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My name is Michael Joseph Collins. I am originally from El Cajon, California, in the East County of San Diego. I have been married to my beautiful wife Karina for 3 years, this last December. My wife and I met at a bible study in La Mesa, California in 2001. We got married in 2003. After the wedding we moved to Davis, California so my wife could finish her Bachelor degree. After that we moved to Carlsbad, where my wife is from originally, and have lived there ever since. I have a very loving and supportive family. My parents raised me with my brother Chris in El Cajon. I have a half brother and sister through my dad’s previous marriage. Their name is Scott and Allison. One unique thing about my siblings is that we all get along pretty well; they are my friends. I went to school at Vista Grande Elementary School, and then I went to Montgomery Middle School. I later went to Hillsdale Middle School, and finished at Valhalla High School (Graduating Class of 200).
My first introduction to computers was my freshman year in high school. I took an intro to computers class there. Before that I hadn’t had much exposure to computers. All of my family had not been into technology that much so I wasn’t around it. I have a PC and have been able to get used to that over the years. I depend on technology with my computer to do homework and check emails. I have a cell phone that I depend on as well. Just about all of my communication is via technology, so I would say on a daily basis I need technology to function.
Reflective teaching and diversity are the words that stand out when I read our mission statement. To me a great teacher is one that will learn to reflect and assess their teaching and comparing it to the students learning. This to me is a great teacher. Learning different ways to assess the effectiveness of your teaching will be hard for me because there are so many students and you want to make sure that you’re giving them all the opportunity to learn. Diversity is such an important thing to be learning about in California as it continues to grow and become more diversified. It will be vital to be in a school that prides itself on learning and teaching diversity.