Personal Statement: Mr. Boitnott

My name is Brittney Duffy and I transferred from the financial assistance department at Metro. I have been employed with Baptist for 3 years. I started off as a CNA at the heart hospital Downtown and transitioned into the patient financial department in 2015. I am currently working on my Bachelors at FSCJ for Supervision and Management and I will graduate in summer 2018. I am extremely excited to be joining the BMDA team and am looking forward to starting this new journey in my career.

I want to go to Brebeuf because from current students that I talked to Brebeuf has a friendly, warm and loving environment that I would like to be apart of. I would also like to be part of the phenomenal volleyball team Brebeuf has. I was watching a youtube video on Brebeuf’s channel that showcased the past graduation videos, and all of the graduates said that the school prepared them for college and that they will miss how Brebeuf treated them. I think that’s important for a school that the teachers help the students transition them from a middle school mentality to a more college thinking. I also like the community of the school, how every trusts each other and the diversity of the students. I want to go to Brebeuf because of the

I have always found Ms. Branson to be committed to helping our student and any teacher that requests her help. She helped facilitate our study club at Otis for the 5th, 6th and 7th graders for the last year we had the 7th and 8th graders at our elementary schools. She always began by creating relationships with all students she worked with by praising their successes and

I will be visiting Raleigh in late August; a few potential matches may still be interested in correspondence.

There are few teachers who are as caring and kindhearted as Mr. John Cox. Mr. Cox is a special education teacher here at Potosi High School and it is safe to say that I have known him for most of my life. I have never had Mr. Cox as one of my teachers personally, but he taught my oldest brother, Floyd, from 3rd grade until he graduated his senior year. Floyd is pretty unique. He has been blind since birth and has developmental delays, meaning that he needs patient, understanding teachers. Mr. Cox is definitely one of those teachers. My family was quite close with Mr. Cox because Floyd (and the rest of our family) loved and appreciated him. I remember several times when I was young, when Christmas rolled around, Mr. Cox would send a gift home

There are many stories about teachers making a difference in student’s lives. Jerrod Staack was my teacher, and yes, he impacted my life. However, he has influenced me on a much more personal level then the stereotypical story. He has become someone I look up to and someone I can have real conversations with. As a result of being family friends, we have shared many memories that I will remember forever. Jerrod Staack has been an influential figure in my life for as long as I can remember and has forever impacted who I am today.

I would like to attend Nesbitt Discovery Academy because my strengths as a student are in STEM and unlike other schools Nesbitt Discovery Academy provides more opportunities to explore these topics. I enjoy being involved in math outside of the required math for school. For example, my homeschool school math team won Math Counts this year and took third place last year so I've been to the state Math Counts competition twice. I have had the opportunity to go to WCU Region Math Competition in Math 1, Math 2, and Math 3. This year I placed 8th overall in Math 3 and my Math 3 team came in second, and I will be competing in the state completion for Math 3 in May. I have also taken the AMC 10 three times and have gone to the Furman Mathematics

I go to Thornapple Kellogg High School in Middleville, Michigan. Everyone here is usually pretty kind, but there is one person who has helped me excel with my learning and that is my AP statistics teacher Mrs. Wilkinson. Mrs. Wilkinson is a lot more caring than she appears. She really idolizes about her students and how they learn. Mrs. Wilkinson always asks us how our lives are going and what we want to do. She loves to connect with her students on a personal level and is interested in our well being. Her teaching methods always connect with something that she knows we’ll understand. Although she may not seem like the most heartwarming teacher, but she really cares about our well-being.

With these two principals, I admire how they are able to be so dedicated in what they do. They truly find enjoyment in creating and improving the environments of their schools. They are doing a great service for this nation as a whole; their pay is not an equivalent exchange of all the work that they put in. It is this same factor that continuously comes up when I think of pursuing careers that require giving everything you are and sacrificing potential careers that would support your family and the future of your family line. I admire these principals and all the others that truly want to

I seek to join Teach For America because I strongly believe in education equity and in the power of empowering students to reach their full potential. I was born and raised in East Los Angeles, an underserved community, where I witnessed how education inequity played a critical role in the life opportunity and academic success of the youth in my community. At age 13, I began losing friends and classmates due to drugs, alcohol, gang violence, and delinquency. Afraid and stressed about the social injustices in my community, I began to lose interest in school. Fortunately, Mr. Bravo, my 8th grade history teacher, came into my life during this pivotal moment. Mr. Bravo helped me cope with my losses by providing check-ins during lunch and after school. Mr. Bravo empowered me to be a better student and most importantly helped me understand that I could be a social agent of change.

I am applying to your master’s program in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Reading. Currently, I am a reading specialist and a part-time literacy coach in an elementary school.

When I was on a softball team a few years ago, me and my teammates would communicate through the essentials of communication which are process, meaning, and symbolic communication both on and off the baseball field. In example, when we are on the field, we communicate in procedural ways in order to reach a goal. We were engaging in action when we were practicing and using our knowledge when implementing a strategic plan on how we would play the different opponents we faced especially in crucial games. My teammates were all different races so we all had different cultural backgrounds. There were people on my team who were of American, African American, Asian, Lebanese, Puerto Rican, and Dominican descent. Therefore, my language was constantly changing when communicating between my Hispanic and American teammates. Our interpersonal competence and determination to win depicted the outcome of our games. However, most of us shared the same desire and effort in helping each other learn and grow with the team.

Mr. Freeman is a Texas native who started teaching for the El Campo School District as a middle school math teacher/coach slowly working his way up to the high school level doing the same. Seven years later, he was hired on as an assistant principal for the high school in where he held that position for ten strong years. Finally, a position opened for the middle school principal. He applied, interviewed, and was hired holding that position ever since. Mark has always been someone I look up to as a role model for the mere fact of his dedication to his work and commitment to family.

I have been accepted and decided to attend Lindenwood University- Belleville, beginning in the Fall of 2017. The college I have chosen is very close to home and has an excellent Nursing program. I intend to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree as my first step to eventually become a Certified Nurse Practitioner, specializing in Pediatric Psychiatry. I have been fascinated by all areas of medicine from a very young age and the interest has only grown over the years. I took my first psychology class this year and I love learning about the mind and why humans think the way they do.

If I was required to give myself a nickname, I think I would like something that is slightly whimsical, but still relevant to who I am and my interests. Therefore, I believe that I would give myself the nickname Doctor Banana. I would use the doctor part as an obvious reference to my interest in the medical profession, but also due to the fact that some of my friends in college will come to me about some general medical questions that they have. I would include Banana for two reasons. The first being that it shares the first four letters of my name and the second reason being that when my closest friend first saw my name written down on the door of my dorm freshman year, she read it as bananafish. I would like to use that part of my nick name