: About Me

I am a recent college graduate with an undergraduate degree in English and Adolescent Education. I aspire to be an English teacher and am currently writing and working as an English Tutor that assists with SAT prep and basic reading and writing skills.

My passion is ...

reading

I know too much about ...

grammar

My childhood ambition ...

was to become a teacher and save the world

My favorite memory ...

is my summers in Virginia Beach

Why I write ...

to continue learning

My first job ...

Day Camp Counselor

My best moment ...

graduating cum laude from college

My inspiration ...

to help my students become better, more independent individuals

Arts & Humanities > Literary Themes & Ideas Writers who influenced your life

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As an avid reader for as long as I can remember, and consequently an aspiring English teacher, I have been changed momentously by writers and their words. I have always loved slipping into a good book, and many times, those books influence my own life through their characters, story lines, and messages. As a child, I read the standard books by Dr. Seuss and C.S. Lewis and grew into such authors as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Harper Lee. I began to thoroughly enjoy novels that discussed both social commentaries of their time, and  timeless issues  such as racism, finances an...

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