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This
is Twin Oaks Elementary School in Eugene, OR. It's where I went for
kindergarten and first grade. I'll never forget my two years there.
I'll forever remember dissecting a squid with the fifth graders in
kindergarten and dropping eggs in the first grade along with many other
memories of the friends I had and the things we did. |
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is Spring Creek Elementary School where I went for the rest of my
elementary school years. I loved all my teachers and the new friends
that I made. I have too many memories to say any of them, but I now
find it interesting that while I was there all the 4th and 5th grade
teachers were male. |
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Madison
Middle School is where I spent went for 6th, 7th and 8th grade. I think
my best memory was in 8th when one of my best friends and I helped
plan our 8th grade trip to Seattle. We loved having the extra
responsibility...and being able to miss some of our science class. |
| North
Eugene High School. Sometimes I wish I could go back to these years. I
was busy in high school going to practice before school, followed by
classes, then back to the pool for practice again and then work
teaching swim lessons. My favorite classes were Child Development with
Ms. Stacey and the internship I had my senior year in the preschool on
North's campus. |
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After
high school I went on to Oregon State University. My grandpa and both
my parents got their degrees from here as well. While this experience
was different than high school, a lot of the elements were still the
same. I woke early most mornings for swim practice before I went to my
classes and then had practice again in the afternoon. Besides the fact
that I was living
away from home, the major difference was that I didn't have the time or
extra energy to work. |
| During
the last couple years at OSU I started to think about what I'd do
afterwards. I knew that to be a teacher I'd have to get my master's
degree at some point and figured that the best option for me was to
continue my schooling and go into a graduate program after graduating.
I chose Pacific because I'd heard that some of the best student
teachers were from Pacific. I'm happy with the choice I made and at the
end of this year I'll be ready to step into my own classroom. |
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