Oh man, I have a blog now.

I've been thinking for awhile about starting a blog.  Since I don't have any homework tonight (I'm starting a new class tomorrow), this seemed as good a time as any.  So here it is!

First of all, it was kind of hard for me to name my blog.  I named it "In My Life" because
A) I am a die-hard Beatles fan and
B) I have a postcard above my desk from a John Lennon art exhibit I went to in Wayzata, MN that says "In My Life" in very large, very bold, very green letters.  I was too tired to put more thought into it.

However, the URL tag "inmylife" was taken, so I chose the words "Learn how to be you in time" for the URL.  These are words from the Beatles song "All You Need Is Love"...I find the words fitting, as I have recently begun my new adventure as a graduate student in education at Stanford University, and I'm realizing how intense it is to discover the "teacher version" of myself. 

Studying education causes me to rethink my life everyday; I'm having to think harder than I ever have before about how I learned things, how I explain things, and how the way I learned things isn't necessarily the way I should teach them.  It's going to be an incredible growth process, and I invite you to follow along for the next 12 months while I learn to be a science teacher!

That's enough of that for the time being.  Recap.  I'm at Stanford.  For any of my friends in the Midwest who don't know exactly where Stanford is, it's kind of near San Francisco.  Yes, I drove here from Minnesota.  No, it was not an especially interesting drive. So far, I have learned that while California does not have lightning bugs (isn't that CRAZY??), this area does have:

1. Lots of hills and ridiculous winding roads to go with them.
2. More than enough Trader Joe's locations.
3. Relentlessly glorious weather.
4. Schools where the "hallways" are outdoors (see #3).
5. Many palm trees (see #3).
6. Really cool trees with purple flowers (see #3).  Also, I will post a picture of these.

It occurs to me that it is past midnight and I have to get up at 6 a.m.  More to come!