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Saturday, September 25, 2010
Who I Am Today
Here is a very bad first draft of my introductory speech that explains my major change this week. That said, please forgive the incorrect grammer, bad structure, and awkwardness.
Who I Am Today
When I woke up yesterday morning, I was not who I am today. I am Lea Avrit, and I live in Greenbrier, Tennessee. I am at Austin Peay State University, because I want to make a difference to someone, somewhere but preferably in the Robertson County school system. I do not mean to be picky about the somewhere; it is just where I want to teach. I woke up yesterday with every part of me wanting to become a math teacher at Greenbrier High School. Since then, I have found what I truly want to do in life and that is to teach middle school math, and yes, preferably at Greenbrier Middle School.
Passion is must have in everything that anyone ever does, and that is why I changed the course my life was on yesterday at 1:40 p.m. I felt no passion for teaching upper level, high school math anymore, because I realized I would not be helping the people I set out to help in my decision to become a math teacher. I want to help those who, like me, were not good at math, but strived to be the best at it as possible. I would not be helping those students if I taught an upper level Calculus class, because the students that truly needed help on that level would not be in my class. That is why I changed my mission in college yesterday.
I promise this tangent has a point. All of this was inspired by one of my hobbies, and it is to tutor struggling math students at Greenbrier High School every other day during the school year, depending on what my school schedule allows. I love helping them understand the impossible and watching them go from completely lost in one second and then euphorically answering any question posed to them on that topic the next. I cannot ever get used to how that makes me feel to see that happen, and I do not want to. I enjoy every moment when I feel like a proud soccer mom whose kid just scored the first goal of the entire season, and set the pace for the rest of the games. That feeling is enough to see me through all my years of schooling to become that one middle school math teacher set on making a difference.
The only other real hobby I have is reading. My ultimate escape is reading one of my favorite books while sitting at my fiancé’s couch, with the television as quiet as it will go without it being too quite, sipping coffee and eating a piece of dense, refrigerator cold chocolate sheet cake. When I read, I am introduced to another world that anything can happen, and no one can ever take that escape from me. Well, no one used to be able to until college proved it could. To better clarify, I should say I took it away from myself since homework gets put before it usually and after homework is done I no longer have time to read anymore. As I become a more experienced student, I am starting to be able to work reading into my schedule responsibly without having to cut homework the short end of the stick. I am determined to master the balance of reading and doing school work responsibly one day, even if I am old and gray, it will be done.
My determination will see me through everything I set out to accomplish. I will become a middle school math teacher. I will become a middle school math teacher who cares about my students, and will make a difference in at least one life. If I teach for thirty years and only have that impact on one student the whole entire time, everything I have ever done to get to that point will be worth it. Every time I sat in classes I have hated with a passion almost as big as my passion for teaching will be worth it, because I have managed to make a difference in the world we live in by impacting one student for the better. My name is Lea Avrit, and I am going to make a difference to someone, somewhere. When I do, it will be amazing.
Who I Am Today
When I woke up yesterday morning, I was not who I am today. I am Lea Avrit, and I live in Greenbrier, Tennessee. I am at Austin Peay State University, because I want to make a difference to someone, somewhere but preferably in the Robertson County school system. I do not mean to be picky about the somewhere; it is just where I want to teach. I woke up yesterday with every part of me wanting to become a math teacher at Greenbrier High School. Since then, I have found what I truly want to do in life and that is to teach middle school math, and yes, preferably at Greenbrier Middle School.
Passion is must have in everything that anyone ever does, and that is why I changed the course my life was on yesterday at 1:40 p.m. I felt no passion for teaching upper level, high school math anymore, because I realized I would not be helping the people I set out to help in my decision to become a math teacher. I want to help those who, like me, were not good at math, but strived to be the best at it as possible. I would not be helping those students if I taught an upper level Calculus class, because the students that truly needed help on that level would not be in my class. That is why I changed my mission in college yesterday.
I promise this tangent has a point. All of this was inspired by one of my hobbies, and it is to tutor struggling math students at Greenbrier High School every other day during the school year, depending on what my school schedule allows. I love helping them understand the impossible and watching them go from completely lost in one second and then euphorically answering any question posed to them on that topic the next. I cannot ever get used to how that makes me feel to see that happen, and I do not want to. I enjoy every moment when I feel like a proud soccer mom whose kid just scored the first goal of the entire season, and set the pace for the rest of the games. That feeling is enough to see me through all my years of schooling to become that one middle school math teacher set on making a difference.
The only other real hobby I have is reading. My ultimate escape is reading one of my favorite books while sitting at my fiancé’s couch, with the television as quiet as it will go without it being too quite, sipping coffee and eating a piece of dense, refrigerator cold chocolate sheet cake. When I read, I am introduced to another world that anything can happen, and no one can ever take that escape from me. Well, no one used to be able to until college proved it could. To better clarify, I should say I took it away from myself since homework gets put before it usually and after homework is done I no longer have time to read anymore. As I become a more experienced student, I am starting to be able to work reading into my schedule responsibly without having to cut homework the short end of the stick. I am determined to master the balance of reading and doing school work responsibly one day, even if I am old and gray, it will be done.
My determination will see me through everything I set out to accomplish. I will become a middle school math teacher. I will become a middle school math teacher who cares about my students, and will make a difference in at least one life. If I teach for thirty years and only have that impact on one student the whole entire time, everything I have ever done to get to that point will be worth it. Every time I sat in classes I have hated with a passion almost as big as my passion for teaching will be worth it, because I have managed to make a difference in the world we live in by impacting one student for the better. My name is Lea Avrit, and I am going to make a difference to someone, somewhere. When I do, it will be amazing.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Give and Get is Here!
Give and Get is Here!: "Enjoy 30% off from August 26-29 at Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy and we'll donate 5% of what you spend to a non-profit."
Friday, August 20, 2010
School Time!
The school year is my absolute favorite time of the year! I was at the local high school for the first two days of school this year. It was great to see a whole new group of math students to be subjected to my tutoring (muhahaha)! I can't wait to see what all they learn and maybe even compete in the math competition in the spring at Austin Peay, but I won't get my hopes up yet. It has finally hit me that all of the students I met when they were freshmen my first year at GHS are now seniors. As the school year approaches for me I look to say goodbye to BRFS and hopefully go to GAP if everything goes well. I am excited and anxious about the changes to come and plan to make the year to come just as fantastic as the other three and half at GO and BRFS have been! Speaking of changes, another major change has taken place over this summer and it has made me even more excited for the next 302 days to get here! Nick has gotten his own place and even bought a brand new fridge too! I'm soo proud of him and what he has accomplished over this summer!
School this year is going to be challenging and just as exciting as last year! I hope to have an even more fantastic time this time around!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
ummm... it's almost August?!!
June went by fast enough, and now July too?! Seriously, this is getting old! So, I picked up my phone last night to text my best friend, and I realized I haven't seen her since June, and have only talked to her maybe twice since then. This week was looking really great to hang out with her until I remembered church camp is this Sunday through Friday and my vacation to Georgia was the next week!
Alot has changed this year and evidently it is going to keep on changing whether or not I want it to! One of my friends from high school is getting married tonight and that still has yet to really sink in since a not so long ago time she was going to wait, but I'm glad she is happy. The army pushed that one up for her.
Another one of my best friends got married on May 21 to her Airforce man. She is soo in love with him, but I would love it if the military stuck with their original plan to keep them here til December instead of August! (Hint, hint, wink, wink Mr. President!)
I am so grateful that one thing has changed, and that is one of my other friends gets her husband back and their son gets his daddy back from oversees as soon as they get everything worked out to get him from point A in the states to point B, which is home!
Another fantastic change is also an extremely stressful change! Getting grant money to a local high school is tricky! Very tricky! Luckily the ones who are providing the grant money are very flexible and try really hard to give away the money to those who need it! That is what is in store for my day on Tuesday.... Connecting a company and high school in order to get calculators for the math department. Wish me luck!
Alot has changed this year and evidently it is going to keep on changing whether or not I want it to! One of my friends from high school is getting married tonight and that still has yet to really sink in since a not so long ago time she was going to wait, but I'm glad she is happy. The army pushed that one up for her.
Another one of my best friends got married on May 21 to her Airforce man. She is soo in love with him, but I would love it if the military stuck with their original plan to keep them here til December instead of August! (Hint, hint, wink, wink Mr. President!)
I am so grateful that one thing has changed, and that is one of my other friends gets her husband back and their son gets his daddy back from oversees as soon as they get everything worked out to get him from point A in the states to point B, which is home!
Another fantastic change is also an extremely stressful change! Getting grant money to a local high school is tricky! Very tricky! Luckily the ones who are providing the grant money are very flexible and try really hard to give away the money to those who need it! That is what is in store for my day on Tuesday.... Connecting a company and high school in order to get calculators for the math department. Wish me luck!
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