Pre-K Autobiography

My education started when I was just three years old, sitting between my parents on their bed, reading - or at least trying to - the HOP (Hooked On Phonics) books. It was our nightly routine all through Pre-K. By the time that I was in Kindergarten we had worked our way up to the Magic Tree House stories, Junie B. Jones, and The Chronicles of Narnia books, and so many more. My parents made sure that they started to teach me skills that I would need for school at a young age. From reading books every night, to practicing math while calculating carbohydrate counts and insulin dosages for my diabetes, I took in all the knowledge that I could, like a sponge. I remember that by the time that I entered Kindergarten at Clinton Elementary School I …show more content…
It was in fourth grade that I took over the blood glucose testing and day to day diabetes care in the classroom. Diabetes had been such a big part of my life, since I had it since I was two years old, and it was in this time of my life that I took more responsibility for it. Also in the fourth grade everyone was given the opportunity to write a short book. For my book I wrote a number of short poems, along with a short story that was about finding a key to heaven. I remember that having that book published seemed like my biggest accomplishment up to that …show more content…
I feel that my time in those three grades was the starting point for the path that I am on now. In fourth grade I realized that I liked teaching my fellow students, and in fifth grade I found out about the University of Farmington from my teacher, Ms. Shea. It was at that age that I my goal was set, I was going to be a teacher. I remember falling in love with the idea of the school and the opportunities that I thought it would give me. In sixth grade I looped with my first grade teacher, Ms. Cloutier, and took advance of my last year of elementary school to prepare myself for what Junior High had to offer