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ABOUT ME

My name is Silvia Feliciano and I am from Chicago, IL. I was born and raised there. I enlisted in the United States Navy right after high school, and served my country for four years in Norfolk, Va. After my discharge, I went back to Chicago to pursue in education in the teaching field. I went to school for about two years when I realized that I initially left Chicago for a reason when I enlisted in the military, so I recently moved back to Virginia after I got accepted into Old Dominion University. I now reside in Virginia Beach. I am currently pursuing a Bachelors of Arts degree with a licensure in History/Social Sciences. History, as a whole, fascinates me, and I feel that if students are taught differently from an all textbook only perspective, they will be just as fascinated about History as I am.

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

Growing up in the public school system, I’ve been put through different educational philosophies from teachers to see what worked. Some were very beneficial to me, while most were not. I must say that even though I disagreed with some of those teachers educational philosophies, they were neither right nor wrong. For me, it’s to show the students a different way to learn about a subject, by introducing them to different technologies. Not everyone is a visual learner, and not everyone is an audio learner. By finding out how each student learns will make things a lot smoother for the teacher. This can be done by answering questions from a survey or through Teacher-Student interactions. Being a teacher you have to understand that not all students have the same learning abilities. Teachers should want to help the students develop their creativity and critical thinking skills. Also I believe that the key to a child success in school is parental involvement. Progress reports should be sent out more often in-between report cards, so it will not be a surprise to parents when ten weeks into the school year their child receives an unsatisfactory report card. I am an open minded individual and I know that teaching is not an easy profession. I commend those who have made teaching their life’s work. I know I am capable of being an educator because I will try to reach different heights with the students that I will teach in the future.