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My Name is Karly Sachs

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Basic Information:
My name is Karly Sachs and I attend
Drake University in Des Moines Iowa. I
am a double major in secondary
education and mathematics
education and have endorsementsin
middle school math, middle school
science, and coaching. I am
graduating from Drake University in
May 2015 and will obtain an Iowa
Teaching License shortly after. I also
plan on receiving my Illinois Teaching
License as well.

Personal Statement:
I am a very compassionate,
hardworking, and loyal individual who
has a positive attitude about any
given situation. I love to learn and am
up for anything that comes my way. I
love working with kids of all ages and
my goal is to always help them in any
way I can. I am very passionate about
mathematics and helping students
learn. I am a prominent motivator and
have a knack for taking dry content
knowledge and making it interesting
and fun.
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Reason for Teaching:

Ever since I was in elementary school I knew I wanted a job that
was centered around helping children, but I was not sure what I
exactly wanted to do. However, when I walked into my middle
school math classroom in sixth grade, it clicked. I knew what I
wanted to do in the future: I wanted to teach middle school or
high school, aka be a math teacher! Now I know what one may
be thinking. I must have been pretty good at math if I knew I
wanted to teach it as my profession at twelve years old, but in
reality, the answer to this thought is no. I was not great at math
when I was younger. In fact, I was only able to understand the
bare minimum of information my teachers taught. I was that
student who, no matter how hard I tried, could not recite her
addition or subtraction facts, could not understand the concept
of prime numbers or factors, and cried at the thought of a math
writing assignment.
I struggled in my math classes up until the sixth grade. Sixth
grade is where my life changed for the better, and it was
because of my teacher, Mrs. V. Mrs. V was different from my
previous teachers. Maybe it was because she did not know me,
but she actually believed in me. She actually believed that I
could excel and do well in her class. Because of her confidence
in me, I had confidence in myself. From that moment on I
started to excel in mathematics. There were no more tears when
it came to math. I had a new mentality, which wasBRING IT
ON, and with this new mentality I have done nothing but thrive!
In fact, today, I am a tutor in the mathematics lab on campus!
It is my mathematics experiences that lead me to wanting to
teach mathematics. I want to teach mathematics to help all
those struggling learners who fall through the cracks in
elementary school. I want to be that teacher who gives her
students the confidence to succeed. I want to be that teacher
who believes in all her students and helps them with any
obstacle that comes their way. I want to make a difference in
students lives and I believe if I teach math, I can do this.