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As a Baby
My parents read to me every night when I was a baby. My mother told me that whenever she was reading one of her books she would always have me sitting right beside her. -
5 Years Old
One of my favorite books at this age was "The Monkey and the Crocodile", which also came with audio. I would read along and listen to this book for days at a time. Some of the sound effects from the audio book would scare me a little, but I still enjoyed reading the story. -
12 Years Old
When playing with my dolls, I often pretended to be running a daycare center This one time I wrote a full price list for my center. The pricing included things such as late pick up pricing based on increments of 15 minute, prices for babies who only came part-time, prices for weekend babysitting, as well a a number of other items. My mom was running a home childcare program at the time, and when she saw my price list I remember her telling me "this is really good". I felt very proud that day. -
13 Years Old
English was always my favorite subject in school. I especially enjoyed the textbooks, because they were always a collection of interesting stories. Outside of school, treasury of collection books were my favorite types of books to read. -
14 Years old
I was in an advanced reading group within my English class during this time. Instead of reading and doing work based off of the stories in our text book, me and two other students in my class were reading books such as "To Kill a Mocking Bird, and "Of Mice and Men". During this time I also began to realize that a lot of my peers did not enjoy reading even half as much as I did. -
16 Years Old
At this age I began to get more into novels. I loved reading so much that once I began reading a really good book, I wouldn't do anything else until I had finished it. Because I was also driving now, I could go to the public library as much as I wanted to. -
19 Years Old
I passed my college speech course with an A grade! Taking public speaking was one thing that made me anxious about starting college. I have a lot of anxiety when it comes to speaking in front of a group. In this course I was able to successfully complete all my speeches without getting to nervous.I learned extremely useful tips to use in the future when speaking in public, which I am still using to this day. -
21 to 27 Years Old
I was working in customer service, in a call center environment, where I spoke to clients on the phone and via online chat. I have noticed recently that during this time frame my speaking, listening, and problem solving skills have greatly improved to where certain situations will come up in life that I am better prepared to handle. -
24 Years old
In relation to not be a confident public speaker, I also get nervous when it comes to interviewing. I remember one specific interview that I went on where I completely lost my train of thought. I could not even finish the response to the question I had just been asked, so Just apologized and stopped talking, I was so embarrassed. -
27 Years Old
I went on my first interview for a job in my field of study, early childhood education. I was offered the job on the spot, and I am now a teacher to 1 year old toddlers. I was extremely unhappy at my previous job, which was also not the career path I was pursuing. When I was offered the position at my current job, I felt as if a weight had been lifted off of my shoulders. I am learning and experiencing new things about this field daily, which is growing my passion for early childhood education.