Nerding Out (as we English majors sometimes do...)

Today I went to the British Library. I walked around a temporary historical photography exhibit, but the main thing I went for were the treasures in the Sir John Ritblat Gallery. The most famous of the treasures is the Magna Carta (although it's actually 1 of 4 original
copies). It was a little like seeing the Mona Lisa--smaller and less impressive than you'd imagine, but still worth doing just to say you'd seen it.

Other noteworty stuff I saw:
-A page of "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf in her own handwriting
-A handwritten, early draft of the poem "Insomniac" by Sylvia Plath
-Handwritten drafts of the Beatles' songs "Help" and "Yesterday,"
among other songs
-A page believed to be written by Shakespeare
-A very early version of "Romeo and Juliet"

Yesterday was my internship interview. When I showed up, another girl from Capa was there. We chatted and had a cup of tea, and then they brought us in to be interviewed together. I was extremely nervous because I didn't really know what they were going to ask me, or, for that matter, whether I would be working with the preschoolers, teenagers (or "young people" as they call them), or senior citizens (but I must have ticked a box at some point because they assumed I was going to be working with the yp). As one could imagine, I did very poorly on the interview, but luckily, they still put me right to work in the office. All in all, my co-workers were nice and I think it's a great place for me. If I want to teach high school, it will be good to have experience with that age group, especially inner city kids. But I'm also a little nervous, since both my boss and several of my co-workers warned me that the yp were "a challenge." Even if it turns out to be absolutely horrible, at least I will have found out before having to apply for jobs and such.

Cheers!
Rebecca