being my birthday. After I received a wonderful scrapbook from my friend from X, I think it cemented in my mum's mind how much the friendships I made this year meant to me. And so she surprised me the other day in the car by telling me that I could route my flight to London to go through Halifax. I can't wait to see my friends again (obviously there are some who will be missing, and they know who they are) but it's still going to be a great trip. After Halifax it's onto London for a few days to catch up with my besties there and then finally onto Glasgow (EEK!).

I will be in Glasgow in just over a month - that is quite scary. Going to another country for university, I know, I've been there, done that. However, this time it is completely different. I'm going off to learn my trade, there's no more uni after this. I will instead have a profession. I would be nervous enough going to teach school in Canada, but over there, I will be expected to teach British history to British kids - and they will know more than me. I imagine that when this happens and they question me, I'll simply suggest a movie - what do you reckon? Good plan? I think so.

Since I know this thing can host videos, I've contemplated the idea of having a video blog occasionally. That way you'll get to see me instead of just reading about my life (as exciting as that is!).

Pretty bland for a first entry isn't this? I promise that in future, they will be better, because even if nothing is really going on, I'll make something up.

You Should Be Listening To: DUFFY

Aimee Anne Duffy (born 23 June 1984 in Gwynedd Wales), known professionally as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songer.

Her breakthrough album Rockferry is AMAZING!! She's like a cross between mod 60s, soul, and present day. I highly recommend her. "Mercy" has been getting a lot of air play right now, and while I love this song, my favs on the album are "Warwick Avenue", "Serious", "Delayed Devotion", and "Distant Dreamer". Give her a listen and let me know what you think!