Introduction - Hola!

Hola!  I want to introduce myself in this first post.  My name is Katie and I live in Virginia.  I am currently in my fourth year of teaching Spanish at an urban high school.  I never aspired to be a teacher, it was one of those great things that happened in my life.  I decided to teach after working at a database storage company, being a waitress at a French bistro, applying to be a Naval Intelligence Officer and working as a paralegal for a year for an insurance defense law firm.  Throughout my college years, I had enjoyed tutoring ESL students (English as a Second Language) and I decided to investigate teaching more after college and wound up realizing it was what I really wanted to do.  Sadly, one of the main things that always kept me away from teaching was the salary, but I have learned to love my profession regardless of the insane wages they pay me.  

I chose the scariest sector, in my opinion, to enter in the education world - HIGH SCHOOL.  My first year was like a movie.  I had students throwing objects across the room, running out of the door of my "learning cottage" (another word that my high school has for trailers), and pressing the emergency button continuously during the afternoon announcements.  Somehow I made it through my first year with only crying once or twice and I have survived three more years since.  

Since that first year, I have met another teacher who is the man of my dreams, traveled to Europe free and landed a sweet opportunity to travel to Germany for a month to study international education systems.  My boyfriend and I use all of our breaks, including a two month summer break, to travel and enjoy the best things in life.  So, except for being broke constantly, life is good.  

Srta. (Senortia /Miss) Kinsey