My name is Torrey Hanna and I am a Middle Grades Education major with a concentration on Math and Social Studies. I chose to be a teacher because I love working with kids and I think young adolescence is such an impressionable time for students and I hope to be positive role model for them during this time. I think that school is such a vital part of student's lives and futures and I hope to have an impact on that.
I have really enjoyed my teaching program so far. It has been great to be with the same group for a while because we really get to know each other and can learn from and help each other out. I have had wonderful experiences in the schools I have been in and am looking forward to my student teaching.
I chose to apply for international student teaching because I would love to teach in another country one day and I figured this would be an awesome way to get a taste of what that would be like. I spent a spring break teaching in Jamaica and loved every minute of it so I thought it would be fun to try again in a different country. I also chose to do international student teaching because it would give me an experience unlike one I would get in North Carolina that will hopefully make me a stronger teacher and person.
I love to travel and have done a fair amount and hope to do much more. I have traveled to Thailand, The Bahamas, Jamaica, The Virgin Islands, and many states within the United States.
I hope to learn so much from this experience. I really hope to embrace the culture in Costa Rica and build relationships with my family and students. I expect to learn how to handle a variety of classroom situations. I also expect to learn what it is like to be a stranger in another place so that I can better relate to future students that I may have that will be going through a similar experience.