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Hello everyone,

My name is Ramla Ali; I am an instructional aid at Horizon Science Academy Elementary. I am currently going to school at Columbus State Community College here in Ohio. I am working on getting my associate in Early Childhood Education and I plan on transferring to Otterbein University to finish out my bachelor get a teaching license.

I am a mother of four children ages from 12 yrs. to 22 months so on my free time when I am not running to or from basketball practice or choir rehearsal, I like to sit and cuddle with a good novel to read and drink tea.

Coming from another country and having to learn how to speak English, I know how difficult it is for immigrant students. Where I am currently employed the demographic is mostly immigrants. My plan is to make those children want to learn and get them excited in wanting to learn the language so they can succeed in this country. When I first came to America I was 9 years old I did not speak one word of English. Coming to a new country was scary enough so when you add not being able to speak their language was petrify in more ways them imaginable. There was a teacher by the name of Mrs. Mathis she was my language arts teacher she always drew pictures to get me to understand what she was teaching. To this day it amazes me to think back to those days when I was new to this language and someone would say to me "Thank You" I replied "Every Much" not knowing it was the wrong reply. What Mrs. Mathis did was with out making me feel any less or incompetent she corrected me and would come out of her way to help me want to learn, and to get her approval I always did my best to please her. Just like Mrs. Mathis I want to make my students want to learn and make the first year experience one they will never forget...24 years later I still remember my first experience.

Ramla

) share you goals as an educator- what would you like to accomplish as a teacher?