Alana's First Blog Post

Hi, my name is Alana DiSspena. In the past I have had many great teachers. They not only taught me what we were required to learn, but also great life skills that I will always carry with me. To me a great teacher is someone who does more then just reading from a textbook. They try to relate to their students on more of a personal level, but still keeping an appropriate student-teacher relationship. A great teacher also plans fun and exciting  lessons for their students to learn from. This way the students are not only having fun but learning as well. Also many of my favorite teachers shared personal stories which we as students can learn from. I have realized through the years that students respect their teachers more when they can relate to their personal interests and hobbies.

Overall I completely agree with John Green about how it's our duty to use our education to achieve great things for our society. Since us as humans are evolving and advancing so should our education systems. We as the next generation need to use our knowledge to make the world a better and more efficient place. This school year, I have very high expectations for myself and hope to achieve all of the goals that I have set. I am joining winter track and hope to succeed in that and I also would like to expand our school's international club, since I am the treasurer.  Grade wise, I would like to improve in math since I struggled tremendously last year. By spending extra time at home studying, and going after school for help when needed I hope to achieve all of my goals that I have set for myself.