Hello, my name is Katie Watts and this is my very first blog. I am a bit embarrassed that I have never done this before, and I do not think that "Myspace" should really count. Hmmm.....well, I want to be a teacher, a Theatre teacher. I graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and then decided to go back to school after living in New York and realizing that I don't want to spend the rest of my life auditioning. I was standing in a cattle call for "The Sound of Music" along with Broadway veterans who were dying to get cast as Nuns! I realized after my third callback for the eldest VonTrapp daughter that I hate "The Sound of Music", and wouldn't want to do the show if I got it. This feeling came on many occasions and I then found myself on a plane and back in school. So here I am a semester away from graduating.
I am so excited about Graduating. I am proud of myself for sticking through this after already going to school, and for not giving up when I realized that there was MATH involved. For some weird reason I got an "A" in Statistics....I have no idea how that happened, or how I ended up enjoying it, weird. It has taken me five years and I knew this semester would arrive, but in a way I am surprised. That I got through the Math is a surprise. The "A" in Statistics was an even bigger one. This is one Graduation that I will be celebrating and partying about.
I will most likely be going right into the Credential program in the fall. I want to teach Theatre and English in High School. I currently teach Theatre, voice and dance privately and I have been doing this for 13 years. The idea of teaching English is right now more exciting for me because I have not been doing that my whole life....we will see. The bottom line is that I love to teach, it makes me happy, and I am great with kids. It is also the perfect career for me to do what I want more than anything....be a mother.
Let's see....how to wrap up my first blog. My blog, I am so cool now. Wait, what's a blog? Why is it called blogging? I think this is most likely a stupid question, and that I should know the answer. Well, I'm sorry but I am so not computer savvy, and I am hopeful that after this class I will be more up to date on the technology that I should already know. I got an "A" in Statistics, I am confident that I can handle this blogging thing, whatever it may be.
Dennis and I at Disneyland
I love Dennis...that's why I am marrying him
My sister and I in Vegas...
We looked cute :)
My other sister and I on New Years
We also looked cute:)
About Me
- Katie Watts
- Hey.....well, I teach theatre to kids and I love it. I ave been doing this for about 15 years. I just turned 30 and I am excited about it actually. I love music, theatre, and film, and I have a awesome fish named "Bear Fish". I have a great Mom and sisters, and I am getting married in December to Dennis. Dennis is great, I love Dennis. And that is a little bit "About Me"
4 comments:
Hi Katie,
Your new blog (whatever that is) is really cool. Really, it is. You’ve got this thing down. It looks great, and your first blog was really fun to read. I love your humor and your wit. Theatre people!
Your life sounds so amazing. You should consider writing a book. It’s interesting to me, at least. Me, who’s never really been to a different state (because I don’t count Vegas). I’ve lived in California almost all my life, in fact, I’ve lived in the same city all my life, in fact, I’ve lived in the same building all my life. Phew! I need to get out more! So to me, your life in New York sounds so cool.
I can relate to your love of teaching. Teaching is the best feeling ever, especially when you see the progress in students. I’m a tutor at Sylvan Learning Center at the moment, and seeing the “Ohhhh…. now I get it” face on these kids never gets old.
All in all, I loved you blog. It’s cool, and therefore, you’re cool.
P.S. Congratulations on the “A” in statistics!
-Angela
Hey Katie I really liked reading your blog. I think that it is awesome that you have so much experience in theatre, you will be a great theatre teacher. It sounds like you have everything covered after you graduate from CSUN. I am also graduating in a few months and will also get into a credential program, but I will not be doing mine through CSUN anymore. I want to teach English and film when I get my teaching credential. Theatre and film are pretty similar. Well it was nice reading your blog and getting to know a little bit about you.
I commend you on your A in Stats. That class was crazy. I couldn't imagine doing half of the things in that class without a the handy TI-83+.
It's great to see somebody who loves theater and wants to teach it. I think the arts are a very important part of the learning process and the all around sensuality of theater is an outstanding learning utensil for students of all ages. I am taking TH 473 this semester with a few other students from this course and seeing the impact of the theater and all of the arts on learning not on in school but in life.
As far as I know, a blog is most synonymous with a journal or log being on the web. So, internet aficionados decided to shorten the all to long phrase of web log and call it "blog", bringing the "b" of web and log together. And web log pretty much already sounds like blog also.
You got an A in stats?! Whoa! I HATE HATE HATE Math...and I hate hate hate STATS! whoa...Congrats. I remember those days...I managed to Scrap a C. I thought that was impressive. Haha. Well its nice seeing you again. I remember you were really creative in our Theatre class.
Wow, it takes a lot to be able to move like that and change your whole life that quickly. I get ansy even thinking about leaving LA.
You know what though....I dont like when kids say they hate English. :( It makes me really sad, because I think, "wow," what would have happened if I would have helped them through the process, would their remark be any different? Who knows. I know deep inside though that this is what I want to do.
Although I do change my mind often, this is the one thing I can see myself doing for a really long time. I think you're going to be great. You're really creative as I said, and thats definitly going to give you brownie points.
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