Music. Music has been a huge aspect in my life since I was young. It has depicted whom I interact with on a daily basis, and how my life so far has fallen into place like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. From growing up listening to my dad’s music, to joining my elementary school choir in third grade, to moving to the middle school choir and joining band, learning my first instrument, moving up and getting better, meeting people, all up to now. Part of the school’s band program as a bass clarinet,…
It was the summer of two thousand and fourteen I was twelve and preparing for my first trip out of the country. The trip would be my big summer vacation right before going back to school. Weeks before the trip started I would complain to my friends that the trip wouldn't be exciting and it would just be another trip my mother was dragging me along to. My mother is a high school science teacher and she likes to host trips around the world for her students to join along and gain a brand new…
The Trip of a Lifetime Ever since I was little, I loved the idea of going all over the world. My family never had the money to travel anywhere exciting, but the summer of 2016 was different. My uncle Terry lives in Spokane, which is in Washington. My mom decided it was time to go on vacation and visit, so we hopped on a train and went to visit him. My mom, my uncle Cory, my four cousins and I all went together, so they could also see Terry. In my opinion, the most exciting part was the train…
Margaret Peterson, her passion for reading began as a young adolescent. Margaret had grown up in an time where electronics and technology was up and coming. For entertainment and hobbies she would spend hours reading at home, in the car, and even on vacation. She lived in a densely populated area, that was not prevalent. Her father was a farmer, like most men in the community. She lived at home with 3 siblings, 2 brothers and one sister. Growing up on the farm she was exposed to animals more…
You think of date nights, road trips, vacations, and other endless possibilities stretching out before you as you begin this journey called life. Perhaps one day you hope to have children and start a family of your own. And then it happens. Days go by that are filled with more arguing than laughter. At first the fights are furious and heated, the passion is still running deep as both of you desperately attempt to figure out what is wrong, who is to blame, and how to fix it. The internet is…
In a guided self-assessment of study habits and strategies, ED 3100 students have been challenged to embark on a journey of self-exploration in an effort to better understand our own learning processes, as well as determine how different methods of studying and learning may affect our overall success. Dr. Demars (2015) explains that exploration and knowledge of our own techniques and learning strategies will then empower us, as future educators, to facilitate the same attributes in our students.…
Education During this summer vacation, I was fortunate to practice in Beijing Boundless Learning of Education Science and Technology Development Center internship, which is a newly established English training institution. My major is English, and I want to be an English teacher in the future, so with an unparalleled excitement and gratitude, I carried on my one month internship there. Yale Horizon Education is the English teaching of Beijing Boundless Learning of Education Science and…
I grew up going to church with my parents. My earliest memories are from hanging around the church in Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings. Growing up, I would hear about this Jesus guy and I would ask questions about him. Hearing about the resurrection was amazing to me and I found it very interesting that he would die for the bad things I did. It was during a Vacation Bible School that I realized that I needed a savior to forgive me of my sins and the only way I could see this happening was by…
The summer before I entered my seventh grade of middle school would introduce a trip that would change my life. The trip would be my big summer vacation right before going back to school. Many weeks before the trips time to approach I would complain to my friends about how the trip wouldn’t be exciting and how it would be another trip my mother was dragging me along to. My mother is a high school science teacher, she likes to host trips around the world for her students to sign up for and gain a…
always be fun, especially going somewhere I have never been before. My cousin Grace wanted to travel to Flathead Lake in Montana. she saw this lake on Instagram. The internet said that supposedly this lake is found to be one of the largest natural freshwater lakes that exists west of the Mississippi river. So my mom, grandma, cousin Grace, Aunt Sarah, and I packed our luggage into the car and left for a vacation with no plans and nowhere booked to stay. I think the exciting part about the trip…