I have been in numerous different art classes throughout my high school years. Ranging from painting to pottery work. In one of the painting classes that I took, I took second place in the Nevis Art Show. My painting was a portrait painting of an actor. Mr. Bodigheimer, our art teacher, has done a phenomenal job over the years of helping students create some of the best artwork possible. I have been a TA in a few different elementary classrooms for the past couple of years. I had never envisioned my future to be filled with staying in a school for a job. However, my former fifth-grade teacher had put in my mind the idea of becoming a teacher. She had said that I have a gift for being able to relate to younger students and making them feel important and that they belong. Ever since Mrs. Haldeman had put that in my mind, I have been going to my TA classes with a different point of view. I have been watching to see if that is something I would be happy with doing for the majority of my life after schooling. After taking this into consideration, I have absolutely enjoyed my TA classes, and I am beyond excited to start this next chapter of my life in becoming an Elementary Teacher. Also, I have been taking some more steps to becoming a teacher. I was given the opportunity to take a junior level college class through Bemidji State University; a course called the Intro to Public Education. This class deals with a lot of history of schooling throughout the years. To be honest, some of it is pretty darn boring, but for the majority of the class, the assignments are very fun to complete, and they give me a broad range of information I need. During this course, I am also supposed to be getting in field experience hours. In doing so, I'm supposed to observe classrooms of different age levels, as well as different teachers. As I am getting these observations in, I'm required to jot down notes for a report due after a couple weeks of field observations. I grew up in a single parent household, where my mom worked her tail off to provide for both my brother and I. Growing up, there were certainly times where I felt I didn't belong because of my mom being gone working so my brother and I could have a good childhood. I'm not saying that my mom was a bad person for not being around as much as other people's moms probably are. I'm very proud of my mom for making the sacrifices that she did to make sure she was doing the best she could for her family. One of the biggest reasons I have decided that the career path I want to take is teaching, because I want kids to feel like they belong. I want the kids to have a safe place where they feel safe to make mistakes, as well as being someone kids can talk to.