With the new year in full swing, I'm excited to get back into my school
routine. I've added weekly volunteer hours in place of working at the
restaurant, which I am much happier about. I've been helping out with a KIPP
first grade class once or twice a week and it's been a ton of
fun! Spending so much time with first graders really makes me want to work
with children when I get done with school and go out into the real world.
In local news, Mardi Gras is just around the corner and I couldn’t be
more ready. This will be my… maybe 10th Mardi Gras? I’m trying to
get with some of the other Mardi Gras veterans and put out some sort of guide
for some of our rookie classmates. There are so many things that I’ve learned
to look for and look out for over the years that I guess many people that
aren’t used to Mardi Gras festivities don’t know to do.
I’m trying to get up early this coming Monday morning so that I can go
to Manny Randazzo’s and pick up a king cake to bring to class. Every year that
I’ve been at Tulane, I get up at 5:30 in the morning to go stand in line for an
hour to get the best king cake, in my opinion, that the crescent city has to
offer. One of my friends and I are doing a king cake taste test on Monday afternoon
and are picking up a few different king cakes from around the city, so I’ll have
to report next month with the results.
KIPP volunteer hours for January: 7.25
KIPP volunteer hours for January: 7.25
