Going to TX for a day ..

So much has happened that i havent updated on the boy asked me to be his gf, i said no, its not something i want right now. well it is what i want, but it doesnt feel right. My mood is in a swinging motion. I have a bit of jellousy twods my roommates who i love to death. I should be used to the whole i am the good luck charm for others to get guys, not me getting them. the guys only want them, they dont want me, they come over to see val and amy and could care less if i was or wasnt here. i cut and died my hair .. that the few pic up at the top. and the video is some fun me amy and val had with off brand peeps heh!! I get to go to the CES fireside that Elder Bednar is coming here to BYUI to speak and be brodcasted all over .. and i get to sit in the same room as he is speaking!! which is why i am only going to get to be in TX for a day, though i wish i was there right this sec!!! My best friend in the whole world, who most people who know me have heard me speak of her and know her bc she has been with me many times in many places lost her child today. She was 7 months pregnate with a baby girl, Lirah Zane. She called me and wanted me home right that sec and if i could of i would of. She is being labor induced right about now i believe and i was to be in the room with her. This child was part mine, and she knew i would claim her. all i have ever seen are pics of lacies belly but i was absolutly and compleatly in love with baby lirah. So Lacies parents are flying me home on friday and i will have to leave again saturday bc of school and hw and tests and papers and all that fun stuff. I cant even cry anymore .. my body cant produce them .. its so hard for me to sit here and do my hw and all that has to get done, and its monday, the week is going to go by so slow until i get to leave and then in a blink of an eye i will be back here, almost like a dream. i am so greatful for the gosple, to know why this child was taken away from her, and in a way from me. How blessed lacie is for a trial such as this, what a strong person she is. Though i know deep down how hard it is from her she is soo strong and i cant wait to hold her in my arms on friday! this is most definitly a testamony building experince. Well i need to do something else before FHE starts .. wana read my paper i wrote ... its my Philosophy of Education Throughout a person’s life time they grow and mature and learn many things about many things. They gain an education, either formal or informal but everyone gains some form of education. No matter whom you are or where you are from, how you were raised or what you or your parents did for a living, you will gain some form of education. The word “Education” can mean doing several things as gaining general knowledge, developing skills of reasoning and of judgment. It is like a science, an art of teaching. The level of school or degree can symbolize the level of education you have received. It is the result of instruction and training you have done to reach the point that you have attained. Everyone in some way has been educated in their lives. To live on the streets, for example, those people have taught themselves to survive, have mastered the art of not having very much in their lives. Yes, it’s maybe not the best example to be using, but these people have educated their selves on the ways of the streets. They have obtained skill, reasoning, and judgment of the way things work out in the world of the streets. Using the definitions of education above, they have received an education of some kind. Now the question of what is an education is out of the way, I want to more focus on a formal school education and my views on how a students and teachers should relate to one another. In my life, education has been a very important and meaningful thing. My whole life I have spent in some form of school system and have seen how my friends and I have turned out and how those who were not as lucky as I to get a school education. I have been educated by professionals who have taught me the things that I need to know to get a job after college. I learned to read, write, do math, about history, current events, to hold an intellectual conversation, and many more things. These are important things to know in the world, important parts of our lives that we should all learn at some point or another. Without my great education I would not be here right now. In the classroom I believe the best way for a student to learn is from a good relationship with the teacher. There has to be trust there to fully get somewhere with a child. A teacher and student should have a kind of bond. The student should see the teacher as someone that they can go to, someone that can help them, a role model for the student. Try to create an atmosphere of not just learning in the classroom but make sure that the student do feel safe and know that you are not just their teacher but their friend as well. Strive to make the students feel that they can do anything and to strive to be their best. Let them know that they can do more than just of what the “world” expects of them. Many people want to see them achieve greatness and, as a teacher, you should be one of those people and one who wants them to know that they can do anything. Give a student the confidence that they can shoot for the moon, and no matter what happens, even if they miss, they will still land among the stars, and in doing so that they achieved so much. Work with the students until they understand and don’t ever give up on a student. The greatest joy a teacher can have is seeing their face light up once they have finally understood something they could not understand before. Always keep a positive attitude in the classroom, the words “I quite” or “I give up” should not allowed in the classroom, by anyone. These are great ways to help students receive the best education that they can get. If you are Educated formally or by yourself, you are educated in some way, shape, or form and an education is the best thing you can get in your life. ps .. please pray for lacie and her hubby jon ... they need it, this was their first child, and she was due in june/july .. so this was more then just a miscarrage, this baby was going to be here, her beautiful baby girl... <3 Erin Christina