A Little Bit About Me

My name is Julia Marie Ode, I am a Senior at Chico State and I am studying to be a Special Education teacher. I am not quite sure what grade I want to teach, but at the moment I am thinking fifth or sixth grade. I know to many sixth grade seems like such a SCARY grade to teach, but I am up for the challenge! I love that age they are so interesting. I want to be a teacher because I want to make people excited and interested to learn. I want children to know that school doesn't have to suck and it can actually be FUN. I want to make a huge impact in children's lives and help form them to be the leaders of the future. Also, when I am teaching I feel passionate, happy, and relaxed, and to me I think its cool that I get to feel that way and get paid for it! Teaching doesn't feel like a job to me, I love doing it. I am very excited for this class because I love to read, and I want to learn how to effectively teach children how to read so they will enjoy reading for the rest of their life, not just read because they have to for school.