official.

according to the new york education department's TEACH website, one lady jaded is now an officially certified educator for youngsters with and without disabilities. i'm amazed. i'm in shock. a few tears have been shed, i'm not going to lie. it's been (no exaggeration) 11 years in the making. in 1996 i began my education at CNR as an english/elementary education major. in 2000 i was told i couldn't go onto student teaching because i had to take some bullshit shakespeare class. then once that semester ended, i was like FUCK student teaching. and while that was kind of dumb, i don't regret it cuz i was not ready. so then years and years go by. i'm in my business world career of salon coordination, which of course sucked my soul dry. then i gave birth to an amazing little bundle of inspiration and i knew i had to change my life. for her. to be the best that i could be. so 3 months after giving life to juliet, she gave life to me. i went to the CNR graduate school, and kicked almighty ass. i had a 4.0 gpa (that was reduced to a fucking 3.95 thanks to an inexperienced adjunct), i did some amazing internships, finally student taught, and began working my "dream" job doing ABA therapy with autistic children. still, the actual certification seemed just out of reach. because it always was. just a smidgen of work left to go...always just too far...and alas, FINALLY, it's here. i touch victory. and i have never been so proud of any acomplishment.