Bullying

Good morning my fellow bloggers. This past week I was assigned a presentation topic as a final exam project in my class. Going thru the process of finding information really had me interested and it became very emotional towards me. So today I want to discuss something that is very serious around the world in our schools. BULLYING!! I can seriously write more than ten pages about bullying. It is a big topic. So I am only going to talk about the importance of bullying. My definition of bullying is when someone is constantly picking on someone that they don't feel like they belong. from 2008-2009, there was a percentage rate of 28 students from grade 6-12 that were experiencing bullying. Also, in 2011 there was a percentage rate of 20 students from grade 9-12 that were experiencing bullying. Bullying is not just happening on our school grounds. There are actually three different types of bullying. One is verbal, for example name calling, teasing, taunting, and threatening to harm them. A second type of bullying is social bullying. Social bullying is when a bully tells other students to not be friends with that specific student, spreading rumors, and embarrassing that student in public. I can relate to this specific type of bullying because I did have this one girl on my softball team in college that tried to turn everyone against me and tell them lies about me. It is actually still going on in my last year playing, but this time the situation is different. She feels like a fool because the new athletes ignore her and are actually getting to know me. They like the person that I am. Before, all the other girls believed her and didn't want to get to know me one bit. But once a few of those girls did, they completely missed understood me. All I did was stay strong and stayed myself. And finally the last type of bullying is cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is bullying that takes place thru technology.

From the research I looked up, there are many ways to prevent bullying anywhere in your cities. A few ways to prevent bullying is that parents and teachers should have a huge role in encouraging their students to not be afraid to come talk to them as well as doing the things they love most in life. Since there is a lot to address please click here for more ways on how to prevent bullying. The final thing I would like to show you guys is this Bully video. This video broke my heart so much. Bullying stops here!! Today is the day you help someone that feels unwanted. Simply shake their hands or have a simple talk with them. Let them know they are not alone. As a whole, we can stop bullying! Everyone have a great day and remember let people know that they are not alone. Love you all!

Baby Marianna Jean Cancio

The greatest gift of all has yet to come. Three months from now I will be an aunt of my nineteen year old sisters baby. Words can't explain how excited I am. She is having a baby girl. Her name will be Marianna Jean Cancio. She is due January 15th, 2014. My sister and I are two sisters that are like best friends. As a future aunt of her baby girl I will spoil her like she is my own. The one thing that touched me the most was what my sister said to me. She says," as a future teacher, I want you to teach my daughter everything you learned in school. You are more successful than me and I know you will teach my daughter great things." This touched my heart so much. So as a future kindergarten teacher, I told my sister I will buy her books to read to her baby every night that involves big pictures. I also will teach my niece how to notice certain items by clapping or even laughing. All I can say is to future aunts out there is to be the best aunty you can and make the best of it. Show them things that your brother or sister can't. And love them like they are you own.

Click here to view how you can get involved with your nieces and nephews.

Breast Cancer Awarness Month

 I am going to keep my blog nice and short for my bloggers today. writing this will definitely get me to tear up a little bit.
Last year in the winter, my whole life has changed for the rest of my life. My grandmother Brenda Diaz was diagnosed with breast cancer. I didn't know what that meant until i did research. It was one of the most common malignancies in women in the US. She was the first in our family to ever be diagnosed with it. She is my everything and i was scared for the worst to happen. She was a fighter and is still fighting strong. She lives life to the fullest and doesn't take anything for granted not one bit.I love how she spends everyday like nothing ever happened to her. My Grandmother is definitely what keeps me motivated to live life like it is my life and to not take anything for granted. I love her with all my heart and i am with her every step of the way through he process. 

For more information on breast cancer or to donate please click here. 

The passion of becoming a kindergarten teacher

Becoming a kindergarten teacher is a dream come true. I want to be a kindergarten teacher since I was about eight years old. Growing up with a huge family, I was the babysitter every weekend watching my cousins. I would read books, play games, and give them many activities to do. Watching them have fun and learning things their parents can't teach them made me so grateful and happy. I am a very outgoing, caring, and loving person towards everyone. With little kids us as teachers have be ready for anything that is thrown at us.
In the fifth grade I was a teacher assistant for a kindergarten classroom. Walking in the classroom had got me so excited for what my future is going to look like. There were so many different activities around the room as well as every corner had a different theme. The room set up was so amazing. I can not wait to be the teacher that has her room in a way nobody has set their room up before. I am ready to show what i have in store for kindergarten students.

Click here to view a video of a current teacher showing her the life within her classroom. I loved everything she discussed in the video. it shows the true meaning of a teacher. Every teacher has their own story

Life as a motivational athlete.

The other day i called my 13 year old god daughter because i missed hearing her voice so much. I taught her everything she knows on the field. Besides her dad. She loves me, calls me her role model and wants to be like me when she gets older. I told her to explain to me why she wanted to do that. and she says," Because you are a hard working student athlete that still manages to make time to help a little kid out like me. And the fact that you want to be a kindergarten teacher amazes me because I know it's hard to become one." When she told me this i knew i was doing the right thing and keeping her out of trouble. As a motivational athlete you always want to be:

1) Stay positive, never negative

2) Be very patient

3)  Show the athletes how hard of a worker you are.

There is a website called http://www.eteamz.com/sbdg18u/. I explained to her that this is my travel ball team website. It shows everything that will look on your resumes for college doing things like a lot of community services. Before i got of the phone with her, i said, " No matter what always work hard. You are a student first than an athlete. If you need me I am always here for you.

My Professional Goals

I am a currently a student athlete attending PVAMU. I am a senior that is majoring in Education EC-6 Generalists. I have been reaching my professional goals ever since I could remember. I been wanting to become a teacher since I was about five years old. I am already steps closer to reaching the biggest goal of all. Becoming a kindergarten teacher. I want to be a great role model for all these children and show them how great learning can be. After i graduate, I want to go straight into teaching and then later go back to school and get my Masters in Counseling as well. That is my second goal i want to reach because i want to be able to lead students in the right path in their life just like my counselor did in high school. As a future teacher, i want to make the class as fun as possible while learning so the kids would want to come back to class. I just want to be that one teacher students look up to and help them achieve their goals.