Preliminary Nonsense

Why did I decide to start a blog about my student teaching?  Is it because I think I'm going to get a mass following of people who worship my eloquence in the written word?  Is it because I think I've got some groundbreaking strategies in the field of teaching that I ought to share with the world?  Not really, I made it with a more pretentious motive in mind:  I sometimes think my life is entertaining and I figured I might as well share it.  At first I thought this whole blogging sphere was an excellent practice in narcissism... but when I look back on the journals I've kept since 5th grade, it's almost even more selfish to write all these thoughts for my eyes only (a warning made clear on the cover of the diary chronicling my middle school years).  Which brings me to another random self-conscious justification I feel that need to make: the URL of this blog is the failed attempt at me being clever.  After several rejected URL names (because apparently I'm not the only mnash in the world) I thought Chronicles of Monica was painfully clever since it almost, sort of, kind of sounds like a certain series which I once loved (wont watch the new movies because it's just not the same, didn't read the books because the revelation of Lewis' blatant religious agenda steered me away).  Anyway, that URL was also taken and I was starting to get irritated, so I settled with Chronicle of Monica. I know it's singular. I know it's not the same. I got over it.  I hope you can too.

SO, the sole purpose of this blog is to give me a place to share the amusing (and not-so-amusing) tales of my semester as a student teacher, hence the title. Hopefully you understand the whole oxymoron of being both a student and a teacher at the same time.  If you didn't, you should now.  If I'm not entertaining enough, I can say with unwavering assurance that the English classes of high school sophomores I will be teaching should definitely provide me with some fodder for this blog and for your reading pleasure.

So, there's that.