User:Sgree042

Hi, my name is Shannon. I am originally from the often misunderstood state of New Jersey. I am a first semester Education Student working on my Master's Degree and Library/Media Studies Certification. I performed my undergraduate work at James Madison University, Harrisonburg VA. I graduated in 1998 with a B.S. from the Speech Communications Department with a minor in Anthropology. After 10 years of traveling around the country and living in states such as Michigan, California and New Jersey performing various jobs, I have returned to Virginia to embark upon a Graduate Degree in Education with the dream of becoming a School Librarian.

I am a self-proclaimed book-worm who enjoys researching topics of interest. I love art, music, culture, traveling and of course reading. I have had various jobs since I graduated from JMU. One of which included driving a fork-lift! I could very well be considered a Jill-of-all-Trades, Master-of-none. I am very excited to be starting work in the field of Education and acquiring my Master's Degree.

Teaching Philosophy
My main philosophy for teaching involves the belief that all people have the ability to succeed and learn, we need just to find our passion and have the courage to persue our dreams. I strongly believe that people desire to succeed but often do not know where to begin. I want to encourage all people to find what they enjoy doing and teach them how they can achieve these goals. That is why I am so drawn to the library. I see the library as a hugely untapped resource, especially for the current generation of children who spend many of their hours playing video games. I hope that by becoming a school librarian I can encourage people to find out more about themselves so that they can become successful in whatever field they choose.

I hope to encourage children to use the library to explore all different subjects, different cultures, different careers, and to only be limited by their imagination. I want to encourage them to read about the things that fascinate them and teach them how they can research these thing so that they can gather more information about them.