I am a senior and a Bilingual Elementary Education major with minors in TESOL and Spanish. I came to Illinois State knowing I wanted to teach 4th or 5th grade. Now that it is my last semester on campus I must say I'm even more confused than when I walked to my first class. However, I don't mind being confused. In my coursework here I have learned so much as a pre-service teacher and about myself. While I would still love being in a 4th or 5th grade classroom, I would also enjoy working with either younger or older students. I have learned that I am interested in teaching in an urban setting with children from low-income families, adult second language learners and even teaching English as a foreign language. I would be happy to teach in a diverse classroom, socio-culturally and linguistically. I hope that through my experiences from graduation and beyond I will find "my calling" of sorts. I hope to start working within a bilingual elementary classroom with students who are often times marginalized by the education system and use their cultural and linguistic knowledge to provide an appropriate education. I am also interested in one day, pursuing a graduate degree in linguistics. I look forward to this course, not only for the resources and information that will prepare me to be a better language teacher but also for the opportunity to work with other teachers. I am very excited to begin this semester. Let the blogging begin!
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