https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk Timeline of my life en-us 2022-04-06 22:03:23 UTC 2025-11-03 18:36:10 UTC hello@padlet.com rlapeer https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133479063 I was born in Charlevoix, Michigan to Charles and Brandy LaPeer]]> 2022-04-06 22:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133479063 rlapeer https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133483306 I began the Headstart program at Central Lake Public Schools. After watching my siblings walk to school everyday and wishing to go, it was finally my time!]]> 2022-04-06 22:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133483306 rlapeer https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133484249 I was in Kindergarten and met Mrs. Groll. I instantly wanted to be her. My dreams of being a teacher started here]]> 2022-04-06 22:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133484249 rlapeer https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133485128 First grade. Ms. McCavoy, another wonderful teaching inspiration]]> 2022-04-06 22:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133485128 rlapeer https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133487979 I was in middle school now, and as I matured I realized maybe elementary teaching wasn't for me. But my passion for English literature was growing. I realized that middle school/high school English teaching WAS for me.]]> 2022-04-06 22:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133487979 rlapeer https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133488850 Rough year. We are displaced by a house fire, my parents split, and my best friend moves away :( But! I am finding new inspiration from my English teacher, Mr. Platte!]]> 2022-04-06 22:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133488850 rlapeer https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133489119 Mr. Aenis, another inspirational English teacher, offers encouragement and tells my dad in a parent-teacher conference that he was "just trying not to mess her up" ]]> 2022-04-06 22:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133489119 rlapeer https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133492734 Graduation! My plans have changed lots over the summer, and I have somehow landed on art as my major. I am set to go to North Central Michigan College, a local community college with a full two-year scholarship]]> 2022-04-06 22:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133492734 rlapeer https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133493999 I got my Associate of General Studies with a concentration in Fine Arts and am considering where to go next. I briefly move to Alabama with my sights on Memphis College of Art, only to change my mind yet again and return home six months later]]> 2022-04-06 22:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133493999 rlapeer https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133495368 I was set to return to NCMC in January to obtain my Michigan Transfer Agreement and my plan is to attend Wayne State University to pursue my Bachelor's for Secondary Education (English).]]> 2022-04-06 22:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133495368 rlapeer https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133497499 Another rough year, my dad was diagnosed with cancer, I lost my management title at my job, and I totaled my car, all within a matter of a few weeks. I put my education on hold to spend time with my family and figure out my next steps.

]]> 2022-04-06 22:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133497499 rlapeer https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133499004 I am ready to start my education again, so I apply to three colleges, two in Michigan and one in Arizona. My transcripts did not send properly to Wayne State or CMU, so I decided Arizona is where I was meant to go]]> 2022-04-06 22:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133499004 rlapeer https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133499594 Moving day! I spent three days driving from Michigan to Arizona with everything I could take in my car.]]> 2022-04-06 22:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133499594 rlapeer https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133499976 My time at Arizona State University begins]]> 2022-04-06 22:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133499976 rlapeer https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133500555 (Hopefully) Graduation from ASU! ]]> 2022-04-06 22:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rlapeer/nu64c57r6tumtbmk/wish/2133500555