Interview
Transcript So, I am Raquel Rodriguez, and I am a student here at Texas A&M International University. I am currently a junior, and next year, I will be a senior. I am studying to become an early learning teacher with a focus on interdisciplinary studies. Since the last time we met, we have been […]
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Transcript- So for now, I think we have a little more than 40 members that are involved and we do have a lot of members that stay active in in all of our meetings and all of the events that we’re doing. You see the the intentions, the passion they have for teaching and the
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Transcript- I’m not sure, but I think maybe. Being involved in TAFE helped me pursue this career because I always knew I wanted to be a teacher, but joining this organization is a since high school. Opened to many, opened many doors for me. It opened a lot of doors into leading positions and maybe
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Transcript- Yes. So we are planning on speaking to our members because our chapter provides the opportunity for our members to get the experience of working as teachers to see if this is what they want to do or not, and also provide these students with the opportunity of checking it out to see if
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Transcript- So I don’t consider them barriers, but in a way I do. But like I mentioned before, my parents got divorced at a very young age, and it was a very difficult time for me because I was used to having both parents and in my household. I was the only one affected in
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Transcript- So my parents are very I’m not going to say cold people, but they don’t tell you all the time and I know they’re proud of me, they’ve told me, but it’s rare. And they when they say that, it’s like it’s meaningful. And my parent, my parents, my dad has told me that
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Transcript- Yes. So like I mentioned before, TAFE is very different from high school to college level and high school. You are more involved with the kids with elementary inside the district. And once you’re in college and university, it’s more strict because you have to get permission from the university and also the district.
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Transcript- So I was in TAFE. I was introduced to TAFE since I was in a practicum class for my endorsement since I had chosen. There was a different endorsements in high school that you could choose from, and I chose education because I was always attracted to education. Since a young age, I always
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Transcript- So I am majoring in education with an interdisciplinary studies for early learning, which is for elementary, and I want to continue my studies once I graduate. I want to become an elementary teacher, but then continue my education for family sciences to provide classes. They call my classes, culinary classes, practicum classes for
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Transcript So I always loved school since I was little. It was it was super fun. I loved every single class that I had. I don’t remember a single year that was like a bad year, really. And I was always excited about going to school. I had friends. I had amazing teachers every single
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