journal 1-intro letter

Hello, my name is Jessica Reuther. I was born and raised in beautiful San Diego. I grew up in Poway and attended my entire K-12 grades in the Poway Unified School District, where both of my parents were teachers. For Kindergarten I attended Sundance Elementary because my mother taught there. When we moved into a new house, I attended Painted Rock Elementary for first grade. Then, for second grade I attended Tierra Bonita Elementary, where my mother was teaching. For third, fourth and fifth I went back to Painted Rock. Middle School was Twin Peaks, where my father also happened to be teaching. I attended Poway High from 1995 until I graduated in 1999.

In general, I would not call myself computer savvy. I feel comfortable and depend on the computer daily. But, specific computer knowledge does not particularly interest me. Even seeing the new version of Word makes me uncomfortable, even though I know that it is improved and probably much easier. I have both a Mac and a PC in my household. The Mac is much more advanced, though I rarely use it. My PC is always on and I am constantly using it. I do everything from banking and bill paying to reading the news. I rely on it entirely.
I can remember first having a dial up connection that used our house phone line and experiencing chat rooms when I was in middle school. So, I have been with email for over twelve years. I feel privileged to say that I have had the internet and access to all of it’s valuable information for that long. Trying to explain to my grandparents that a set of Encyclopedia’s were no longer necessary was a fun conversation! Technology is moving at a fast pace and even being out of school for a couple years, things have changed tremendously.

The Mission Statement for CSUSM, COE struck me with the words, “collaboratively transform public education by preparing thoughtful educators.” This sentence stood out to me because the public education system is obviously in necessitate to stay with the high education expectations. This statement shows me that CSUSM is dedicated to helping students plan for an important career. The beliefs that are stated do reflect my own, which include educational equity, life-long learning and ongoing service. I would not say that the mission statement had an effect on my decision to attend, but reading it confirms that I have chosen the right thing to do for myself.



My blog link is:

jessreuther.blogspot.com