As I was sitting in class this morning with my lovely little fourth graders, I realized that I would be leaving for England in about 3 month and I kinda started freaking out!! As many of you already know, I am going to England in March with my best friend, Melea, and two other amazing girls in the Education Program, Lindsey Allison and Kayla Duckworth. We will be there for 4 weeks and will return in time for Spring Break. We will be able to visit for 2 weeks in a Special Education school along with a general education school for 2 weeks and observe England's education program, Every Child Matters.
I am very excited about this new adventure. I have never flown in a commercial aircraft before, I have never been away from my family for a month at a time, I have never been out of the country, and I have never had to live with complete strangers! A lot of nevers!
Many may ask..."Why did Ashley start a blog...she's never blogged before!" Well, I do not like to type about my entire day and every step by step but I would rather type it so that a couple (maybe hundreds!!) of people can read instead of me telling the story over and over. I am also wanting to share my experience with my fourth graders and my future students. Gainesville City Schools don't block blogs so it allows my students to be able to pull it up at school and see all the pictures that I have taken and learn from the experience that I am participating in.
So....here is my first blog post!!! I hope that each of you will enjoy!
P.S. I feel like Amy Adams on "Julie and Julia" and I look forward to seeing how many followers I will find and maybe I will end up receiving a call from someone like....I don't know....the future Princess Kate or someone!! YAY first blog successful!!!
