Taylor Dill's Blog

       I think as teachers, it is important to speak on issues, such as hard topics that are happening in the world around us. With teaching younger students in the elementary level I think it is important for them to have good comprehension of these matters just maybe not as in depth as you would with the high school level. To start off, have a question on the board that is going to have the students really think hard and give them examples of certain things. I think this will get their brains thinking of what the topic is so that they are not just blurting out things before they speak. Show a video to your students that will give them more information about the topic that will help them understand the actual facts that are happening versus what they might just be hearing from their peers or even from their parents. I think it is most important that when teaching students and talking to students about issues that matter is that we give them the true facts and not ou...

      The purpose of public schools is to ensure that all children have education available to them. To have a fun learning environment as well as for the students to feel comfortable. This is important because it gives all children the same opportunities when it comes to getting a good education. It is so important for children to get an education, and public school makes this possible.      Marginalized students in the school system are going to be the students that by virtue of different things such as race or gender are put into the outer limits of the mainstream class. With these students it is important that we show them empathy because we do not know what is truly going on in their life. We need to make sure that we are making their day better and not worse when it comes to these students. These students need to be given equal opportunities as any other student no matter the color of their skin.

     I have always wanted to be a teacher since I was in third grade and would line up my stuffed animals and barbies and teach to them what I had learned that day in school. One of my main reasons why I decided I wanted to be a teacher is that I have had so many teachers make such an impact on my life, that I want to be able to do the same for my future students. I decided to add a minor is special education about a year and a half ago when I started nannying a little bot who is autistic. Learning about Parker and how his brain worked, was hard. So, I got to looking at my education degree to see if I was going to take any courses that would help me not only with Parker but with my future students that would be in my class. To my findings I was only going to take one class, in my whole degree. So I decided I wanted to learn more and do more in that aspect, so I added the minor not only to help myself, but to help others.     As far as grade wise in teaching I wa...

       Hello everyone! My name is Taylor Dill and I am pursing a degree in education with a minor in special education. I was born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida and lived there for 6 years before my mother and I moved to Fort Worth, Texas in 2006 and we have lived there ever since. I have grew up dancing. I was put in my first dance class at the age of 4 and grew to love it. I was a competitive dancer for 11 years of my life and then decided to do drill team in high school and fell in love with it. I am now a dancer at Texas State, as a Texas State Strutter. This is my third year on the team and I am more in love with it then ever. On the team I am also on the pom squad which is a team inside of strutters that does the more D1 style dance for the athletic games.       I am very family oriented and my mother is my best friend. I love the Dallas cowboys as well as any sport here at Texas State. I can not wait to see where the future holds me and I a...