I would like for you all to know that I, Abby, have a concrete plan for the next two years of my life. Yes, that's right, your very own friendly, neighborhood blogger was offered a position as a middle school Spanish teacher in Memphis, TN. Can I take this opportunity to tell you how excited I am? Well, I am so ridiculously excited but that doesn't make senior year any less busy. I have homework every night and social events that vie for my attention as well.
I'm taking my senior seminar in Spanish this semester which culminates with a 15-20 page paper (in Spanish) related to our topic. The topic this year is the work of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, focusing on Canto General. My paper is going to explore Neruda's use and depiction of woman and the feminine image in contrast with another Chilean poet, Gabriella Mistral. I'm deep in the throws of research right now and I'm starting to hash out my ideas to try to make them all fit together.
I've also really been enjoying my photography course, it's allowed me to look at coursework from a different perspective. Recently we can to collaborate with an English class to create a page on what America means to us based off of a graphic novel we read, "Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth." I'm pretty proud of what my partner and I accomplished doing something neither of us had ever done before.
You can click on the image to make it bigger so you can read the captions.
We also have been busy making portraits of ourselves and others. Our next and final assignment is to create a book of our photography that focuses on something of our choosing. I'm excited for that too.
I don't have much else right now. Hope you're enjoying your fall! If you have any questions, feel free to post a comment or email me!
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