Introduction

My name is Dominique Armenteros and I was born here in south Florida. I am currently twenty years old and coming into my own. I am a very warm, kind, and caring person. Anuthing involvong art, I'm there. I am an artist in almost every aspect. Singing, drawing, painting, writing songs; you name it. If I'm not good at it i've at least tried it twice and had fun doing it. Three years ago I found my love which would be photograpghy. I get a feeling which can not be replaced when i enter the darkroom. Since that momment I've never felt more connected to myself.

After high school my mother had convinced me that photography was not a dependable feild so I let direct my future into opticanry. Obviously this was a major mistake; eventually i knew that i would lose interest and not give my all because my heart was not in it. After my freshman year i decided to take my future into my own hands. I decided to do something that i was passionate about. Through my entire life i have observed that i love teaching people new things even more so young people. It felt as though my greatest reward was them understanding what I ust taught. Remembering when i was in my teenage year I wuld enjoy helping my peers with their assignments.

Due to my observations Art Educationis now my major. I know that i will not regretchanging my majorbecause i believe that I am a very maternal person and I believe that trait is greatly needed to be a great teacher. My goal is to to be more than a teacher to my students I will be there friend, counselor, and a role model. I've had perfect examples of these kinds of teachers in my life and I want to carry out the same kindness and wisdom that they have shown me. I have a saying that goes "When you teach you don't just teach a lesson; you teach who you are to your learners as well." I believe in this strongly because I've had good and bad teachers, even some in between. But if I don't remember anything else that they taught me I will always remember how they treated me and how they made me feel about learning in their class.

My intentions for this course is to absorb all the knowlegde that I possibly can so that my stydents will remember me. I want to be that person in their lives that believes in them when no one else will. I want to make my students to be able to smile in the face of failure and laugh because they have enough confidence to know that failure is not an option. With time I want to be one of the best and I'm ready and willing to learn everything to accomplish that.