User:JoshTar

Joshua Tarwater

The Who and Why
As per an assignment, I am writing this "about me" wikibook author page. I spent an extensvie amount of time trying to formulate the most effective process of adequately portraying myself via paragraph form a la web page. The conclusion was this, a journal-like entry allowing those who are interested a little piece of my thought process - see (Dear Wikibook . . . ) And last but not least, a little bit about my aspirations and philosophy of education and where I want to go in life and take my degree.

Bio(graphy)
Hi! I'm Josh! I'm a twenty year-old Music Education major (vocal concentration) from Suffolk, Virginia. My family is actually from Kansas, but have lived in the area a greater portion of my life. I have an extremely large family, aside from my mom, dad, brother, 2 poodles and corn snake, I have a ton of aunts, uncles and cousins all over. I like to be as social as possible, but keep an extremely tight knit group of friends who are like my family. And I mean that very literally. I work at Red Robin at Chesapeake Square where I serve and train all depts. It's fun, you should stop by!

Philosophy of Education
Ahhh Education.

When it comes to Education, moreso the "why and how", one treads in very dark and murky water.

This is how I see it.

Education is the process by which students are exposed to information, then, by use of multiple forms of reinforcement and assessment, the students retain and apply said information. As an educator, I find it my duty to find a productive manner in which to educate students how all music is beneficial and pertinent to our existence and our history as a race. By becoming familiar with variant forms of music and understanding its importance, I will be striving for excellence in my feild to greater benefit my students and their peers.

Dear wikibook user page,
Today is Friday, the fifth day of September of the year 2008. It's been an interesting day thus far, from storm threats, an unexplained cervical ecchymosis or few, spilled coffee, stuttering babboons (inadequate teachers), and a journey across the black river of death which is also known as Hampton Boulevard (or blvd. whichever you prefer) for a bite to eat. All of these events have lead me to where I sit, an unstable roller coaster of a computer chair in this free-hanging death trap called Cyber Loft, which doesn't sound very appropriate either. Anyway, back to today. Today is Friday, and as it seems, this evening has a lot of hold up to - seeing how entertaining this morning has been. Talk again soon. . . self.