Hello All,
    My name is Whitney Sasser and I am twenty-two years old.  I am originally from Jackson, MS but currently live in Hattiesburg, MS while i attend the University of Southern Mississippi. I am a senior in the Elementary Education program. My family is very dear to me and probably the most important. My moms name is Tracie and my dads name is Ronnie.  Together they had me and my youngest sister Cassidy who is seventeen and a senior is High School. We have dog that is one of us, his name is Lucas.  He is a Maltipoo and the sweetest dog you will ever meet. It was a hard adjustment when I had to move away for the first time when I came to college.
    Dance is one of the reason i came to Southern Miss.  I love to dance and hope to one day own my own studio. Southern is the only school in MS that has a fine art program where i could get a minor in Dance. I was also on the dance team her at Southern Miss last year. Another thing i am also involved in here at Southern Miss is Kappa Delta Sorority, Southern Style, and Phi Theta Kappa Alumni Association.  I love music! any and every kind from christian music to country to oldies. I am 'that person' who read all the Twilights books and they are still one of my favorites. My favorite movie is Pretty Woman! However, i have a lot of other favorites such as Cruel Intentions, Friends with Benefits, etc.  My all time favorite tv is Smallville.  I am extremely sad that the show has come to an end because i have been watching it for ten years. That is just a little about me.
     I am very anxious to get this semester started because it is my last semester of actual classes.  I am very ready to get out into the school and get a feel for being a teacher. This semester we are going into an upper elementary school which is the grades i am more interested in teacher.  My ideal grade would be third grade.  I am also very excited we are working in a class where we are wanting to teach. I hope to teach math and also hope i can get into a math class this semester during observations. As i read the syllabus for CIR 411 trying to figure out what exactly this class is suppose to be about i decided that this course is obviously about literacy. I think that in this course we will explore different ways to use language and literacy in any classroom setting or subject. While reading this, I noticed it said we were going to be focusing a lot on adolescents. I am interested to see what all this adolescents has to offer since all we have been focused on right now is primary grades. One thing I am excited to learn about but at the same time a little nervous is the Elizabethtown Pennsylvania Project. I love the fact we are going to collaborate but then again i am nervous to see how different our schools are.
    Overall, i am very excited for this semester and can not wait to get started and more than that can not wait to finish. SMTTT!