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2012... is here!

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I started 2011 thinking that if it were anything like 2010, I should just cut to the credits . I'm beginning 2012 thinking if it's anything like 2011... I ... CAN'T... WAIT! 2011 began with me student teaching, then going to Nigeria, landing a job with Teach for America, which ultimately led to a wonderful job teaching in Houston. It was the complete opposite of 2010. Which was... ugh. Let's not even go there. So now, I just have some serious high hopes for 2012! Anway, as usual, I made absolutely no resolutions. Although I did look back at the ones I made through the New Year's Resolution Generator . Of the 13 resolutions I decided to "take," I kept quite a few. I learned to cope, I laughed a lot, I skipped, I reused, I did bake cookies from scratch, I travelled, and... well, I think overall I did a good job! As far as my actual life goals ... I did begin (and finish) student teaching, I did not begin my MFA (but went into teaching instead), I st