Student Julia's Blog Edu5245

     I’d like to take the opportunity to walk my visiting bloggers through a day in my life. On a typical Saturday morning, I wake up around 9. I try to go to the gym before doing anything else, so I can get the hard part of my day out of the way nice and early. I spend most of my time running at the gym, as I’m not a huge fan of lifting weights. After I workout , I go home, cook some breakfast, and shower . This is when my day really starts . Next, I usually go grab some iced coffee and stop by my grandma’s house since she lives close by. If I’m feeling productive I will do some laundry or homework. But, if I am feeling lazy I might just watch TV for a bit. I might run some errands or go food shopping, depending on what I’m in the market for that day. Lastly, I either call up my friends to make some dinner plans, or possibly go out to dinner with my family and then see my friends after. Lately there isn’t much to do because of Coronavirus, but I am trying to ke

After having a virtual graduation from Siena College this past May, I was pretty positive that I would be still unemployed by September, 2020. Although it is a strange time to start a career in teaching, I was able to start a position as a permanent substitute English teacher in a local middle school. A normal day at work starts at 7:30am, when I enter the main office. I receive my assignment for the day and then report to the corresponding classroom. For some people, I could see how this lack of stability and repetition could be anxiety-inducing . However, I consider myself a go-with-the-flow kind of person, so I don’t mind being in a new room with new students each day. Another great aspect of my job is that I get exposed to all different types of classes. Rather than just seeing an average English class, I’ve gotten to see some exciting science lessons, some intriguing history debates, and even work in a special education classroom as a main teacher. Overall, I’m so please

  Folklore Favorites For as long as I can remember, Taylor Swift has been my favorite musician. When she announced that she would be releasing a surprise album this summer, I was over the moon. Normally , Taylor spends months dropping hints and then promoting her new albums , which is why this surprise was even more mind blowing.  What I love most about the new Folklore album is how carefully and meticulously the storyline of each song was planned. Taylor’s concept of “folklore” gracefully allows each song to flow together in a way that lets each song intertwine with recognizable details and characters. The characters Betty and James seem to suspiciously reappear in and out of Taylor’s lyrics on the album, allowing the listener to hear multiple perspectives of this seemingly forbidden love. Evidentially , in the song called Betty, James is apologizing for treating Betty poorly, while the song August tells the story from Betty’s heart broken perspective. Another character on the

  The Effects of watching “The Sopranos” I started watching “The Sopranos” last month and as a result, my dreams have been rather wild. I am not used to watching shows filled with such violence and murder, so I assume my subconscious must be absorbing the shocking scenes and mirroring them into my dreams. There was one specific episode that really crept into my dreams was the last episode of season two. In the season two finale of The Sopranos, Tony was sick with food poisoning . He had a strange fever dream in which a fish told him that his partner, Pussy, had been wired by the FBI. Once Tony confirmed that this news was true, he and Paulie took Pussy to go see a boat Tony pretended to be interested in buying. Once the three were alone, Tony asked Pussy why he flipped . Pussy tried to justify his actions stating that he only gave the fed’s “ disinformation ”. This was not a good enough answer for Tony, so he clipped Pussy right in the basement of the boat. Right before Tony pulle