Paz Martinez

1) Hello everyone! My name is Paz Martinez. I’m 22 years old but will be 23 in a couple of weeks. I consider myself a local since I was born and raised near Colusa, Ca. I am the daughter of 4 no brothers just sisters. I will be the first college graduate from my family so that makes me pretty excited! I’m a transfer student from Butte College and I got to say this was a major change for me since Butte was way smaller than this. I looked pretty dumb looking for my classes all over campus! Not to mention I almost got a parking ticket last week for parking somewhere I wasn’t supposed to! Any way I want to teach anywhere from 1st to 5th grade because I definitely don’t think I want to deal with high schoolers or middle school just because I know how rude they can get! At the beginning of my career I was unsure if I really wanted to become a teacher because I always thought I would never have kids. But after becoming an aunt to 2 lovely nephews it all changed! I knew this was where I wanted to be at. So here I am.

2) A reader to me is someone who is passionate of what they read whether it be novels, fiction, nonfiction, etc. Some one mentioned last time in class that readers are also those who read signs, directions, social media, receptors, etc. I never really thought of it that way so it was something new . I usually never read outside of school unless I’m really bored and have nothing else to do. I remember that I always used to read everywhere I went but as I got older I just didn’t have enough time to do so I guess. Although I can spend hours on social media and read many different articles on there that don’t really connect to school I mean some may but other may not. One thing that caught my attention from the article was when the author mentioned that some readers may not understand what they read the first time. I find this to be relating to me at times. I may find my self reading something at the last minuete and just focused on to finishing it but once I’m half way through I realize that I did not understand a word of what I had just read!