Brisblogging

      Meeting new people is a daily occurrence, some that are very similar to you and some that are very different whether that be the different beliefs or religions, skin color, gender, race, and overall views on life. However, this has never changed how I have treated someone. Being in a classroom I will meet tons of children with many different personalities and traits,  learning how they act, speak, and control themselves will be one of the many task I am willing to take in order to fully understand and treat them with the most respect. For example, I have a mixed family, my mother is Mexican and my dad is American, I look copy and paste of my mom so most people never assume I am half white. I also grew up in the church and still practice that to this day but never expect anyone to believe or have the same insights as me because everyone grows up differently and I just so happened to grow up learning a certain way that others might not have. I think it is extreme...

     Baking and cooking are somethings I absolutely love to do. When I get home from work it is the first thing I do whether I make a snack or start making dinner for the night and prepare a dessert. How can this be a window for my students? Well, it can allow the students to learn about culture, do hands on activities,  math, and science. The food we eat everyday is some form of different culture, and you're constantly using measurements and ingredients. this allows students to have creativity and explore new types of foods and pastries. It mirrors growth and self care. Learning new recipes or creating something new in the kitchen, maybe I mess up a baked good one day and try to recreate hit and make it perfectly the next go around. This is also the time I relax and enjoy myself. 

                        Standardized Testing            I was one of the students that always struggled with testing, I would get nervous and anxious. If I knew I had a test the next day I would beg my parents to let me stay home. When I got older I realized I had test anxiety, It would eat me alive all day I had to know what I got immediately and if I didn't I would be so nervous the whole day, but when I was younger I would get over it at recess. In grade school I remember taking STAR testing, and Placement testing these test were the test we prepared for every single year for the whole year. I remember we would get a piece of candy before or after these test. Teachers would tell us to try our best and make sure we take our time. We would go into the computer lab and take our test and after we would test we would get to pretty much relax the rest of the day. Have brain breaks, indoor or out...