Ok, so I haven't been doing a good job in updating my Putney experience this summer...this week is the last week of the last session, and I feel like I have learned a lot about myself. Sounds very cliched, but true. I don't have the energy to discuss everything that has happened during the past few weeks. Plus, I am still in the middle of processing events and experiences. However, here are some highlights:
*I love the arts. I need to incorporate theater and music back into my life once again, even though i am planning to become a teacher.
*I love teaching and mentoring. I feel more comfortable about it now than I did even a month ago. However, there are still lots of things that I need to learn: when to intervene and how to create appropriate boundaries between myself and my students
*I need to find some way to get into the certification program at SIT. High school students may be obnoxious and hard to handle sometimes, but it's still a very rewarding experience.
*I ate way too much food and I need to get back to my diet/exercise plan as soon as I get back to Ohio. (Sounds extremely vain, but I can tell my body is suffering from it--I need to do yoga once again as well)
*I am not as outdoorsy or as athletic as I like to think (more about the Pinnacle trip and my volleyball experience later--I just need to find a way to become more physically active and not be lazy. Plus, I need to finally learn how to swim).
*I need to become more social. I am getting better, but like my teaching skills, there is room for improvement.
*I need to learn how to become emotionally strong. To not develop relationships where I will believe something wonderful will come out from it, but then reality sets in, and the relationship does not go anywhere. I need to stop developing unrealistic expectations about people and to accept that there are some things that I cannot change about myself and others.

We'll see how far it will take me when I return back to Ohio and start grad. school in the fall.