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How to describe the first couple days of the MTC...
I think that my title takes care of a lot of that for me.  Most may not be able to tell, but I was probably the most nervous person in the room of first years on that first day.  Not because we were about to dive into the depths of poverty and try to change the educational system in this state, but because of all the new faces.  I have never been one to adapt that well to change.  Meeting new people and especially new friends has always been a struggle for me.   As most of my high school classmates can tell you, I am actually a typical introvert(that's what the personality test yesterday told me as well).  As time goes on, I believe people will realize I'm not the loud-mouth they have come to know in these first couple of days.  It has mostly been all of that nervous energy taking its time leaving my body.  The first day I was awake earlier than I had been in months.  I just couldn't get to sleep with that feeling inside me.
Some of these nervous tensions are starting to subside with all of the friendly people that have surrounded me lately.  i was very pleased to meet some very down to earth people.  No one thinks of themselves as being better than anyone because they went to a school such as Harvard, Princeton, Duke, Cornell, or Notre Dame.  And it seems that most everyone is not too important to enjoy a nice game of frisbee, no matter what their athletic skill. 
I also can't wait to get in front of kids and start teaching.  I have always love kids and I seem to along with them pretty well.  Teaching is always something people told me that I at least need to try.  They say I would be great because I know math well, but mainly because I like to be in control.  I can only hope the man inside me that takes over, not the nervous chatterbox, comes out in front of my classes.  Good luck to everyone and thank you so much for accepting me so quickly.

-May God be with you all on your journey.