Gap year

My introduction into education was like most children’s fascination my curiosity took me to levels to where even today I want to explore the world. It made me happy when I had received an award in second grade even though at that age we are still really young and don’t have difficult class work to do, seeing my dad proud that I got an award is a good feeling, and my motivation to continue on having an education. Also being one of my own goals I want to accomplish and show myself that I can…

When I was three years old, my parents sent me to a kindergarten where majority of its students are Malays. As far as I could remember, there were Arabs too but very few. It was a nice kindergarten, I must say. For four years my life revolved around a situation where my social circle was limited to those who had similar physical traits as mine, worshipped the same God as I do, spoke the same language and ate the same type of food. At seven years of age, I moved on to a primary school in…

reading aloud to children,” (Anderson, Hiebert, Scott, and Wilkson 23). They taught me how to love reading and made sure I always set aside time to read. My parents were not the only thing to contribute to my love of reading, starting when I was about 6 years old, the Summer Reading Program at Lincoln Township library showed that reading is one of the joys in life. My mom…

Nathan Vanhoy at first glance appeared to be an average boy however Nathan struggle with reading. His parents were surprised because of the amount of reading he did at home. So they thought. His school thought it would be best if he were to repeat the first grade a second time, but when he started the second grade he starting having the same problems again. Again Nathan struggled with his reading, it wasn’t until his parents realized that he was memorizing the book, that he really had a learning…

Classroom/Academic – 4/17 Cristofer is a kind and caring fifth grade student with a fun and easy-going personality. Cristofer enjoys participating in class and works best for positive feedback. Cristofer often struggles with focus and attention, but does better when he is given consistent positive reinforcements. When Cristofer knows he is doing a good job, he gets excited and will often ask if he can give a fist bump. In the moments where Cristofer is focused and on task, he is often able to…

Roger and Laurie In “Charles” and “Miss Awful” Laurie and Roger are two school boys who have great lives but do not know it. Roger has the nice side but he thinks his life is over because of his awful teacher. Laurie thinks everyone’s life is great and he must ruin it. Roger and Laurie may have their similarities of being two school boys with a higher authority interested in their daily life but the differences in their character of being kind and unkind is the true part of what shows through.…

Año Nuevo is a major celebration that takes place in Spanish speaking countries. On January 1st people gather together to celebrate a new year coming to them. They say goodbye to the past year and what might of happened to them, and at the same time enjoy thinking about what the next year may have in store for them. People spend days and months preparing for the party they throw on this day. Many major cities throw huge parties that the townspeople come to together. There are many ways that…

She mentioned that in the beginning of the year she made sure that the students followed instructions and worked independently. She used the technique of speaking very softly and nicely to the students. She established excellent rapport with her students. That has allowed her to work with her students…

The line between teaching history and current events is often blurred with in the field of Social Studies, but every four years comes the Presidential Election. This is a current event that cannot be ignored given the amount of media attention and personal debates that occur from the national election. Given these facts it seems virtually impossible to ignore the on going election within school classrooms. After reading Students learn about candidates, issues, civics it is clear that many…

I have always had an attitude of a leader. In sixth grade I was apart of student council up until 7th grade. Towards the end of my seventh grade year I applied to be in NJHS or National Junior Honor Society and in May I was inducted. I ran to be Vice President of my NJHS and throughout my eighth grade year I served my class as their VP. All throughout middle school I enjoyed being in the position to lead others and to be an example. As a result of my newly found passion, I decided to apply for…