DaMiTrA * jAcKsOn

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                                    Hi! My name is Damitra Jackson and this is my web page.  Please feel free to take a look.                                     

Status: Sophomore

Major: Secondary Mathematics Education

Goals: become a high school Calculus teacher; open a hair salon

Hobbies: dancing, singing, drawing , doing hair

Activities: SAGE Mentoring Program, Black Student Union (BSU) Rhythm Step Team, 2004/2005 Fashion Show, Lutheran Campus Ministry ESOL Tutoring, National Society of Collegiate Scholars (Exec.VP), Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society (Co-President)

Message: People shouldn't go into a certain profession just because it pays a lot of money.  You should have a love for what you do.  People shouldn't let their parents or other authority figures in their life dictate who they will become in life because that is up to you.  My parents always encouraged me to go after my goal of becoming a math teacher even though they knew, as well as I, that teachers were not exactly high on the salary list.  Even still I didn't let those factors change what I felt in my heart.  This world is full of so many opportunities if we would just step out of our box and embrace them.  Do something that no one would expect you to do.  Be a bus driver if you like to transport people, be a sales clerk if you like to assist people in a store, be a Mary Kay consultant if you like wearing makeup and making up others faces, and most of all, be a teacher if you like to teach.  The World Needs More Teachers!!!!!  Whatever it is that you do, give it your best (my mom says all anyone can expect is your best), love it, and enjoy it.  It's nothing like waking up to a job you actually want to go to. Well, I'll end with these few quotes...