introduction

Okay so my name is Alyssa Nicole Rucker and I was born on a rainy Saturday, September 16, 1989. I am the oldest of three. I have a brother, Anthony, and sister, Aubrie. Currently I'm a student at Miami Dade College majoring in elementary education. Previously I considered becoming a doctor, or fashion editor and even a housewife [unfortunately no one supports the latter]! But I was always told by my mom, whose in the profession, that I would make an excellent teacher. I was actually scared to teach. I questioned if I could controll a class room, if I could make up lesson plans and do all the other stuff that teachers do. All my questions were put to the side when my brother was born; see Anthony has autism. For some reason or another, his disability turned my life around.142 I started to realize that it wasn't about me, that it was a greater cause in life. I wanted to help more people in the same manner that I help my brother. That's when i started to take the profession of teaching seriously. I saw the good works that my mother did with her students, not only in the class room but also outside of the class room; like how she would gather up clothes for some of her students who were homeless. I started to see that being a teacher was more than standing up infront of a class. It was about the interacts with the students above and beyond the class room.