Blog Post #1

 About Me:
Hello everyone! My name is Ashley Cohen.  I attend the University of South Alabama pursing a degree in Elementary Education.  However, I have not resided in Mobile, AL all my life.  I was born in south Florida, and at the age of 3 months, my parents decided to move to Mississippi and I have been there every since.  Yea, I know your probably thinking why from beautiful, scenery Florida to boring, country Mississippi, but my father accepted a job offer.  Although we moved to Mississippi, my parents are considering moving to Georgia to get closer to family.

My father is a physical therapist and my mother was a cosmetologist but now is currently unemployed.  However, she just received her degree in elementary education from the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss).  My parents have been together since high school sweethearts which is probably about 30 years. Since that time, they have produced 3 children, 2 girls (ages 20 and 22) and 1 boy (age 27). Yes, I am the youngest and I love it because I am super spoiled.

I am pursing a degree in the field of education because children are my heart and passion.  I love interacting with children.  To be honest, they teach you things that you realize you don't even know.  My first major that I was going to pursue was Nursing.  However, as you can see, I changed it.  Firstly, I changed it because that was not where my heart was sincerely.  Secondly, I changed it because I was only doing it for the monetary income and I didn't have any passion for it.

Other interests and passions that I have other than interacting with children is having family time, meeting new people, relaxing, watching TV, observing my surroundings, and just being spontaneous.

I am so excited about being a teacher. This has been my dream since childhood.  My passion is to teach children.  Their facial expressions and actions when they learn something that they didn't know is priceless.  Also,  I want to be the teacher that makes a great impact on a child's life. I want them to remember me throughout all their school years.  Lastly, I want to be the teacher that I would want my child to have.


Randy Pausch

In the video Randy Pausch on Time Management, Randy Pausch explains how to set goals, avoid wasting time, and to manage stress and procrastination.  He states that Americans are very bad at dealing with time but the opposite with dealing with money.  Pausch says that failing to plan is planning to fail.  To manage your time and to decrease procrastination, it is said that it's better to break things down into small things and work with the biggest down to the smallest.

Randy Pausch was a Professor of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, and Design at Carnegie Mellon University.  Professor Randy was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died at the age of 47.  However, during his lifetime, he achieved two awards for his achievements in computing education.