If you happy and you know it clap your hands…or who has the time to clap or do anything!!

No silly I aint talking about blogin, I am talking about grad school, initial certification… and just life in general. Today started out great. I was a freshman English teacher and as much as I hate (I shouldn’t say that cause that is a very strong word) but I just don’t like freshman…it was cool. We did a review of adjectives, verbs, nouns, and pronouns. I said some of this stuff so much that I can now name all of the pronouns, and that is kinda cool. I left school on a happy and playful note, and couldn’t wait to get on with my evening activities for example getting up with any bruhs (my sands) my girl, and just having a real chill evening. I was goin to even go up to her lil work spot and just say hi…but I had to make it through one more event…MY ADVISOR. All in all, he is a cool guy and for the most part knows his stuff. So before the meeting even started, he was like yea… you are trying to student teach in the fall we are going up on tution this summer…so that’s 417 a credit hour and that is 10 of them. I looked at him and was what the hell. Not only that, but I have to do my content experience, so that means that you can tack on another 3…so 417 times 13…that is a lot to student teach. One may think like it can’t be that bad…but did I forget to say that it’s 10 WEEKS OF UNPAID WORK…no subbing no nothing. So you pay for the class then on top of that no pay. OK…OK. So as the meeting went on he continuously reminded me of my praxis which is 135 a pop...and I have to take 2 of them; 1 for my content area, and the other for teaching and learning. Then he reminded me of my methods class which is online from the University of Utah…485.00 plus 3 books that are about 89.00 a pop give or take a few dollars. Then still I have about 5 more undergrad classes to take at Columbus State 79.00 a hour…and about 7 classes or 23 hours of grad work at 417.00. When lookin at this in the grand scheme of things, the bottom line to this issue is that I have a dead line for ME…and I don’t think that I am going to meet it, and MONEY which is the REAL problem. You know that the government don’t always give you the funding that you need and if that is true, then…I will be a grad student forever. I wanted to be done spring of 07 which is pushing it REAL BAD…or 07 which I s highly possible. Now that he was the bearer of bad news, its looking like December of 07…and that is just too long. Cause I still have to do my thesis or my practicum I don’t know which one yet…but its starting to be a bit much. Then farther more, I want to move out of this place. I mean really, I need to get my own spot. I enjoy coming home and not having to have people…lets just say I like not to be bothered when I walk in the door after a long day with someone else’s kids or a long nite of class and sometimes both…the shit aint fun. Some times I feel bad cause I know I be neglecting people, but I don’t know what else to do..i have my own set of problems and if Rick Wade aint happy…then aint nobody happy….I AINT CLAPPINPS


PS... I just decided on Sunday that I want my PhD. I love the learning process and all that goes in it. Some think that I am silly…but please, you can just call me Mr. Wade MEd, then Dr. Wade…ooooohhhhhh…that looks sooo good.