PG-13: A Love Story

I sat down on the couch with my dad watching some movie on tv. It was 9 o’clock at night. Any 8 year old would love being up past their bedtimes. Little did I know, my life would change forever. My dad as a child watched the original War of the Worlds, so when he saw the the remake of it, he was intrigued, forgetting that a young impressionable child with a vivid imagination sat next to him. It’s a movie about wars between earth and different worlds around us. I felt so cool, because I was 8 and this movie was rated PG-13. The story line built with aliens, humans, and giant robot machines. My mind was at work anticipating what each new scene would bring. The vivid reality of this movie was manifest with a scene of carnage, and blood. Fear

When I was in 8th grade I had to give a speech in my english class. My teacher refused to let me not do it, even if I was crying. She told me that I could do it and that everything will be ok. She gave me confidence. When I was in 9th grade, my choir teacher told all of us were special in our own ways, but if you come together in a group, you will come stronger in numbers. In 11th grade a new scary choir teacher taught me that you don’t have to feel alone even if you go to a new and scary place. My teachers have taught me life lessons over and over again. I want to help for those who are younger than me. I have had a taste of doing this through my church, by mentoring girls younger than me, in music, in teaching leadership skills, and in instruction. It brings me great joy when I can see the spark of knowledge come into someone's eyes.
Though the experiences I have had with working with younger children I have come to love the teaching profession. I love seeing when people understand knowledge that they need to know for their later lives. This something that I have wanted to do since I was in 1st