So yeah, I'm sitting in my TASBO class last Friday, trying to stay awake because of the long day the day before and knowing Friday would be just as long, and trying to focus on the presenter discussing the topic for the class (which was purchasing). We took a break and I came back a little more refreshed. The first presenter talked a little longer, and then he switched with someone else. When that man went to the front of the class and started speaking, I got the biggest nudge I think I've had in a long time. I wasn't even close to thinking that I'd like to get my teaching certificate (though I had thought of it in the past) - then bam, all of a sudden I felt this urgent need to "just look into it".
Huh? Where did that come from? Well, my only conclusion since it didn't come from me, is that the big nudge was from God. Maybe that's stretching it for some of you, and maybe I'm almost doubting that a little myself, but I'm patient enough to want to see how this plays out. Hence, my quest to find out more about getting a teaching certification and more-than-likely applying within the month. I've thought about it, I've prayed about it, and now I'm really excited about it (if not very overwhelmed). There's a lot of information, but the great thing is that I work at Region 10 and so this journey should be a little more convenient (maybe).
I'm interested in Technology Applications. I have a Bachelor's degree in General Business, but if I've looked at everything correctly, I just need to take my content test in the area Technology Applications. However, I'm waiting on verification of that assumption. :) If I'm correct and that's one of my first steps, then I have a lot of studying to do in a topic that I feel like I know a lot about, but that's way, way bigger than what I do know. I like a challenge.
So the other thing I've thought of - would I even make a good teacher? I have 3 questions to contemplate for my application for the certification program at Region 10: (1) Why are you interested in teaching and what will be some of your initial challenges as a new teacher? (2) What motivates you to achieve goals and what will provide you the greatest satisfaction as a teacher? and (3) What else can you tell us about your current skills and abilities that will contribute to you becoming a highly effective teacher in your certification area? So yeah - I have a lot of thinking to do.
So, please pray for me as I begin this journey. I'm really still in the "just look into it" stage, but I'm 99.9% sure that I really want this now - then again, if something else comes of it, I'm still going to be patient. Maybe God is lining up something great in my life that will coincide with hubby getting a job in his field when he graduates.
Wow, how odd. I heard this song for the first time today, and it really did bring back memories. My Freshman year of college, to be exact. I don't remember if it was the first semester or the second semester, but I'd take a bet that it was the second semester.
To explain a little, I didn't realize how much of a "self image" problem I really had at that point in my life. I don't really know when it started, but my mamma started letting me wear makeup when I was in the 6th grade, at least. I don't think I wore it before that, but I can't remember. The 6th grade stands out to me because I remember one of my middle school ID's and wow, I looked so much older than I really was. After that, I guess I eased up on the makeup because I started looking more my age. So anyway, I just thought it was "normal" to wear makeup. Not that there's anything wrong with wearing makeup, please don't mistake this blabbering for me thinking it's wrong. But, I was a typical pre-teen and then went onto being a typical teenager who just expected that I always "had" to wear makeup. I guess it was like having your undies on - you just did it as a part of getting ready for the day.
Speed through to Freshman year of college. I don't remember what triggered it - that probably wasn't the important part. The important part is, I finally realized that I had a dependence on makeup. I realized that I did not feel pretty without it, that I wasn't complete without it, and God convicted me. I went cold-turkey. I just stopped wearing makeup - at all. It wasn't a protest, it wasn't because I thought makeup was bad - it was because I knew I had to get myself to realize that makeup didn't "Make Me". My beauty and my self-worth was in Jesus, and my individuality. Not makeup. The only way for me to realize that was to just stop wearing it and learn to be happy with me and the face that God blessed me with - I didn't come out of the womb with mascara, blush, and lipstick plastered to my face.
And you know what, it worked. I still don't usually wear makeup, and I've always had so many compliments on how pretty I am and how pretty my skin is. Makes me wonder how many other girls and women would realize the same thing if they took a "no makeup challenge" for a while. Now, sometimes I do get creative and feel the want to wear makeup - sometimes special occasions, sometimes just to be different that day. But it's a "want to"....rather than a "need to" that I felt for so many years.
Hope you enjoy the video - a reminder of where true beauty should come from:
