- Early college career 2009-2011
- College career now Fall 2013-Current
I've lived in Semmes, Al my whole life a small city now but I still consider it a community it is just outside of Mobile. I graduated from Faith Academy in 2009 and attended South Alabama that Fall. I had no Idea what my major would be during that period. My parents got a divorce in 2010 which eventually lead me to withdrawing from the university the following year in 2011. A lot of the financial responsibilities fell on my shoulders to help financial support my mom and my sister was still in high school. I currently work in the surgery department at Mobile infirmary. Working their has shown me the great problem associated with overweight problems and obesity. I can relate to this people since I have dealt with this problem my whole life. my immediate family is either overweight or obese. The problems associated with this issue is not just performance but their is a laundry list of problems concerning this problem.
I was made fun of bullied etc during middle school and the majority of high school for being overweight. I want to make a difference in all the students in my classes so they do not have to deal with the same problems I had knowing what it feels like it is not a fun thing to deal with day in and day out dreading to go to school because of it. I know that stopping kids from bullying is not going to happen but I want to give them the knowledge and opportunity to change that. Hopefully being a Physical Education teacher I will have a impact on their lives to not only help them but they would make a difference in other peoples lives as well. A teachers responsibility is to do their job to the best of their ability and to lead by good example and high character traits. It starts with teachers at a early age and high school to make a difference. Having a mentality of oh well I'll still get paid it's just one student is not the way to go. Every student counts he or she will have some type of influence on their part in this world whether good or bad. I don't want to be the teacher that has a Negative Influence.
Sincerely, Chase Anderson
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Chase, I really enjoyed reading your post. I can relate to you, because I too have had to take time off of school. I feel that, that time off pushed me to want to finish that much more, and it seems like it did for you too.
ReplyDeleteI also was bullied all through middle school and high school. It was not until college that I finally became comfortable in my own skin. I am glad that you could take that experience and turn it into something positive, and that you want to help others get through it. I learned a lot of team building exercises through a program called Challenge Day. They all took place in our gym too, so you may want to check them out. MTV actually turned it into a brief show called, "If You Really Knew Me". Depending on the age you plan on teaching, the activities could really help you with your goal.
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ReplyDelete"...to help financial support …" Should be: to help with the financial support of my mom…
"Working their has shown me…" there, not their
"... other peoples lives…" people's lives See Apostrophe use…"
"A teachers responsibility…" teacher's , not teachers since it is a possessive noun here
"Having a mentality of oh well I'll still get paid it's just one student is not the way to go. " You should put the phrase to which you refer in quotation marks or italics (you will learn how to use italics in a comment that in your html lessons).
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