Hi yall! My name is Aspen Gonzales! I am a junior at the University of North Texas. I am a Communication major and I am minoring in secondary education as well as social science. I hope to become a speech teacher in either middle school or high school. That honestly a sentence I never thought I would write. I hated school. Volleyball, choir, and lunch were the things that got me through the day, well that and the awesome teachers who stood by me the entire time. It wasn’t till I worked at Camp Thurman when I realized that being around kids and being that person they could talk to and to some a role model made me feel so happy. I thought out who inspired me and my speech teacher surprisingly made the top of my list. Coach Holman told me that “It doesn’t matter what you say, but how you make your audience feel”. That phrase stuck with me and is what drives me to continue my education and lets me know that even if I don’t write, speak, or do everything “perfect”, that if I make a good impression on someone that alone will make me memorable and appreciated. I might not speak the best or type a novel with zero grammar mistakes but I am passionate about many things. One of those is telling others the great things I see in them. I hope that in my teaching career I can continue to let others know how important they are while teaching them something I am passionate about, communication. This is my very first blog but I am excited to see how this blog unfolds throughout the semester and my life.
Peace n’ Blessings
-Aspen
Aspen's State of Mind 