Anne

Hi! My name is Anne and I am an elementary education major with a math emphasis at the University of Maryland, although I wish I was in secondary education and math. I figured out (too late to change my major) that I really want to teach slightly older students. Right now I'm thinking I want to teach somewhere between 4th and 7th grade. As an education major, I have participated in many discussions about school experiences and found it interesting that most people don't have many specific memories from middle school, presumably because they were so embarrassing that they have blocked them out. I do have many specific memories from middle school and would want to try to make those awkward times in middle school slightly less painful for students.

I love working with kids of all ages and on any topic. I tutor in three different schools in Prince George's County every week, each of them Title 1 schools with largely Latino populations. I am a mentor with America Counts, tutoring 4th grade math twice a week. On Wednesdays I lead a group from Alpha Phi Omega, the co-ed service fraternity, to a program called En Camino, where we tutor students from ages 4-15 in all subjects. I work as a camp counselor over the summer and I used to lifeguard. I've taught everything from art to swim lessons to basic construction.

I've always wanted to be a teacher. I love the idea of having a job where every day is completely different and I can really feel like I am making a difference. I'm from Glenwood, Maryland, and had the privilege of attending one of the best public school systems in the nation. The area used to be fairly rural, but is increasingly being developed. I am interested to see how different, rural school systems differ from the one that I attended from K-12 and the ones I tutor at in Prince George's County. My goal is to gain as many perspectives on education as possible before I get my own classroom with my own students.