User:Abcallahan

Adam B. Callahan

Abcallahan (talk) 05:26, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

'About Me'

I currently reside in the town of Clarksville, VA which is in Mecklenburg Co. I am now actively perusing my Masters of Interdisciplinary Studies PreK- 6 at Old Dominion University, after taking six years off from my educational pursuit. I am employed full time by Ruby Tuesday, as an assistant manager. I have worked for them for the past five years starting out as a server and working my way up through the ranks. Why such a vast career change, one might ask. The reason is with all of the negative work experiences I encounter, they have only pushed me further in this direction. From day to day I continue to see people who lack in education skills, especially reading. There has been too numerous times that I have found someone who can either read very poorly or not at all. It only angers me since my mother is a teacher with her masters in education and other endorsements that include reading specialist.

Some of the actives that I do during free time include, horticulture, boating, reading, and actively involved with local community theater productions. I have two dogs, a black lab and a sheltie mix that was rescued from Richmond SPCA.

'Ideals'

''"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet." Aristotle''

As aforementioned, I have seen too many people who have such a lack of education skills in today’s work force. The lack of reading skills is, to me, at an all time low. Those skills are taught and reinforced in the elementary education level. With there being such a great need, I have decided to teach. We need to prepare our children for the future, not for the test that they are going to take tomorrow. How well you succeed in life on your own is the big test.

Basic reading skills are the large stepping stone in ones education pursuit. If missing that stone, there is a constant struggle to continue forward. If one thinks that that struggle is too great, then they may give up and not continue forward.

To effectively make reading education a part of day to day function in the elementary classroom is what I would like to do. It is just not ‘reading time’ for fifteen minuets of the day, it is reading all day. Each instructional value that is to be taught is like a mini reading lesson with a hands-on approach. Introducing other things such as technology and other actives either further stimulate the child, reinforce, or remediate what is being taught.