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Introduction of my social context and human development... The family in which I was born, begins with myself, mother, and father.  14 months later came my brother and 9 years later our baby sister.  Until the birth of my sister, there was that old school methodology our family was fond of...Children are best seen not heard.  Being that I was the first born and only 17 years younger than my birth giver...naturally I played the role of dictator to my younger siblings.  Not yet having the cognitive resources to understand I was his equal as well... My role was just as seen above, fill in the blank.  I was placed in many roles as a child and most of them non traditional.  I believe my parents did the best they knew how at the time.  They were very young parents and did not know, what they did not know.  Having that of only a high school general educational degree, they mirrored the same scaffold of their parents educational limits.   If I were to ask these questions o

"If We Will Only Learn To Let Live, The Plan For Growth Is All There"-Erikson Describing 5 of the development and learning theories thus far, beginning with.... (not the time piece)  "In all psychology, few theorists are as important as Jean Piaget (1896-1980), who forged the single-most comprehensive and compelling theory of intellectual development." Crain (2005) This is not to say his theories go uncontested, matter of fact, fast-forward and you see challenges to his school of thought.  Out of these imitated other learning theories we will explore.  Piaget was one of the first to identify children 'passing through stages' and they do so at different rates.  I found it thought provoking he claimed children move through these stages in the same order, 'invariant sequence'.  An assignment here to reflect the thoughts and research of Piaget...I would have my students interview their parent(s) of their best memories of student intervie

A wesome, B eeginnings of C hange... To BEE or not to BEE...I am excited to share with you my motivation(s) for becoming a teacher.  And, my friends call me Mendy. First and foremost, my primary purpose is for the flexibility afforded with schedule.  The privilege of becoming a Mom has been the best 'job' so far in my life.  I feel fortunate to have an opportunity to place positive learning structures into play at home and in the work place.  We only have one daughter, I would have had 10 had we started younger....hahaha.  Fulfilling my desire to make a difference and really spread my passion for learning, teaching seems a natural progression in my life.  This next step in terms of schooling is something that I have always had in the back of my mind.  Achieving this goal is another way in which I feel it imperative to parent our child.  I am committed to becoming 'teachable' again and this is an example I feel crucial for our daughter to see first-hand.  The importan