Karen Gutierrez

My name is Karen Gutierrez. I am a freshman at NJCU. I live in Jersey City and I graduated from Saint Dominic Academy. At a very young age I pictured myself becoming a teacher. Therefore, I plan to major in Early Childhood Education. I consider myself to be very family oriented and spend a lot of time with them. I also enjoy playing sports and listening to music. In regards to writing, I do not spend much time doing it as I should. Hopefully with this class I will be able to improve a lot in my quality of writing.
For a person my age, I do not do much on my spare time. As some of my friends say, I pretty much do not have a life. I spend much of my time, if not all, at home with my family. However, that is not by choice. My parents are very strict and old fashioned. Despite that, I do love being with my family, specially with my two younger sisters. They mean the world to me. On my free time, at home, I can always be found listening to music. I listen to a lot of Spanish music and I absolutely love to dance. I also enjoy playing sports. In high school I played volleyball for three years. Even though I am not very good at it, I also enjoy playing soccer. When possible, I spend time with my friends. I like trying new things and learning from them.
When asked what my dream was and what I wanted to become when I grew up, my answer was always to become a teacher. I lived in Honduras for about five years. During my time there my mother was a teacher. Her experience has inspired me to follow her footsteps. I plan to major in Education, mostly likely Early Childhood Education. Through community service in high school, I had the opportunity to volunteer at a school. I was surrounded by young children, most of them 3 years old, and my experience there was wonderful. I had a lot of fun and loved the environment. Five years from now I hope to be teaching, having a great group of students, and loving my job.
Writing has never really been my favorite thing to do. When it comes to writing and essay, I tend to procrastinate. It usually takes me a while to gather my ideas and write them down. I have difficulty organizing them and being able to expand and analyze them. On a daily basis, I avoid writing paragraphs. The most writing I do is through texting and instant messaging. I do have a Facebook and MySpace, but I do not do much writing on them. I could spend hours texting or instant messaging with my friends.
Five years from now I hope to have reached that dream of becoming a teacher. Through this class I hope to learn and retain many useful skills that will improve my writing. I also expect these skills to become helpful for the rest of years in college and in my future career. I am ready to learn and improve.