About Me

Hey! It's pretty obvious the first thing about me. My name is Meredith. I'm a sophomore, but a young one. I'm only 18 years old, but in my defense, I'll be 19 in October. My major is Secondary Ed Math. Yes, I want to be a high school math teacher. It started with my high school math teacher, who instilled in me a love of math (especially trig). When I got to college and started looking at majors, I knew I wanted to do something with math, but not be a plain math major. Then I came up with the idea of being at teacher. I think being a teacher would be an awesome career for me. My ultimate life goal is to have a family and live comfortably. Being a teacher fits my plan because I could be there for my kids at school, and I would have summers off. But fitting my family life isn't the only reason that I want to be a teacher. As I said before, my high school math teacher was awesome. He was able to explain math to me in a way that made me get it, and he made me love it. I hope that I can help my future students also love math the way that I do.

So where was this awesome math teacher? At Liberty Charter School in Nampa, ID. It's not one of the three major high schools in the city, but a tiny charter school just south of the city limits. I'm proud to say that we were one of the first charter schools in Idaho, and certainly the first in our area. Also, the Harbour Method (you may have heard of it before) was created at my school by the principal that I've had since 1st grade. I've been with about half of my classmates at least since third grade, with some going and some coming. We ended up graduating a class of 18.

In such a small class, we all had our identifying quirks. One of my most quirky was my obsession with Harry Potter. It's not so much of an obsession anymore, but I am still an avid fan. I actually cried a little when I first saw the trailer for the last movie(s) in theaters. Between my Harry Potter obsession, my Sims 2 playing, and my love of bright colors and polka dots, I was definitely one of the weirder classmates. But I swear, I'm not that much weirder than anyone else. You'll just have to get to know me to see how awesome I am; and humble too :).