I just finished my first year of teaching. I'm still working on my license to teach (there's one test that I just cannot seem to pass). It has been a learning experience. Some good, some bad. Yet through it all, my desire to teach vocal music is still strong... so I have to call it a success. I failed at a lot of what I wanted to do in my first year, and that's where my focus was. It took a student talking to me to help me realize it's not about the failures, but the successes. If only one student takes from that class any lesson I've tried to teach, then I shouldn't short myself. That's who I am though. Extremely critical of myself.
I grew up in a Missionary Baptist Church, and my Dad's side of the family is full of people who have the talent to sing. He encouraged me to sing, and still sings alongside me when the opportunity arises. He sings Baritone/Lead/Tenor, and I take whatever is thrown my way (typically bass/baritone/lead). I don't always get to sing as often as I'd like though. Due to not doing my job properly, it often costs me the energy to make it through to Choir Practice on Wed night. It doesn't help any that Wed is team meeting night at school. I still am given the chance to sing though, and I feel sometimes I get a better message out of what was sung then from the Pastor's preaching. Don't get me wrong, the Pastor has a lot of good information, I've just always been a music person.
I try to laugh, joke around, have a smile on my face...but I find myself struggling for words. I'm not that great at talking...until I'm started. Once I start, I can't shut up. It's great, although it tends to end up with me rambling. If you can get past me not talking at first, it gets better. My co-workers have learned that the hard way. I work with them 50+ hours a week and barely say a word to them. Then suddenly one day we start to talk, and an hour later I'm still rambling. I do play Video Games, it's my "escape" if you want to call it that. Behind the mask of my character, I can talk considerably easier. It's also a great way to relax after a day of work to me.
I love to read, play pool, go bowling, watch a movie, and gives massages. I finished the Twilight Saga (yes, another Twilight fan) recently. It's a great topic to discuss with my students, and a wonderful way to help them learn mythology, history, and reality Vs. story. (Even though I'm just the music teacher.)
To make a long story short (To late. I know "Clue" movie fans.) I'm just me. I still have growing to do, and I know it. People don't grow alone though.
My Ideal Person:
Ideally I would like to find someone who accepts me for me. I'm quite AND talkative. Friends (or more) who can just let me be silent, or talk when I feel like it. The ideal person would definitely need a strong sense of humor that can handle running gags. Honest, open, and willing to talk about important stuff. I may be quite, but I will always talk about anything important. I've been burned in the past by people who couldn't, and don't think guys don't notice. Just as females notice when something is bothering the guy, we do too. The difference is that "most" of us don't bother talking about it. I want to. If it's beyond friends then there are 2 other criteria, and these are important. 1) Must be a Christian (I don't really care too much about denominations, everyone believes a little differently imo). 2) Forget your past. I'll be blunt about this. Things happen in the past. They hurt us in the present (even me). Yet we have to keep going forward. I'm interested in the choices you make and what you do now... and in the future. Ideally, we'll help each other leave the past behind.
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