Showing posts with label Introduction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Introduction. Show all posts

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Week 1 Introduction - Working, Learning, Living Life!

Hey guys! I'm Jada and this is my first blog ever! Okay so to get some of the more boring stuff about me out of the way: I'm an Oklahoma native (Edmond for my fellow Okies, for those of you in other places, just think of it as a suburb of Oklahoma City), I'm a junior, Microbiology Pre-Med (so LOTS  of science), I'm 20, and I want to be a pediatrician. Some additional things about myself (which I think are just a touch more interesting) are that I play violin, I LOVE Zumba and am actually a certified instructor, I love kids and work at a daycare (*Ahem* child development center) I am Sigma Phi Lambda (A Christian Sorority - the girl version of BYX!) I love reading and books, especially the classics (Currently reading: A Tale of Two Cites by Charles Dickens), and I have a borderline obsession with all things Harry Potter and Disney.


Something interesting I did this summer: I was a counselor at a Christian athletic camp called Camp Ozark. I must have overlooked the athletic part when I applied, but was quickly made aware of that little caveat when I arrived for orientation and was expected to participate in sports and be good at them. Now its not like I'm completely unathletic - I cheered competitively for almost 12 years -  but I had never played basketball before and now I was expected to coach it. It was really a hilarious experience. I definitely believe that you should, if you have the opportunity, work at a summer camp. It's an experience every college kid should have before graduating!

As I mentioned, I work in childcare which is a pretty big part of my life. So about 75% of the things that come out of my mouth (that don't have to do with Harry Potter or Once Upon a Time) start with "Okay so one of my kids -" I post about the crazy shenanigans I experience at work on my Facebook page from time to time. I've worked with every age group and my favorite are still probably my infants. I've been moving classrooms a lot recently just because of my other summer job and my school schedule. Right now I'm in the 3s classroom (dun dun duuuuuun!). We'll see how that works out for me.

I hope this post has given you at least a little bit of a sense of who I am! Thunder UP!