My name is Jazmine Mason and i'm a two year old teacher with the passion to lead and teach. Which i'm sure is the same for all of you. As you can see from my picture I think I was born to be a leader. I enjoyed playing "teacher" in the living room of my home when I was a little girl. I loved collecting extra worksheets from my teachers just to sit down and re-teach the lesson to my stuffed animals when I came home from school. Although I knew teaching was my in my blood from the beginning, I still tried to deny my true calling. I decided in high school that I would become a veterinarian! My love for the Animal Planet channel drew me to this conclusion as I watched shows about abused, injured, and healthy animals. The one thing I couldn't overcome was how squeamish I was around bugs....spiders, ticks, and fleas grossed me out so much that I decided to kick that idea to the curb and become an educator. Good thing because I love what I do!!
My favorite book of all time would have to be Flat Stanley. This book was so innovative and intriguing. I really enjoyed how Stanley was flattened and instead of being bother by what happened he embraced his change. He was able to make a negative situation and turn it into something positive by traveling in envelopes to see his friends around the world, and helping solve crimes. This is a great book to incorporate in any classroom. In one of my classrooms that I did student teaching we decided to read this book. After we finished reading the book the children mailed out their own Flat Stanley's to a relative that was out of state. The Flat Stanley was able to travel around with the relative and when it came back to the student they were able to read about what Flat Stanley did while with them. This was great for the children because they were able to see cultural difference among friends, along with identifying different places on the map.
My favorite quote as an educator would have to be the one by an unknown author. "A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart." This to me is what I do each day when I teach my children. I start with reaching my hand out to guide them into the classroom, to reassure them that they are in good hands (parents too). From there I open their mind up to the endless learning possibilities which touches their heart at the end of the day.
Hi Jazmine,
ReplyDeleteI must say you still have the same look! :) I just love your quote because this is exactly how I see teachers. If one does not have heart for what they do then there can't possibly be passion, and educators must have passion to make a difference.