This is me

My name is Emily Turner and I am going to USM to earn a degree in Elementary Education. What brought me to want to be a teacher are many things. First, everyone in my family is basically a teacher so it came naturally to me that I would want to do that as well. That is not the only reason, but I would love to play teacher when I was little and I would always love doing it. Second, I absolutely love children. I as a future teacher, want the best for any child/student that comes into my classroom. I also want a classroom where my students know that we are a family and they can come to be and be comfortable in our classroom to know that everything is okay. I also want to be a motivator to my students because most of the time students hear they are not good enough or will never amount to anything, I as a teacher want to show them that is not true. Although being a teacher can be fun at times, I am scared too. I want to "ideally" teach around 4th or 5th graders, but I will love and be used wherever I go. I am "scared" about some content areas that are typically not something I am really into. For instance, science. I grew up not liking science more than likely because every science class I was in was more note taking and then a test, there were no experiments or fun things involved in learning with science so that left me with not really liking science as much. One content area I absolutely love is math. I know that the teachers who taught me had something to do with it because they would help me with any problem I had but I also love to figure out problems that challenge me and motivate me as a person. I feel so much better about myself when I finally have that light bulb feeling going off in my head and I actually understand the problem. I know I can help my students with any content area, but I want to pull in more things to help them instead of just taking notes or what not. Some students learn better with hands-on activities or problems so this will definitely help me as a teacher. 

 Now that I have told about the reason of teaching, let me tell about myself. I live in Petal, MS and I am the daughter of Ronnie and Sherri Turner. I have two other sisters, one older and one younger (so I am the middle child). My older sister is Kelli who is 24 years old and will soon be going back to college in Culinary. My younger sister is Jessica who is 19 years old and goes to USM as well but she has no idea what she wants to do yet. I am 21 years old and I am learning to love myself (not in a prideful way). I work at a daycare center in Oak Grove and I absolutely love it because everyday I have a funny story to tell my family of the amazing children I am around. I am very involved in my church and I love God with all of my heart. I have the most amazing christian based friends, which are basically like family to me, that are always here for me and help me through things in life. I love to play the piano and write songs when I have time. I guess you could say that is my "quiet time" or alone time. My family and I have 2 dogs and 1 cat. No, they do not get along, so it is interesting at the house sometimes. When I have time to read, I like to read books that have a purpose or reason behind them. I love Crazy Love, Radical, and Capitvating. They are really great and I suggest them to anyone. My favorite movies would have to be Bridesmaids, Courageous, Fireproof, and a few more. I mainly/only listen to Christian music but my favorite artist are Casting Crowns. They are absolutely amazing and I can't stop listening to their new album. I love being around a fire with a bunch of friends and just simply hanging out and being able to laugh and enjoy life. My favorite bible verse is 2 Corinthians 5:17 partially because I do have a tattoo of it on my ankle. I am blessed to have the life that I do and this is who I am.