A Good Teacher

I wish I could give credit due, but all I know is I got this essay from my Literacy class, and it is written by an 8th grader.
But I love it.

To be a good teacher: one must love kids, love education, be caring, dedicated, cheerful, etc. Yeah, we've all heard it before. We've been writing this essay since 2nd grade. It's what we're expected to tell you in our big, colorful words for our big colorful grade. Sure, I agree. It does take all that. But maybe it takes a wee bit more hmm?

Maybe a good teacher needs passion. Not necessarily for teaching, but for life. Perhaps they need to be rebellious and independent, as opposed to standard issue model A.

I think a good teacher should teach what's in their hearts. They should be outrageous and have fun with their subjects. They should be there to give advice but they should not force it upon those who don't want it. 

A good leader should understand that being free spirited doesn't mean you're stupid and that being shy doesn't mean you have no opinions. I think a good teacher could could let loose and be casual. Let us have our freedoms without losing control. 

They must realize that I am not 4, nor I am 40. A good teacher should never fear a good idea. They should never fear a new idea. They shouldn't be afraid to make mistakes. they should respect me and my privacy, understanding that this will bring respect to them.

A good teacher must realize that we are individuals. They should involve us in discussions and teach us about reality and things that are relevant to us. They should understand that we don't need to be sheltered as much anymore. Now we need to be taught. 

A good teacher listens.
A good teacher learns.

Things that make Molly happy :]
- I get to see Catching Fire tomorrow!
- Snapchat
-Kiwi Loco with long time friends
-my curly hair
-free pizza
-good books
- getting handwritten letters in the mail
- got my visa application sent off in the mail, and filled out my deferral! china for the win!

Civil Defense Caves

Bonfire

Feeling my way through the darkness, guided by a beating heart. I can't tell where the journey will end -but I know where to start

Currently listening to: "Wake me Up" by Avicii
So you know how everyone does there "I'm thankful for...." for every day in November? I'm just going to do it all at once. I don't take life to seriously, so some of them may seem silly. That's just me and my personality :)

David Nail Concert in Boise

THE ABC'S of WHAT MAKES MOLLY HAPPY :]
Apples, Adventures
Books, Brothers

Costa Vida, country music, concerts  
Doctors! They're sorta my best friends:) Dancing
Education
Family, fruit snacks, friends

Yeah in this scenario I'm Ryan Gosling

Grandmas!
Hair! (I've had 2 haircuts since the whole bald thing!) Hummus, Henna
Icecream
Jobs
Kindle
Letters in the mail, longboarding (still learning but I freaking love it)
Mountain Dew: Code Red, Making New Friends




Notes ,
Opportunities
Pop (NOT soda), Pranks, Parents
Reading, Road trips
Steak,  Star Wars, Sisters
Traveling, Trees, Teaching, Tan lines (because that means I spent some time in the sun!)
Under the stars
Video games
Washington (love my home state!)

Yoga


I am so grateful for all the opportunities that I have had over this last year. This was the year I started going to real concerts, going on more road trips, and visiting more places: Minnesota, Oregon, Boise. And in the upcoming months I will be traveling to Seattle, Texas and China.  I want to have no regrets in life, especially the college part of my life.


Something else that makes me really happy is not putting too much thought into my adventures. They can be random, and sometimes spontaneous.  It makes life fun, because you are too caught up in the moment to worry about the future.

I am so grateful for my summer job that I have every year to go back to. It helps finance my adventures for the rest of the year.

This semester has included some of the best teachers I have ever had in attending BYU-Idaho. I actually enjoy going to class because of their preparation and the way they present the materials and help me to become a better teacher.

This may seem obvious, but I still feel the need to say it. I am creeping up on my 1 year anniversary from my big nasty surgery. It's a little weird looking at my scars and remembering what my life was like this time last year. That's not really what I want to talk about... The point is: my health makes me happy. I am now a healthy 21 year old woman. With hair.


Teaching is my passion, and I am so thankful for the fact that I have found my passion in life. I love helping other people figure out their own purpose. I love helping the underdog, or giving people chances that other people normally brush off. It gives me reason to even get myself out of bed in the morning. Even when I feel like this:




I cannot fully describe the love affair I have with long boarding right now. When I look outside and it is a sunny afternoon, the first thing that comes to mind is that I want to go long boarding. Its so peaceful, just you and the board going somewhere, anywhere. It's so satisfying, becoming better every time I go out.

Do these pictures have anything to do with anything? Not a bit. But I was looking through some pictures taken this time last year and miss my long hair- And I had lots of fun just messing around with Photoshop :)

                                 

Whatever She's Got

Currently listening to: David Nail
This last weekend some of the roommates and I went to a  David Nail concert in Boise. I was excited to go because: 1. I love concerts 2. I have never been to Boise 3. I am always down for an adventure with the roomies

 Starting out the road trip, about to listen to everything from Randy Houser to Fall Out Boy, the drive was about 5 hrs.

 After stopping at Kylie's dad's place to drop off our stuff and get ready for the concert. All ready to "get our country on". We were so excited for Kylie, it was her first concert ever!

 Downtown Boise

 I hang out with babies.... 

 During "Whatever She's Got" our favorite song on Pandora!

 David Nail himself 

 We passed the Boise temple on our way home from the concert. 

I was so excited. It is a widely made joke that I am just a child at heart, as was demonstrated when I was so happy to jump and play in some leaves.

*Funny note. Kylie brought a bunch of these leaves home with us, planning on doing a "craft". The leaves ended up molding, something she was not particularly happy about.

Kylie's dad is a cop, and they have one of those drug dogs. I was terrified of him the whole weekend, so thankfully they kept him outside. They told me not to look the dog in the eye, so of course I was paranoid every time I even looked in his direction. 

All in all it was a great weekend! I also want to come back to Boise. We had fun shopping, the weather was great (I mean I was in shorts the whole time!) and ate some delicious food. I am very content with life right now :)

The Future Belongs to the Brave

                               There are moments that cannot be completely explained by words.

I was cruising through the internet and found this video, it's epic.

THINGS THAT MAKE MOLLY HAPPY :]

- My roommates aren't crazy like some other people I know

- Horkley's pop (YES pop, not soda!)

- Long-boarding

- Warm Sunny days so I can do said Longboarding

- I get to go on a field trip on Thursday with my practicum students!

- Roommate Taco Tuesday. It's gonna become a thing

-Sleep. I seem to never have enough of it these days

I'm not listening to any music... so I don't know what to name this.

So the last few days of school have been really tough. I had a lot of tests, observations, group projects, as well as tutoring sessions. Long days on campus. I am still alive which is good, and hopefully life will die down a bit.
Just one of my many spectacular pranks, this kid tried to declare open war on us so we stole his mattress... over night. And his left shoes. He insisted we return it or he would "get us back 10X worse." (he hasn't... all talk no action). So, we decided to saran wrap his mattress to the pole outside his apartment. Basically, we're geniuses.



 The days of my faux hawk are coming to an end. I am a little bit sad about this, it fits my personality quite well. But alas, I must move on and get a grown up hair cut.                                       
 We decorated our apartment for Halloween! Our apt complex is having a door decorating contest, so we did ours like a mummy.So then, we decided the inside needs to be as festive as the outside, so we kept decorating.  

So I think we all know that I am a kid, and below is further evidence. We had to unroll the streamers so they could fit around the door. So we had long rolls of streamer. Ere go, I run down the hallway with them.... multiple times. It was fantastic. 
THINGS THAT MAKE MOLLY HAPPY :]

• Face timing Brandi who is back in the motherland!

• Being scared out of my wits at the Haunted Mill with Ian,Tori, and Cooper. One of the better Saturday nights I've had in awhile:)

• New friends! Jacob and Ryan sat and talked to me so I wouldn't be lonely when I was accidentally locked out of my apt. And then we went long boarding(I didn't even biff it this time!)
• Seeing my now-married roommates and catching up at Cocoa Bean
• G's Dairy- best ice cream in all of Rexburg.

• I passed my observation! I am basically done with my block Practicum class, just one more paper then 2 less credits to worry about

• Watching Little Mermaid with the roommates

• I will forever and always be a Summer girl, but Fall is growing on me

Adventure exists anytime we tiptoe across the line between our comfort zones and the unknown. It is not defined by the activity we are doing or the place we are in. It is not something that happens out there. It burns inside each of us every time we take that leap."

Life is pretty freaking fantastic :]


- This morning in my practicum, my cooperating teacher told me I was a natural, and I was ready to have my own classroom. It made me so happy because while I still have a little while, I am actually terrified of having my own classroom. But I was reminded today that I am where I need to be. I'm ready to do this!
- I'm going to Texas in January to see my sister. Six Flags, fantastic shopping, and sunny weather: can't wait! 


- Then I am going to China. Finally! I get to go after all. I can't express in words how excited I am. I just had this feeling that if I didn't go I would regret it for the rest of my life.

Great Wall

Li River

The Leshan Giant Buddha, Chengdu, China

Shangai

Just a taste of what I will be experiencing :] 

Taking big leaps might be scary, but so worth it!

It's a shame, we don't know how much we have. We're scared of what we do not know

Currently listening to: "What are you so scared of?" by Tonight Alive

                        Cheers to making important life decisions!

"If you want things to be different you must change what you're doing."