Caroline attempts to Teach America: Life outside of the teaching realm.

Well, let's be honest, there isn't really life outside of the teaching realm, because all of my friends are teachers, but we do have a life outside of school.

I have 2 beautiful roommates in our beautiful three bedroom apartment in the galleria area of Houston. Lauryn Cru

z (Luz) is on the left and Maria Grasso (Ria) is on the right. They are both from St. Louis (yes the cubs/cards debacle has been challenging for us). Lauryn went to St. Louis University and Maria went to Mizzou. Of the 302 other Houston corp members I do not think you could find two more unique, interesting, humorous, caring, fun people. No joke. I am so blessed that I met these girls. They make my life more pleasant every day. Cheers to you ladies.

I think it is a common occurrence that the people who join TFA at one point or another thought to themselves, "Am I going to be the only normal person here?" I thought it, for sure. As it turns out, the answer is absolutely not. Mostly due to the fact that I have recently discovered that I am, in fact, not normal. However, I have also revised my previous question into, "Are there going to be other people like me here?" And the answer to that is yes. Let me elaborate on "people like me." I mean to say, other awesome people. You know, people who like to have fun, but get their stuff done. People who are outgoing and leaders, but don't get super stressed out 24/7 and will attend the occasional happy hour (or hours in our case). People who are here to change the world but realize that they are not going to be able to do it by themselves. People who love life and want to make the most of every single day. Yep, they're here. And they are now my closest friends.