My name is Tara Shotkoske, and I am a fifth year senior at Grace University. I have been around quite a bit since I graduated in 2006 from Gretna High School. I attended Dallas Baptist University for two years, UNO for a semester, and I have attended Metro Community College off and on since I graduated. I like to think that I am finally on the final stretch to completing my degree and getting into teaching quite soon. Other than studying, I find myself either working at Red Mango as a shift manager or at Camp Fire as a support staff member. And, if I am not working or studying, which is a rare event in itself, I am spending time with my fiance planning our wedding (aburkumwedding.blogspot.com), reading, cooking or watching movies.
For as long as I can remember I have wanted to be a teacher. I would save all my books from school each year and implement them in my own self-created classroom where the students were always silent and well-behaved. This was most likely because they didn't really exist. However, I would carry on with imagining that I was an effective and exciting teacher that all of the students loved.
Since those young imaginative years of playing pretend, I have found my desire for teaching to grow more and more. I have learned what I am passionate about as far as subject matter goes (reading, grammar, and history) and I have also learned of the great need for good and positive educators in this world. I want to be a tool for God to make a positive difference in the lives of students. With that said, I am excited to see where God takes me in the years to come.
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