i am that girl.

we got our new curriculum. and with it came a massive binder full of training information for how to use it. it wasn't THAT massive, but massive enough to intimidate me when i heard we had to take a quiz on it.

and i wasn't allowed to keep the binder. i had an hour to read it, and pass it on to the next class.

my college skills came back to me. i mean, it's only been 3 years. i'm not rusty. just dusty.

i took lots of notes, so i could study them after the binder left my possession. i don't actually know what happens if i fail. maybe i get fired. maybe i just have to wear a dunce cap. i'm not sure. all i know is...i'm being graded, and i have to get an A.

old habits die hard.

i like taking tests. i would rather swim in my own vomit than write a paper*, but i like taking tests.

i also went to the library and checked out every single eric carle book that is age appropriate for my class. sorry, other teachers. and moms. and kids.

i am that girl. that girl who likes tests, and approaches the library with selfish intentions.

*i read "uncle tom's cabin" a month or so ago, and for the first time in my entire life i wanted to write a paper. here's what it would have been about:

thesis statement: the people who know/understand/love Christ best are the ones who have experienced suffering.

there are 3 ways that Christianity is used in the book. some use Christianity to justify slavery. WRONG. some Christians acknowledge that slavery is wrong, but do nothing about it. WRONG. and then there's tom. he was brought as low as a human could be brought, and he praised/served/understood Christ the most. WINNER.

"What a thing it is to be a Christian!"

the grammar would be much better, but that'd be a fun paper to write. except for the citations and bibliography. uuuuugggghhhh. nevermind. i do not want to write that paper.