MY INNER NINJA............................................................

MY INNER NINJA………………..

Hey Guys,

           I am backkkkkk, Happy Monday!!!!! I hope this post finds you all healthy and happy. I have been a bit out of it lately, I decided to take an online course this semester thinking it would be easy. It is quite the contrary, it is incredibly time consuming and hectic, it has taken me a month but I have finally got the hang of things!!!

If you haven’t noticed my post today is titled “My Inner Ninja” I don’t know how many of you know this song by classified but it is my new anthem right now.  Over the past few weeks I have been tried and tested and it has been a bit of a circus in my life. I have been doing what I have been saying from last year and that is just getting the job done and not talking about getting the job done. In the past few days I have tried to center myself and regain focus. How did I do this you ask????? 

1. Find a song that puts you in a great mood!! Right now my song is “My Inner Ninja” how you start your day is very important. If breakfast is the most important meal of the day then how you feel in the morning is equally important to how you proceed through the rest of the day. Every morning when I get up as I get ready for work, I play my song. This song is so positive and upbeat it puts me in a great mood. I feel like I am ready to take on my day and it puts a smile on my face. Find your song, turn your music on and be happy to be alive and well.
2. I have begun riding my bike for an hour a day and I absolutely love it!!!!!!!!!! It has been very sucky weather outside with the temperature feeling more like winter and not summer but I have made it through somehow!!! It is very refreshing to go riding to be alone with my thoughts and to unwind from a long day. I take this time as a necessity in my life kinda like my own detox. I don’t know about you guys but after such a long day at my office where I sit and listen to people’s legal woes all day, I need a moment alone. Try sitting in silence for 5, 10, 15 minutes and see the wonder it does for you. Remember first control the mind and then control the actions!!! I am still learning by the way…lolol

HOMAGE TO CLASS OF 2003

 

10 years ago this year a set of girls graduated from  The Convent of Mercy Academy “Alpha”. A few weeks ago a reunion was held in Kingston Jamaica and though I was unable to attend it was on my mind all weekend. It seemed as though only yesterday we were sitting under a tree at school having sloppy joes and trying to skip Chapel and Physical Education. I am amazed at how many years have gone by since we graduated high school and how far we have come. We lost a few of our amazing friends through the years but we are still here. I just want to say to my graduating class, I AM SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS!!!! Every single one of you that I have encountered have done well for yourselves. We had an amazing time in high school. I sincerely hope that ten more years to come we will still be standing for that which is good and true a testament to our alma mater.

 

There are also some teachers that deserve special mention that for me made my high school years memorable and rewarding. I will never forget my days in the classroom with them and the wonderful life lessons I learnt from them some harder than others. I hope these teachers continue to impart knowledge on our nation’s children and know that all there years of service to such a demanding job in my book makes them heroes!!!

 

Ms. Kerr (2^nd Form Literature Teacher) you are the reason I fell in love with Literature, the way you taught Green days by the River spoke to me. You had a great passion for literature and that transcended and awoke my mind to the wonderful world of writing.

 

Ms. Reivers (2^nd Form Spanish Teacher) I always admired the fact that you always wore a smile on your face, you were tough in class but fair. I can never repay you for giving me my bestfriend to date, we are a match made in heaven. You taught with conviction and made every class interesting.

 

Mrs. Bloomfield (History Teacher) Hands down coolest female teacher I have ever sat in front off. How did you know all your students so well??. You have the ability to get through every mind in our class with just being open, honest and realistic with us and I always appreciated that. As a child growing up anxious to be an adult, you never treated us like children and I always respected that about you.

 

Mrs. Boyd (6^th Form Literature Teacher) a rare soul, I don’t have a lot of words to describe you but I can recall being in sixth form in the peak of exams and having no idea who John Keats was because well….. Anyway I remember you stayed after school and taught us so much material for that exam. I never forgot that and that’s the teacher you are, you go beyond the call of duty for your students and you have a passion for your job, I always felt cared for by you, even though you seemed strict at the time, I came to learn that you are humorous, beautiful and AMAZING!!

 

Mr. Williams (French Teacher) You are awesome!!!! Coolest male teacher I have ever been around, to this day. I have a lot of respect for you and what you do and I appreciate all the time and effort you took with our class. You made every french class a joy to be in.

 

 

Let us salute our teachers and realize that while they are not perfect, there jobs are not easy and by the looks of our graduating class I say they did a great job!!! It takes village to raise a child

 

Leave your comments on who your favourite teacher was and why!!!

 

 

Xoxo

Debra