My Very First Post

I used to blog when I was in high school. I've started reading other people's blogs and now I want to start my own again. This time I would like to avoid whining. I want this to be a place to write my thoughts about what I have read, heard and seen. My thoughts aren't any more valuable than yours. I'm just a sleep deprived college student who likes to read and write. Hopefully this blog will contain information that you find useful.

Although my life is at the end of many things, out of these ends I'm coming to new beginnings. Soon I will walk through the doors at school for the last time as a "student." I've worn that label for so many years, it's hard to think of shedding it. In the fall I will walk through new, unfamiliar doors as a student teacher. I like to think that I will forever be a student teacher, even after I graduate. I never want to quit learning, especially as a teacher. I guess learning will be the one constant in my life this next year. It's hard to believe how quickly college passes. Months go by and it's as if I don't even notice. I have to say, while I will miss parts of college I will not miss the homework, projects, tests, quizzes, papers, etc.

I'm looking forward to being a teacher. I think that being a teacher is the best job out there. Teachers get to give gifts that many people in this life do not get to give: literacy, self-efficacy, teaching students how to learn, knowledge, social skills, life skills, and so many more things. I hope and pray that I will make a positive impact on these students' lives.