Practice Post: Who am I? Why do I want to be an educator? What does an educator do in his or her practice? What are my passions?

Outline
I. Description of Self: Name, Hometown, Family
II. Description of School: High School, College, Major
III. Description of Deciding to be a Teacher: The Influence
IV.Description of what a Teacher should be: Characteristics
V. Description of my Passions: English, Color Guard

 My name is Alex Jacob. I am not from Mobile, but I'm originally from Decatur, Alabama. It's about four, to four and a half hours north, depending on how heavy your foot is. My parents are divorced, but even with two sets of parents I have one sister who is an upcoming senior. After the upcoming school year, my sister and I will have both graduated from Decatur High School and moved onto South. I am currently a secondary education in English major, but I wasn't to start out with. 

I didn't see myself becoming a teacher as I grew older. It was always my dream as a kid because both my mom and her parents were apart of our local school system. I started as a Pre-PT major my freshman year and finally figured out that my passion has always destined to be teaching. I decided my place was English because it was my best subject and I wanted to help upcoming generations get back on track to proper English. I want to build on teaching English and taking every course to make me a better educator. An educator is supposed to be a leader, a coach and one to push to the furthest extent to help someone succeed. I am majorly interested in band, my passion specifically being color guard. It has been a passion of mine since I began high school and I also pursued it here at South. Surprisingly, it is the reason I came to South. It helped me branch out and find people to talk to about changing over to education. Color guard led me to finding a passion I can pursue in life.