Autobiography: Hailey Beyrand's Science Journey

Autobiography: Hailey Beyrand’s Science Journey

Throughout kindergarten to fifth grade I really do not have many memories of science in class. This may be from me simply not remembering, but I believe it is due to the incredible integration of my elementary school. There were no certain blocks of time dedicated to certain subject, all the subjects fed off each other and were more a cohesive gaining of knowledge of all subjects rather than focusing on one. In my current schooling I have learned how hard it can be to integrate all the subjects together, but my elementary school did it seamlessly which is a goal I will constantly be striving for. One of my favorite memories from my elementary school days was the science fairs. Each year I would

But that year was biology and we were able to do so many school in class projects like dissecting a squid and using its ink pouch to write my name, catching bugs then killing them and pinning them to egg cartons and working on classifications. For a bunch of 12 year olds all the learning we did was through actually doing the science or looking at real live/dead things. This I found to be the best way to learn. Actually working with the thing we were learning about did not only engage each student much more, but it made science fun and a class to look forward to each

If you excelled and enjoyed science as I did in high school, there was nothing that could further your learning until you were able to take AP classes as a junior. Taking away from my early high school experience I would know that not all teachers really put forth an effort. There are some teachers who are there to get their paycheck and do the bare minimum necessary to provide their students with enough exit knowledge so they don’t fail next year. Teachers like this make it hard for students to care about the subject they are in. The biggest lesson a future teacher can gain from this is no matter what you may think, your attitude toward your class is important, if you don’t care your students will follow your lead and not care either. Moving on to my college years, I was a nursing major for 2 years. My classes consisted of Into Organic Biochemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, Medical Micro Biology, Nutrition and many more. As challenging as the course work as, I loved every second of it. My teachers were all extremely passionate about their fields and the laboratories were so incredibly interesting (especially Medical Micro Biology). Now being an education major with an emphasis in English, I am only required to take three science course, which I am taking them all this semester and so far I am really enjoying them