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From a young age I was forced to attend every single sporting event that my brothers played in. I did not begin to actually love sports until I was older. However, sports did teach me a lot of new vocabulary and it also taught me a lot about sportsmanship.

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I have travelled to quite a few states, but have much more of the country to see. Lately I have been traveling West to Nevada. The top right picture is Lake Tahoe. The other two are pictures taken from a hike in my Grandma's backyard. Traveling/hiking has taught me the beauty of our country.

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This past summer, I really started to expand my reading material. Upon talking with my Aunt, who is an Education history teacher/the head of education at the Missouri Southern University, she told me that the best advice she could give someone my age was to read about other countries and to expand my knowledge about their hardships. She recommended quite a few titles but my favorite was, "A Long Way Gone". It was a story of a boy who was forced into the government army in Sierra Leone.

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Around age 16, I began to read romance novels, in particular Nicolas Sparks books. One of my favorite books of his is, "Dear John".

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"The Hunger Games" series continues to be one of my favorite series of books. I began reading these during my freshman year in high school. This universe and society made me appreciate the world we live in.

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The "Twilight" series was definitely a different kind of series that I had yet to read. I read these in seventh grade. This book taught me about the complex mythical world of vampires and werewolves.

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Around fifth grade, I began reading the Harry Potter Series. These books kept me up at night reading, as I just could not put the book down. These books really reaffirmed my love for reading. I continue to look for books that give me the same feeling that these books did.

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My mom introduced me to the "Little House on the Prairie" books when I was around 8 years old. This book taught me about what it was like to live back in that day on the prairie. My mom read these books when she was younger, so this was something that helped us bond.

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I was introduced to "Junie B. Jones" in first grade. I loved the humor in these books, yet I still felt like I could relate to some of the situations that Junie was in.

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"Caps for Sale" was one of my favorite books as a child. I used to have everyone read me this book, until I could read it myself. I can still remember the voice my family members used for the man. Then when I got older, I began to read this same story to my little cousins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijC7nCo3EAI&app=desktop

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Another huge part of my world was my love for animals. Animals taught me how to read situations. Reading animals social cues are extremely important. I originally thought I wanted to be a vet. A lot of my childhood consisted of learning new things about animals.

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At the age of 5, I became I big cousin. Until then I was the youngest in the family. Having little cousins taught me that I loved to care for little kids. They have taught me a lot about becoming a teacher and how to read the emotions and feelings of young children.

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I have played the piano, violin, and guitar. Reading music taught me multiple things. I learned about the history of pieces and their composers. Reading music taught me the emotion behind music. It taught me vocabulary like tempo, vibrato, and treble clef.

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When I was born I was baptized in the Catholic religion. In this world I learned a lot about my life in regards to religion. I learned about the history of Catholicism.

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The picture on the right was my first day of kindergarten, and the picture on the left was from my high school graduation. The world of school taught me so much information. Not only did I learn about science, math, english, reading, social studies, etc. School taught me how to read social situations.

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In this picture my Aunt is showing some of my family a powerpoint about her trip to Belize. My Aunt has travelled to many different countries. Each time she travels, she brings me back a souvenir and shows us a powerpoint of life in where ever she went. Even though I have not been able to travel out of the country, my Aunt has taught me a lot about the world around me.

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I was born in June 29th, my first day near the pool was July 4th. I have always had a love for the water of any kind. In 8th grade I learned how to water ski. Being out of the water has given me new knowledge about lakes. This world has taught me about reading the water to determine if it was a good day to ski.

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My mom began reading to me the moment I was born. I have two older brothers so whenever she would read to them, I would listen along as well. In this picture, I can be seen "reading", "My First 100 Words."

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This was at my preschool for Halloween. My preschool teacher was reading us "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything". Story time is one of the reasons that I have a love for reading.

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From ages 3 to 18, dance was a huge part of my world. It was in this world that I learned new vocabulary that related to various styles of dance.