During my orientation experience while working on my masters in education, I had the privilege of being a one-on-one special needs instructional aide at two schools where I was conducting my observations. I lived experiences I will never forget about how schools function with their community and how teacher and faculty mentalities play a major role in creating schools where …
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What Brought Me To Teaching
August 6th, 2009 by Thomas Esparza | 2 Comments »
My favorite teacher coincidentally happens to be the person who inspired me to get my masters in education. He was my high school AP Physics teacher, but to me he was far more than that. His name was Mr. Burrows. He taught my oldest brother, who is twelve years older than me and still remembered his first name. I first …
My Journey to the MAT@USC, or Why I love History
August 5th, 2009 by Haley Hiatt | No Comments »
My name is Haley Hiatt and I am SO excited to part of the master of arts in teaching program! I have always LOVED history since I was in elementary school. I would like to share 2 experiences about why I have a passion for history and want to incorporate it into my future teaching experiences. The first experience occurred …

