Welcome to My Blog!

Hello! Welcome to my blog! My name is Kristina and I am in my second year at the University of Georgia. I'm loving my college experience so far. I have great friends, I love my classes, and Athens is one of best places to live as a college student!

Since I was a kid, I have always loved teaching. While most kids were having tea parties with their stuffed animals, I was grading their "homework assignments" and teaching them their ABCs. I can remember pretending to be sick so I could stay home from school and go to work with my mom at the preschool she worked at. I don't know many children who get out of school to go to school. I've been fortunate to know exactly what I've wanted to do from a very young age. I also have three adopted Chinese sisters, so I got to see firsthand the joys of watching a child learn as we helped them to master English and prepare for entering school themselves.

I originally planned to enter the world of education as an Early Childhood teacher. I thought working with little kids all day would be fun, my classroom could be adorable, and there would be no stress. However, when I began to shadow teachers, I realized that an adorable classroom could not make up for the fact that my passion for teaching did not translate into a passion for teaching elementary school students.

I have always been inspired by my English teachers. They always seemed to be the teachers that went the extra mile to understand each one of their students. They came in early and went home late in order to grade piles of research papers. They were the teachers I could go to when it seemed as though my high school world was falling apart. And they are the teachers I still keep in touch with today. Those teachers are what I aspire to one day be. If I can impact just one student the way my teachers impacted me, then I can take whatever else may come with teaching.

After realizing how much I loved English, and my English teachers, I realized where my passions truly were. UGA has a fantastic English Education program that will certify me to teach 6-12th grade English. One of my first steps to becoming an educator is to take a service learning class in which I mentor high school students. This blog will serve as my final project for the course, (hopefully) provide entertainment for people reading it, and provide me with a record of the beginning stages of my "Road to Teaching".

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