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1970 Born Shonda Lemon. I was the second child of four children.

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Attended Ealy's Head Start Learning Center.
Whereas, I began learning basic phonics and some writing skills.

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Attended Carthage Elementary School in Carthage, MS where I learned to become a better reader and writer.   During my time  at Carthage Elementary I learned a lot but, Ms Freeny , a teacher assistant, would make me stay in during P.E. to practice cursive writing because she felt that it was a talent of mine.  I began to hate cursive writing because she and my mother made me practice diligently.
After a while, I grew to love it and now I do calligraphy for weddings etc..

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Attended Carthage Junior High School in Carthage, MS. I was extremely excited because I experienced lots of new things. I played basketball and I was inducted into the National Beta Club for maintaining all A's and B's. This was indeed an honor. I was also the Beta Club's vice-president.

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Attended Carthage High School in Carthage, MS  whereas I remained in the Beta Club and joined the band.  Scored a 20 on the ACT.  Back then, that was a good score.  I was on the Homecoming court, inducted into Who's Who Among American High School Students,
active member of the FHA and FFA. I was working extremely hard so that I could get into a good university and achieve my goals.

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Graduated from Carthage High School with Honors!! During the summer I accepted a teacher's assistant job tutoring single mom's in a GED program.  when August approached, I attended East Central Community College and commuted from home so that i could continue with my TA job.

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Earned my Associate of Arts in Early Childhood and began teaching at a Catholic School. While teaching there I experienced many things regarding Masses and other Catholic traditions. Then I registered at Jackson State University so that I could obtain my Bachelors' Degree in Early Childhood.

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I graduated from Jackson State University and began teaching at Leake Central Elementary

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I began teaching 4th grade Math in the Attala County School District. But, in my past time I continue to work on my calligraphy, tee-shirt designs and gift basket creations. Later, I began to inquire about returning to school to obtain my Masters but my mom became ill and I decided to put it on the back burner.

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After ten years of procrastinating, I took a leap of faith and decided to go for it. I was looking at various universities but, for some reason every time I would check my email American University sent me numerous emails. So, I looked into the program and spoke with a rep and as I can see...I made the right choice to enroll and begin working on my Master's in Elementary Education.