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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Phil Blog(3).jpg" style="float: right; width: 250px; height: 188px; " />I didn&rsquo;t really know what to expect when I first came to Au Sable.&nbsp; I&rsquo;d never taught kids before in any capacity.&nbsp; I always thought I&rsquo;d teach at the college level after having obtained the respectable title of &ldquo;Doctor,&rdquo; which would allow me to teach students who, for the most part, were well-behaved adults.&nbsp; I wondered what I would do if things went wrong in a teaching environment.&nbsp; It seemed there were no shortage of possible errors and problems. &nbsp;Despite many kind reassurances, I was terribly nervous the night before the first class arrived.&nbsp; I had trouble sleeping until, by the grace of God, I heard that I simply needed to trust Him that things would work out for the better.</p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Phil Blog 2(2).jpg" style="float: left; width: 250px; height: 188px; " />That morning I woke up worry free.&nbsp; Looking back it&rsquo;s strange to contrast that night with the week that followed.&nbsp; The first day set the tone that nothing would happen perfectly: the kids were late and consequently our time was short and I found myself having plenty of material to teach for the time allotted.&nbsp; I quickly found that I loved teaching the kids, and though there are many ways I could improve, my interaction with them was the best part of my day.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s hard to say at this point where I might want to take this; doing one job for a month is different from spending years making a career out of it, but so it is with every form of good work.</p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Winter 3(1).jpg" style="float: right; width: 250px; height: 188px; " />As for my co-interns it is pretty crazy how we are all quite different but somehow manage to be friends.&nbsp; If it was in any other context, I doubt we&rsquo;d have even met each other in passing.&nbsp; Yet, here we all are with the key commonality being we thought teaching kids about the environment would be cool.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s just amazing how every person you get to know is different from any other you&rsquo;ve ever met and how meeting new people forces you to think differently.&nbsp; In my short time here, they have taught me things about myself and other people that I never would have expected, so in the end I realize I&rsquo;m learning not only while I&rsquo;m teaching the kids or reviewing material, but in my off hours as well.</p>
