My Sixth So Called Blog

In addition to having a super busy week school-wise (I can’t believe I got everything done!), I had an equally busy weekend! On Saturday Riepe College House (the dormitory where I am a grad assistnant) held its semi annual community service day at the elementary school where I student teach. We had a great turn out with about 25 residents! This year, we tackled the library. Up until yesterday, the elementary school had a room filled with books (most of which were disorganized) with no librarian or library system in place to enable students to borrow books. After only 3 short hours, the books are organized on the shelf, and each book has an ISBN number with a bar code which hooks up to a computer system that allows each student at Wilson to borrow books. Now, all we need is a librarian to staff the library, and teachers to use it to its full potential!

This weekend also hosted a plethora of Halloween activities. The Graduate and Professional Students Association hosted a party on Friday down in Center City along with what seemed like every house on Spruce Street (home to most fraternities). The guys on my floor dressed up as different cereal box characters, so we had Tony the Tiger, and a Lucky Charms Leprechaun among others! It was very entertaining to be on campus this weekend.

I plan on going to a concert on South Street on Halloween. I want to see The Go! Team! But I haven’t decided if I am going to dress up or not. The elementary school where I teach requested staff and teachers to only choose costumes that represent professions students might aspire to be. Since I work with the younger kids, is it ok for me to dress up as Spiderman? They seem to think it’s a profession! I mean, really, dressing like a real estate agent isn’t really entertaining anyway?