More Golden Apple thoughts
My Golden Apple Award nomination has been monopolizing my thoughts the last few days. I really shouldn’t let it, because I know my chances of winning are slim, but I have realized that the truth is that I really really want to win. I feel like I should have a well thought out reason as to exactly why I think I deserve to win more than others, and I do not. I just really want it.
So this weekend I will start the essay process. It will be TEDIOUS, and I will need to begin with some brainstorming, but I think if I spend the time I can write some really good stuff. I wanted to become a better writer, right?
I was doing a little research into Northwestern University, which is where I would have free tuition if I win, and the most intriguing coursework to me was a program called “Learning and Organizational Change,” and as I think the education world needs some serious transformation, it would be a good course of study for me.
Today I asked one of the fourth grade teachers at my school if she would write me a recommendation letter, and she got all emotional and said that she was honored to write it and that I really deserved to win. I still feel weird when people say things like that because EVERYONE in my school works so hard and truly loves our students…but it was, of course, nice to hear, especially from someone I respect so much (my p.e. teacher calls her “the perfect human being” and I think he just might be right.
SO, tomorrow I am off to Ohio. Yippee! I should probably begin packing at some point.
