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Jamie Riggs Autobiography Assignment Timeline

By jlriggs1

  • Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas

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    Living with my mother.

  • Parents divorced

    It was because of this divorce that I grew up with my mother.

  • Broke my arm.

    This was the first time my mother had ever left a physical indication that she was abusive.

  • Little brother was born.

    This was the day my brother James was born. When I first saw him, I knew I wanted to be around kids my whole life.

  • Started school.

    This was when I first started Kindergarten. This was also when the academic pressure began coming from my mother.

  • Tested for G.A.T.E.

    This was when I was tedted for Gifted and Talented Education. This is very important to me because this was when I realized I loved school and everyhthing about it. I was fortunate to gain this love for school at a young age.

  • Teachers began questioning me.

    This was when people around me first started to notice that there was something going on at home.

  • Great grandmother died.

    My great grandmother was a very important person to me. She gave me a backbone and she taught me sone tough-love lessons that I will carry with me forever.

  • Moved in with my dad.

    This was a major turning point in my life.
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    Living with my father.

  • Job shadowed a Kindergarten teacher.

    This was the first moment that I began doubting whether I really wanted to be a doctor.

  • Began attending ASU.

    I originally came into ASU as a pre-med major.
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    Attending ASU.

  • Changed my major.

    This was when I changed my major from pre-med to Early Childhood Education/Special Education.

  • This assignment.

    This assignment has really forced me to think about who I am, where I came from, why I am the way I am and who I want to be in the future.