Response to Book Study

I was recently asked to do a book study. The book is called 32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny. We are asked to read certain sections, and then comment a personal story that relates to the reading. Here is the link to this weeks, I hope you enjoy it!

My response was:
One day, everything was going along just as normal, until I turn my back for one second and I find a student throwing up all over his school box, chair, on the floor, and on the rug next to him! Mrs. Smith and I quickly scrambled for a trash can! I’m just glad it didn’t get on the students around him. The students acted as if it was a movie. They couldn’t stop staring at him and discussing to one another about when and where they had thrown up. It was quite a distraction and took a chunk of my time away from working with the students. I ran to the nurses, and then had to find a janitor to come clean and lysol everything down. I quickly tried to persuade the kids to not look at him and sit in their chairs quietly. They eventually did after he left to go home. Poor kid, I would be mortified if that happened to me.

My Plans for the New Year

As the New Year rang in, I was questioned in my blog assignment with what I will do with my fresh start for the spring semester. This is a really crucial time for me as it is my last semester in high school. I came up with three goals I plan to keep up with throughout the year.

• My first goal is to receive $5000 in scholarship money by filling out at least two scholarships out every week. I have filled out Texas A&M's scholarships, but will not receive a information about it until March. This is so important to me because my family is a single-family income, and I have three younger brothers who have to go to college after me. Every paycheck goes straight into my college funds, to help my parents pay for my college. 

• My second goal is to read one book a month. People who read more, know more. I hate reading and am the slowest reader you'll ever meet, but practice will only make me faster. It will especially help me when I go off to college and have to read 50 pages a night.

• My third goal is to limit myself to one sweet a day, drink more water, and get a gym membership and work out at least twice a week. I just want to get into a healthy life styles, especially as I go off to college and do not want the freshman 15!

What Class Should All School's Teach but Don't?

After viewing the slide show of the different classes that should be taught but aren't. I came to the conclusion that Personal Finance should be taught in school. I feel this way because we are going out into the world with no knowledge to

• manage money
• manage payments
• mortgage rates
• insurance 
• ways to save and invest money

We leave high school to grow up and go to college, and do not know how to manage our money. Unlike calculus, that some people may or may not use in their future, finance is something that we will all have to deal with the rest of our lives. The most valuable lessons should be taught.

In high school, I wish I could have taken Human Growth and Development at my school, BCTAL. It would have been very valuable to my job because I work with 5 years old and below. This class would teach me about the lifespan of humans, specifically physical, cognitive, emotional and social development. I also think that knowing the development of children would be helpful when I have my own children and students.