In exactly three months and one week, I have to be in Charlotte for Orientation. A week later, I have to drive to Cleveland, Mississippi for my five week summer institute. For those who don't know, Cleveland, MS is a town consisting of approximately 4,000 homes and 13,000 residents waaaaay up in the northwest corner of the state, by the Arkansas and Tennessee boarders. The closest big city is Memphis, which is over three hours away. This is where I'm spending the vast majority of my summer.
Now, being from northern New Jersey and growing up about 10 minutes outside of New York City, I'm clearly in for some kind of culture shock. I'll make no secret of the fact that I'm extremely hesitant to spend my summer in the backwoods, out in the sticks of rural Mississippi. A Northerner and New Jersey native (with all the attitude and outlook that being from the tri-state area brings) heading down to Southern, small town America. Talk about a fish out of water.
Naturally, my roommate is taking great pleasure in this inevitability. She finds the whole thing hysterical and can't wait for me to be metaphorically bitch slapped by rural living. It probably has to do with her growing up in the middle of nowhere and knowing exactly what I'm in for. Well, she just forwarded me this link that she found on www.teachfor.us. It's a website for TFA members to set up and keep blogs. Really cool idea, although I enjoy blogspot more. Here is the link I received. Let me just say, it does not help to ease my trepidations at all.
God help me.....
http://rachelplate.teachfor.us/category/institute/
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