My name is Jessica Irene Soady.  I was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and have a dual citizenship with the United States.  I have lived here half of my life and find it a quaint, easygoing town.  One thing that has influenced me to be a teacher is my love of horses.  Let me explain.  During my first year at VSU i took a class in horseback riding. The place I rode was called Jacob's ladder.  At Jacob's Ladder the owner has set up a theraputic horseback riding facility.  I had talked to her a couple times about what she does there and I found it very interesting.  Her facility helps special needs children learn to communicate, and you get to work with horses.  In my teaching I hope to develop goods and appropriate lines of communication with each student: every child can learn.  I also hope to follow through with my dreams to own my very own ranch one day and work with children.

    I got into the education major probably because my mother is a professor and she has been all my life.  I wanted to be a teacher for other reasons as well.  I love kids, expecially when they are young.  I believe that with a good role model/teacher, a student can be encouraged to achieve regardless of their background.  I am a multi-cultural person and believe hat attitude can be brought to my classroom as a positive outlook on difference.


    There are a few people who were such great teachers and influences in my life that they opened my mind to being a teacher.  Some have inspired me while I have been here at VSU.  Professors Rebecca Galeano (Spanish/ESOL) and Bobbie Warren (English) are the two that had the most impact.  Both are exceptional teachers who care for their students. They bring exciting stories and occurrences from their lives into their teaching.  i am honored to be in the presence of such great people who I know are just as caring outside the classroom as they are while teaching.  If I could only strive to be half as terriffic as they are, i would be satisified.




                                                                                                                  


  Jacobs' Ladder is a place where I took riding lessons the first two years of University.  Helped me choose to become an early childhood major.


  I love the clothes here along with the perfume.  My favorite scent is Heavenly.


  Yahoo is the central place for me.  I have Email through this place and I love some of the games in yahoo games.  It has links to just about anything you need to find on the internet.


  This is my favorite car.  I have an older version of it (the '99).  I like this site because I can look in the car and see all of it's details.