{"id":50,"date":"2018-10-13T17:59:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T17:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/emiliamartin\/?p=50"},"modified":"2018-10-13T18:00:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-13T18:00:51","slug":"excited-and-nervous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/emiliamartin\/2018\/10\/13\/excited-and-nervous\/","title":{"rendered":"Excited and nervous&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I find myself in a room at The York School full of innovative educators\u00a0and thought leaders.\u00a0 It is hard to contain my excitement about being part of <span class=\"\">@<\/span>Cohort21.\u00a0 Although I am still undecided about my action plan, the ideas are brewing with every conversation I have.<\/p>\n<p>What draws me to the teaching profession is the learning process. Being in the classroom with students and being a student myself brings me great joy. I feel like a sponge ready to soak up every drop of this experience.\u00a0 Emily Dickinson&#8217;s poem, &#8220;the Brain,&#8221; captures some of the wonder and excitement\u00a0that I feel today.<\/p>\n<p>Wishing everyone at Cohort 21 a wonderful experience\u00a0and I look forward to connecting with you all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the poem in case you are interested:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Brain\u2014is wider than the Sky\u2014<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Brain\u2014is wider than the Sky\u2014<br \/>\nFor\u2014put them side by side\u2014<br \/>\nThe one the other will contain<br \/>\nWith ease\u2014and You\u2014beside\u2014<\/p>\n<p>The Brain is deeper than the sea\u2014<br \/>\nFor\u2014hold them\u2014Blue to Blue\u2014<br \/>\nThe one the other will absorb\u2014<br \/>\nAs Sponges\u2014Buckets\u2014do\u2014<\/p>\n<p>The Brain is just the weight of God\u2014<br \/>\nFor\u2014Heft them\u2014Pound for Pound\u2014<br \/>\nAnd they will differ\u2014if they do\u2014<br \/>\nAs Syllable from Sound\u2014<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Emily Dickinson<\/p>\n<p>Cohort 21<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I find myself in a room at The York School full of innovative educators\u00a0and thought leaders.\u00a0 It is hard to contain my excitement about being part of @Cohort21.\u00a0 Although I am still undecided about my action plan, the ideas are brewing with every conversation I have. What draws me to the teaching profession is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/emiliamartin\/2018\/10\/13\/excited-and-nervous\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Excited and nervous&#8230;..&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":283,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-face-2-face-sessions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/emiliamartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/emiliamartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/emiliamartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/emiliamartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/emiliamartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/emiliamartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/emiliamartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/emiliamartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/emiliamartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/emiliamartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}