Still a Student: 9 Things About Your Student Teacher

Greetings 6th Block! It's been a few weeks now and I've finally learned every single one of your names (I think!). To celebrate, I've been reading through your blog posts and getting to know you a little better. I know that I've shared a little about myself, but I thought I would write just a bit about me...9 things to be exact.

1. I love to teach! Though I may not have taught any lessons in your class yet, I have been working with English III and let me tell you, teaching is so rewarding, if challenging. Try talking to high schoolers about poetry. Oh yeah...nevermind.

2. Travelling!!! I LOVE TO TRAVEL.

This picture is me in London three years ago. We were only there for ten days, give or a take one or two traveling, and it was the most brilliant thing I have ever beheld.

3. Until last summer, I had never been to St. Louis. Call me crazy, but I've lived in Missouri my entire life, and St. Louis was apparently just too far way. I went with a friend of mine and actually touched the Mississippi River. Not too shabby, eh?

4. I am a musical nut. I love musicals. You name it, I probably love it. This summer I saw Wicked in Tulsa, OK, and I've also seen Phantom of the Opera live.

5. Movies. Movies are my thing. I love literature, but I also feel like film is an excellent medium to study. A new favorite of mine is Cloud Atlas, which raises questions about life, death, and love across time and space. It is not cheesy, however, just in case you're interested.

6. I'm a gift giver. Giving people gifts makes me happy. I'm that person on Christmas who is more excited about watching people open their presents than actually opening my own!

7. I have three younger siblings. My sister is a freshman at MSU and I have two younger brothers, ages 16 and 13. They attend school at Logan-Rogersville.

8. Pins. I am an amateur pin collector, but I'm afraid to lose them, so I only use them to decorate and not actually to put on my bags or lanyard. What's the point, then? Well, I'm not quite sure.

9. I LOVE ART. I believe that anything can be considered art, from paintings to films, architecture to literature. My best friend took this picture on our second only trip to Jeff City and I think it is quite magnificent.

Thanks for reading and I hope to get to know all of you over the course of the semester. Let's learn together, shall we? :)