All About Me

Hi everyone, my name is Lauren Watters. I am a super senior and I am taking five classes at Illinois State this semester. I start student teaching in the spring although I am not placed yet. I am an English Education major with a Spanish minor and three endorsements: TESOL, reading and middle school. My dream is to teach juniors or seniors in high school and be able to incorporate novels into my classroom that I think my future students would enjoy. I am on the executive board of my sorority and am part of Kappa Delta Epsilon, the education fraternity. I enjoy watching movies, spending time with friends and family and I am trying to learn how to cook. I am excited to start student teaching in the spring and I will be living in my hometown and working part time at Outback Steakhouse. I want to live in the city of Chicago after I graduate and I want to teach in the suburbs. I really want to eventually teach English at a university and maybe even write a book someday! I really have a passion for English and I hope to change the lives of my future students.  I first decided to be endorsed in TESOL because I really hope to build up my resume and use this endorsement to help get me a teaching job after I graduate. I like learning about other cultures and the differences in language. I do hope that if I am teaching speakers of other languages to help teach them correct English and not just slang and Ebonics. I feel like many students need to be taught the fundamentals of the English language such as correct grammar and elements of a story. I feel like some important things students should be learning in high school or not so I want to be a teacher that reviews and teaches new material.