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This is a picture of me on a motorcycle my boyfriend painted at his shop. My boyfriend and his brother own an auto body shop in Tasley, VA called Baltazars Krazy Kustoms. (PS. I do have my motorcycle license.)

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If you ask me one word that will describe me as a teacher, I would say that I am very creative. If you ask me one word that will describe my students, I would say they are imaginative.

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The teacher I want to become is someone who will make a difference in children's lives so that they may have an opportunity to help someone else one day. Some things I strongly believe in in the classroom setting is the children deserve a chance to be themselves and be creative. I believe that children should be taught hands-on and with a lot of visual items for them to observe. I once read this article about a school in the United States that made their classroom desks where the children stand, but they have a place for their foot to go that swings their foot to keep them occupied throughout the day. Things like these can make a big impact on children, especially younger ones, that can help them pay attention during class, but also when they think they are getting bored, they have something there to keep them on track. I believe I will become a student-centered teacher because I believe in perennialism and progressiveism.

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Some things I still need to learn to become the best teacher I can be is, to listen to other colleagues ideas to help better myself as a teacher. The more experienced teachers are the ones I will be learning different ideas from because they've had the most experience in the classroom.

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This is my horse, Rosie, she passed away in March of 2015. She was my best friend, and I recently started a tattoo in memory of her

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I came to ODU wanting to become a Marine Biologist, but recently discovered that that wasn't what I was supposed to do. I then changed my major to primary education, where I wanted to teach 2nd or 3rd grade. The main reason I decided to change my major was because where I am from in Pennsylvania all of my peers had outstanding opportunities where their families were upper-class families. When we moved to the Eastern Shore, it was completely different, my little brother has many students in his class that are immigrants and mostly African American students. Being in the military, I already had been taught that even though on the outside you may look different, but it's what is inside that matters. Teaching for me will be a way for me to teach other children that diversity is a beautiful thing and nothing to be afraid of.

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I was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, and raised in Norfolk for 7 years. I went to Oceanview Elementary Martitime School. My dad was in the Navy, and got transferred to Pennsylvania where he retired after 24 years. We later moved to the Eastern Shore of Virginia where all my family lives.

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This was a picture from high school graduation. We have been together for 3 years now.

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The only one not pictured is my sisters son, Abel, he's 3.

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My family is all the people that have shaped me into the person I am today, and I love spending time with all of them. From left to right: Me, my older sister (Brittany), my older brother (Ira), my dad, my mom; in the front, my little brother (Ethan).