I cannot believe it has been a whole month since arriving to Phoenix. Time has flown by and I am more than settled in. I have gone through my first weeks of Teach for America training and although it has been the hardest I have ever worked in my life, I have never been so empowered. A "typical day" would be alarm at 5:30am, bus at 6:14am, teach until 1pm, class till 5pm, bus home, hour break, meetings or classes, then finally the HUGE amount of homework till 11pm (that is approximately 16hrs of hard work!). I know that everyone’s TFA experience is different but for me I can honestly say that I have loved it and feel as though I really am learning a lot. As I said earlier I am always empowered as they
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