Nancy's Notes

A fifth year senior at MSU, I'm coming to see that education is no small task whether being taught or teaching! I started my educational career as a biology major, getting my associate's in hopes to become a meteorologist. During that time, I discovered my love for math as well as my love for helping others grasp the concepts that come with the subject. I'm proud to be a first-generation graduate in my family along with my sister who is being certified to teach chemistry. I've come to realize just how important family life is to me - even more so than it was before this year. Music is my life. My mom always tries to flip through the stations on the radio while we're in the car because I can usually hum to every one that comes on! I played the flute in high school and sang as an alto in choir, which brought me to All State my senior year - one of the best musical experiences of my life. I'm one of the pipe sergeants in a bagpipe & drum corps that I've been a member of for 12 years now. I'm in love with animals. I don't have any right now, but had a dog growing up. I love huskies and can't wait to have one of my own. I would actually like to go back to school eventually to become a marine biologist because I also have a fettish for killer whales. Weird, right? I absolutely love them. Most of all, I'm excited to be a teacher. I feel like this class will be extremely helptful for my career because math isn't just about numbers. Students need to learn to read word problems efficiently in order to attack them correctly in the math world. I have a love for reading - except when it is something along the lines of a tutorial; if I want to follow directions, I'll go find a recipe book. Last semester I had a critical thinking class and one of the books aimed to how to create critical thinkers. Sometimes there are things a book can teach you, and sometimes it's just not possible. I'm looking forward to diving into something good this semester :-)