I started off school at a little preschool called Goddard School, Miss Jackie and Miss Karen were the first teachers I’d ever had. We did the usual preschool thing… nap time, snacks, and learning the abc’s. But the highlight of my preschool experience was the Bubble Lady. The Bubble Lady filled a pool with sudsy bubble mix that had a large bubble wand in surrounding the wooden block that was big enough for two people. Riley and I stood on the wooden block as a fragile bubble surrounded us. I still have the picture sitting on my fridge. My next year of school was at a brand new school… SJJ. I walked down the long hall into Miss Martin’s room. There we learned about shapes, animals, and numbers like any other kindergarten class. Little did I know, this was all preparation for my first grade class. It was know my second year at SJJ, I made friends and new my way around the school. But …show more content…
We had mystery reader, Flat Stanley, Salk Cash, and this was the year I started reading full chapter books. I remember one day we had mystery read and a woman with short, blonde hair came in with big nose and mustache glasses on. I didn’t recognize her at first, but as I got a closer look, I realized it was my grandma! Flat Stanley was another story Mrs. Salk read to us. He was a flat boy that would go on so many types of adventure. We got to make our our Flat Stanley and our assignment was to take him on adventures and write about it. It was so much fun taking him swimming and my dad even took him to the police station. Salk Cash was awarded for good behavior. We would get small toys, snacks, or little drinks with the Salk Cash. This year I got another partner named Kayla, and because we had so many people in our class my friend Emma and I had the same partner. This was the year we made our first Communion. I remember practicing constantly until the day finally came. I had a beautiful white gown on, and after, I took dozens of
My first day of the second grade, I knew no one except the teacher and my younger brother. Kindergarten and first grade had been easy enough, but I was scared of the upcoming year. The only thing I knew about being the new kid was that it hadn’t panned out too great for Addie from the American Girl books. Mrs. Henson’s class was fairly quiet throughout the day, for most kids were nervous or tired. We neared the end of the day and I was ecstatic over the fact that hadn’t made a complete fool of myself. I hadn’t met anyone yet, but I thought that that would be a challenge for another day. Unfortunately, that’s not what Mrs. Henson had in mind. She sent us all out to recess with a grin plastered on her face and with me practically kicking
At the age of nine, I watched my uncles lowering my father into the ground and what took his life was addiction. All my life I have watched addiction take over the lives of people, I love. My father's side of the family, besides my grandparents, has always faced addiction. Although, addiction runs through my blood, I will not take the same path I have watched people take all my life. I will be the one to end the cycle. Watching the majority of my family waste their life has motivated me to change the direction and better myself from living a life of addiction and misery.
When doing my collage I decide that just having my thought bubble reflection would not be enough. I wanted to give a better representation of just how much I learned in Critical Perspective Learning and Teaching and make my collage more personal. What I came up with was going through my social justice textbooks and picking out quotes that left an impression on me or would be useful to remember for when I officially become a teacher. The quotes I choose mainly centered on validating experience of minorities and about how easy it can be to invade the spaces of those who are marginalized. After picking my quotes I wanted figure out how I could make up for my missing face. I knew the purpose of making the faces, to show what people see about me on the surface versus what I’m like deep down, so I wrote down everything I put on my face on a brown piece of paper. Then in the center of my collage I wrote the goal I have as a teacher to incorporate social justice in my classroom.
When I started school in Poplar Bluff I didn’t know anyone. It was close to the end of the school year so I didn’t have much time to make any friends. When school ended, summer went by fast and I went into first grade. It was scary! I was shy and still didn’t have any friends. Near the middle of the school year my class got to make JELL-O! It was blue, and we had to put goldfish in it. It was like the ocean with fish in it. I was the first to help my teacher, Mrs. Webb, because I was the quietest. My only
Fitzgerald and Ms. Mendoza, Ms. Fitzgerald taught Launguage arts, and writing, then we would go across the bathrooms and Ms. Mendoza would teach us everything else. In 2nd grade I was in a class with on best friend Maddison, but somewhere in 2nd grade we weren’t friends anymore and I still have no clue why. My other best friends were Holly, Alex, Ashely, Grace, and McKenzie. During math class one day I began a weird habit where I chew on the side of my check, I thought I had stopped but it came back this year. I learned how to multiply big letters and write big words. I loved going to dance, hanging with family, being with friends, and going to b-day parties, I hated speech
I rush into my home and run up the stairs to my room. I jump on my bed and roll over to my laptop and open it quickly. I log onto the One Direction site and see that I made it in time to see the bid. I scroll and try and find my name and I see I'm in third place for the tickets and the time is running out. I've already bid $7000 for three tickets and backstage passes. The reason it's so expensive is because these passes are the last set of passes for their concert. 5sos is also playing so we would be meeting two bands and hearing both of them play.
In 2025, I will be twenty-nine years old and hopefully married. I will be married to my significant other of ten years Earnest Palmer III, who is a dentist. I would have been recently graduating with a bachelor’s in Culinary Arts and trying to plan to open my own restaurant, BubbaD’s Eateries. Knowing my big headed husband of mine, I probably had a baby then and trying to have another baby. Hopefully, by then Earnest will get rid of the idea naming our son, King. We will be living in the suburbs near New York City but working in the city. Being a woman with great memory, I probably wrote a memoir about my crazy life and trying to sell it to a publisher. If none of the publishers wants to publish my memoir, I will probably sell it the Lifetime
While sitting in a new class with new students and a new teacher, my mind swarmed with anticipation for the new school year. To which, my first ever African-American teacher entered the room with a bellowing loud sneeze. John Doe appeared, and while he was a tall and athletic, he also was very inspiring to be around. For when one sat in his class, there was never a dull moment; from all the soccer tricks, he was a professional soccer player at one point, to the brute memorization of everybody’s birthday, encouraged student to learn more than what was in a textbook.
Again, I was that silent kid. I took speech classes because I couldn’t pronounce my R's. Mrs. Christensen was my teacher. She was the best because she was funny, kind, and helpful. She helped me get into C.M.L and G.A.T.E.S again. She also helped me enjoy math and science enormously. C.M.L was really fun. In C.M.L, we celebrated Pi day by eating pies, and on the last day of C.M.L, I ate pizza and cupcakes. I remember that my best friend, Katelyn, and I would always swing on the swings every single day. I said, “I’m bored.” Katelyn replied, “Well, you can play with me.” That was how Katelyn and I met. She understands me better than any other person. My favorite field trips were going to Crystal Cave, the Bakken Museum, and on a boat with our kindergarten buddies, which were super fun. I hoped 5th grade could top 4th
Soon enough preschool was over and here came our elementary school days. Everyone met many people in kindergarten. Many will be my friends throughout high school and beyond. Kindergarten was filled with arts and crafts, my portfolio, 2008 handprints, and stamped tee shirts. Suddenly kindergarten graduation was here, everyone was paired up and danced with a partner. First grade flew by and then came second grade with Ms. Foisy and Ms. Okabioshi. Ms. Okabioshi was one of the best teacher assistance we have ever had. Third and fourth grade with Mrs. Schuler and Ms. Ittes. These years were filled with warm fuzzies, a lot of reading and writing, and a lot of fun playing on the playground. The class watched Shilo and everyone hated the evil father. After that came fifth grade with Mr. Sifferman, also known as Millie’s cousin, he gave the hardest tests we have ever taken, but the most fun and memorable times we have had. After that year many people changed schools, I moved to California.
My teacher’s name was Mrs. Nunley. I really only remember a few things from 2nd grade. I remember that I was rarely called on when I raised my hand, because I always knew the answer.I remember one day we were having a Christmas party. And there was an Elf On The Shelf. I’m not sure what the sign said, but it was turned around. So I turned it around, since I thought that technically didn’t count as touching the Elf, but the whole class got mad at me.
At the last day of school, we were ready for a new year, and everyone in our grade lived their own little happily ever after of middle
You enter the large set of double doors leading into the main hallway of yet another new school. Your mind drifts to your old school as you observe your own reflection in the glass insets of the entry doors inviting you into a new world. A world you’d rather not be a part of, not now. This is not a new experience. It’s one that keeps repeating itself over and over. Larson Junior High will make the second school you’ve attended in the short time of being a ninth grader, and a total of eight schools since beginning the first grade.
As a child, I wrote constantly . From pirate ships to my school’s playground, the settings of my pieces varied, but my main character always remained the same. Jenny Rose, my young heroine, was daring and an explorer at heart. I created Jenny when I was in third grade, along with a series that centered around all of her expeditions. When I faced intimidating or troubling situations, I reacted as if I was Jenny. For years I continued to write about Jenny and her exciting encounters. And eventually, I realized that Jenny’s characteristics were quite similar to mine. Jenny was always someone I admired and wanted to be, but I eventually came to the realization that she was a reflection of who I already was. All of Jenny’s discoveries and experiences
I was 5 years old ready to take on the world with my Blue’s Clues backpack. It was the first day of kindergarten and I walked into a class room that had red animated apples on the walls, and letters boarding the top of the walls. My teacher seems so happy to see all the kids coming into the class and you could tell that many of us were nervous to be there, and be away from our parents for half of the day when we were used to being at home. The teacher went over all the fun and exciting things we would be learning over the year and at the end of the year we would show our portfolio to our parents, apparently, that was something my school did for each grade. We were introduced to writing letters which at the time I didn’t like very much since my name was so long and they give you such little lines to write it on. As a kindergartener, you feel the need to write your name a big as possible. What I love