Meet the teacher Monday!

Yay for meeting teachers JUST LIKE ME!!

something about me...

I am 23 years old. I graduated from FAU in December 2010. I've always wanted to be a teacher. In second grade my teacher, Miss Stepanek, asked all of us what we wanted to be, I said teacher and made that come true. I live in South Florida though I was born in Ohio and spent the first half of my short life up there. Over the summer I had back surgery because I had a pars fracture in my lower back. The doctor was concerned about my healing because the surgery was far more complicated than expected. I had back surgery in 2005 also for Scoliosis. Thankfull my healing is going well and even though I am not completely healed yet, today was the first day for teachers and I made it!

how long/short I've been teaching...

I started working on March 1st, this year so Im a new teacher. I took over a class for a teacher that was let go because she was absent too often due to illness. They liked me enough to ask me to come back this year, haha! I teach at a private Jewish school in first grade and it's quite the culture shock because I am not nearly as religious as my students. 

you might not know I...

I was a HORRIBLE student in school. I was a major behavior problem, was suspended multiple times and nearly didnt graduate high school because my gpa was low and I had no motivation to do work. I was put in honors English because I had great Reading scores but because I refused to pay attention, I failed and was put in remediation. Despite my hate for school as a child, I love teaching and wouldn't change my profession for all the money in the world.

I'm really looking forward to...

My first full year as a teacher!! woohoo!! Im looking forward to everything I am going to learn as a new teacher and expanding my knowledge and skill.

I should really work on...

Procrastination. I wait until last minute for everything and I learned last year that its a huge mistake to put anything off. I should live by the quote "Why wait until tomorrow when you can do it today?" 

I simply *cannot* live without...

Skinny markers, notecards, sticky notes, labels, binders, pencils, construction paper andddd my cellphone, internet and car, lol. 

You've now learned about me because of the awesome blog:Blog Hoppin'!