I was lucky enough to get a job as a teacher assistant for this year, here at FSU. I'm teaching Introduction to Film with my friend and fellow writer, Brandon. It's our own class, and we teach more than 200 students. We have specific lessons that we need to teach, but we got to pick the movies we show.
Today was our first class, and I think it went incredibly well. I talked really fast and went a little too fast through my slides, but I got the hang of it after a while.
But I can already tell, this is going to be the most rewarding job. The fact that people listen to me and believe what I'm saying, and the idea that I can teach people things they didn't know, are all incredible, incredible things.
I got this rush when we were finished. I was super nervous before we started, but after, I thought, "I didn't do half bad." And I got this rush that was a really great feeling.
Wednesday, we have our first screening class, and we're showing "Mud" to talk about dramatic structure of screenplays and movies.
It's a FANTASTIC movie, so you should all see it. And hey, if you want to know anything about it, ask me. After all, I'm a teacher now (what?!).
For my own classes, we have another feature writing class with a really great writer, Julianna Baggott, so I'm super excited for that.
I'm on my second-- and final!-- year here at film school, and I just have the slightest feeling that this year is going to be just as amazing as the last.
I still love everything and everyone, and I'm still as excited as ever.
More to come later!
