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I am in social studies concentration for my teaching license and am a history major. History and Social Studies is a big passion of mine and I love learning.

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This represents learning for me :) We all have so much to share and give to every step of our learning journey.

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I hated reading (print) when I was a kid. Now I have a PhD in literacy ...so something happened to me! Stay tuned! :)

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Dan, Jessye and Molly are the loves of my life. They've taught me what love means <3

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Every summer, when our girls were little, we'd load up the car the day after school finished in May and head to Cali! Pacific Coast Hwy! This is Julie Pfeiffer Burns State Park on the PCH...Bucket list location!

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I'm not typically a sad person...I'm very positive about my life and daily living. However, I have felt a sense of sadness for the last year and a half, especially, and I want to leave that dark cloud behind in 2020. I want to look forward to this semester/school year with more hope and excitement than I've felt since before the pandemic. So thrilled to be back on campus...even masked! Let's do this! :)

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I started my career teaching middle school...those kids could do a LOT with the last name Spitler [haha!] so I disarmed them right away. This is actually a Spitfire sticker [Vans] that my girls and I found and liked on one of our Cali trips years ago. Cheers!

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I play a lot of video games and spend a good amount of time on the internet, so I usually see a variant of this image way too much with being on the internet.

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My chosen content area is history! I chose this because it's something I never get tired of learning about and I think it's incredibly important to learn from.

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Last semester before student teaching

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My content area is history/social studies for secondary education! American history is my favorite. I should be student teaching in the spring of this year and then graduating!

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I am currently working toward my bachelors in history as I enjoy studying history.

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Go music woohoo!

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The ocean is a special place to me because that is where I was raised!

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I am a post bac art ed student. This is my final semester before student teaching. I am a multi media artist as well.

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My content area is Physical Education. I like to move and be active and I've found that I LOVE even more to be an advocate for physical activity.

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I am a hurdler on Metros track team

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I chose english because in the past it was always my english teachers that have inspired me to do more. I want to do inspire someone to do the same one day :)

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Content Area: Social Studies

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I'm an undergrad student getting their degree in teaching English.

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Currently I am working on my second to last semester here at MSU Denver! My last semester will be Spring 2022 for my Student Teaching! I love Art Education and my emphasis is in photography (B&W film is my favorite) and my concentration is in Jewelry and Metal smithing. I am so excited to create a learning enviornment that values culture, love, and acceptance amongst my students and the content that we cover.

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I chose this symbol because gardening and growing things is something I took up over the pandemic and it has been so rewarding! I'm not very good at it, but I love taking care of the plants and seeing beautiful flowers and tomatoes.

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I am a biology major. I love science in general but biology has always been my favorite. I love learning and investigating living things and how the human body works. I hope to teach middle school science because I think if you can get kids that age interested in science and education, they stay curious and engaged as they move forward in their life.

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Self-Doubt

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I make earrings.

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Mr. Tews (pronounced Toes)

Given to me by teammates on my track team.  Taken from my last name, mostly.

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My husband and my son are an important aspect of my life!

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I never did anything new growing up. When I started my 2nd year of high school I decided I wanted to play golf. It was the first time that I decided to try something new and I stuck with it. I ended up really enjoying it and I still play to this day. It's a reminder that, although new things can be scary, they can also be worth it.

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My family is heavily ethnically German and I take a lot of pride in that fact. I have been fascinated with German culture and language. The only reason I haven't taken courses in German Language here at Metro is because of some unexpected changes to what courses I need to take to graduate on time.

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This is me! I love photography (and any and all forms of art) and I feel like this is a good representation of who I am as an artist!

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Chipotle is a part of my personality now because I work there. So if I am not at school, I am at work so, sometimes I will come in smelling like burritos!! gross

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Im currently pursuing my licensure in Secondary English. Hyped to be teaching kids to connect with themselves and others through reading and writing. Knowledge is power. *gif is from a movie adaptation of East of Eden

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I sincerely enjoy helping and giving back. Whether it's to people, animals, and even to this lovely Earth we were given!

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In 2016 I got my Associate's in Creative Writing from RRCC and in 2018 I decided that I wanted to go back to school and finish up my Bachelors and become an English teacher. I've always been an avid reader and writer and growing up with a lot of troubled kids made me want to pursue a career where I could help kids like them.

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One of my greatest fears is becoming stagnant in life. I think the greatest things in life is knowledge; I never want to stop learning, even in old age. After getting my degree and becoming a teacher, I'd like to get a culinary or cosmetology certification!

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This is a picture of my family taken at my cousin's wedding a few days ago. Family is super important to me, and I am very excited for my older brother to get married next month and add to our family!

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I like to watch movies, and this image is from one of my favorites, "Hot Fuzz"

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I also love jewlery and metal smithing! Here is another piece I have made that I throughly enjoy and I feel encapsulates some of my style!

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My alter ego...Rhonda Rowday. Rhonda is a comic character I have been working on. She represents the super jeroine I strive to emulate.

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My puppy Bandit!

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Big fan of the stories and gameplay of the Pan-Xeno series. Since I started playing the games they've kinda been a mainstay in my library.

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I'm helping to plant a church in the next year, which is the second important aspect of my life!

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I served aboard the USS Alexandria (SSN-757) and my time aboard shaped who I am today

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My family continue to support me with everything I do. They have been there when I'm struggling and celebrating and I strive to be better every day because of them.

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I also love my dogs and family... but my dogs are a bit cuter to look at! ;)

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I have been a huge fan of anime since I was back in high school. Anime has always given me a good way to get a break from whatever life has thrown my way and has always been a good way to experience new stories and perspectives that I don't usually think about.

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Animal Crossing is something else I've done a lot during the pandemic, and I think it really helped give me structure and purpose during those times where I didn't have much of a reason to get up. Decorating islands and celebrating events is so fun for me. I've been playing almost religiously since 2013!

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I am trying to be an art teacher. I have been in school for a while.

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My life goal? To help others!

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I love to hike and enjoy all that Colorado has to offer!

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I enjoy board and card games, especially Magic: The Gathering

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I also love to travel. I enjoy visiting other countries, learning their culture, and making new experiences. Every new country I visit, I am determined to help out people in need!

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I love my poodles and I love my partner!

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While I've never been the biggest fan of the mystery genre due to how slow it can be, I love the Lupin books. Arsene has the charisma to carry the stories and you can see his influence on many modern "gentleman thieves."

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My family is one of the most important things in my life. I feel this way about my immediate family as well as my extended family.

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I want to leave behind feeling stagnant! It was too easy to get into a rut with the pandemic and I want to make ALL of my time worthwhile and truly make it count!

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This is my first motorcycle and my favorite as well as one of my favorite pass times.

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I like to set challenges for myself and set different goals. Some of those goals that I have set for myself are for my own education, personal life, and physical health. One of them is to hike all of the 14ers in our beautiful state. I am trying to convince myself that I enjoy running... So I've been signing up for different races.

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I love being active and playing sports, especially baseball. Here's me meeting Dinger.

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I struggle with anxiety. I'm working towards being more confident in my every day life and so in 2021 I want to reduce how often I feel anxious!

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Growing up, my family and close friends would always call me Emma. For some reason, they told me Emma fit better than "Emily".

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I enjoy reading and am currently reading through the Darth Bane trilogy in Star Wars and The Crusade Through Arab Eyes.

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I haven't always loved to read. I actually hated reading when I was young. But I found books and friends that really changed my view and opinion about reading and books.

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I would like to to leave the attitude and more down feelings that 2020 gave me.

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I like to also collect and build guitars.

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I heavily believe in astrology and how the zodiac signs tell us more about a person. I am a libra, do what you will with that information :)

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I have been called TayTay, Tay, Taytertot and much more! Just an affectionate way to shorten my name!

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I have a lot of hobbies I am currently obsessed with Gundam plastic model kits  

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Something I want to leave behind in 2020/2021 is self doubt and anxiety. The pandemic only made me more agoraphobic than ever, but hopefully going back in-person and going into student teaching I'll be able to grow as a person more and be able to trust myself to do well at things.

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I'm a huge fan of chess - even though I'm not that good at it. If you got a chess.com account, hit me up.

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I love many creative activities. I love to make things with my hands. I love to knit, cross stitch, sew, make scrapbooks, and paint.

I think creativity is a highly under valued aspect of life, learning, and science. I hope to incorporate as much creativity into my science class as possible.

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I would like to leave general negativity in 2020. I think this past year has been super tough for everyone and it has been hard to find positivity in life but I am ready to move forward!

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Negative energy. When you surround yourself with positive energy, positive things will come. It took me some time to learn this, but I am glad I did because it is an essential to life.

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I'm sure everybody can relate to this, but I want to leave that overwhelming sense of fear and uncertainty in 2020! To focus on the good and the positive!

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I loved doing operas, and this is the last one I did before the plague.

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I don't really go by any nicknames, just Carly!

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In the year of 2020-21, I'd like to let go of things I couldn't control at the time.

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I've never had a real nickname but my nieces call me Auntie Momo which is pretty cute.

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I have been going by Mikey all my life and simply have no desire to be called anything else.

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Honestly I've not given it much thought. But if there is something I want to leave behind in those around me, it's an "idea" of some kind or to give them something that they didn't know before. So far it seems to be working.

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There's a bright fluorescent light in my basement that I hate and my wife always turns it on. I hope to replace it soon.

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Ever since the quarantine my sleep cycle was destroyed I need to sleep more.

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Sustainability and combating climate collapse is hugely important to me. The first of many crucial transformative movements that need to happen for the liberation of the people of the world. My partner and I learning how to be beekeepers and good stewards of the land :)

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My nickname while on board the Alexandria was Shaferberry because I apparently look like the Franken berry mascot.

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I haven't had too many nicknames, but I do go by Maddie as well which is short for Madelynn, so I guess that counts!

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The only nickname I have ever had in my life is "Sarah Bell." One of the managers at my job calls me this, so it's a new thing for me, having a nickname. I'm not sure why she does it, but ever since I've worked there she calls me Sarah Bell. It's nice, makes me feel kind of special in the world of retail minimum wage.

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Something I would like to live behind in 2020 would be a lack of confidence for myself, or in other words I hope to gain more confidence in 2021.