Jacquiline+Burnett

= = = =  Science and Biology media type="file" key="Jaq's Profile.mp3" ||  || === === ||   //“// //Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?... Your playing small does not// === === //serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do... It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.// //”// -Marianne Williamson It was always considered a given that I would go to university. Everyone in my family is university educated, having two older brothers pave the way for me really just made it seem like the next step. This pressure and expectation helped me in many ways to apply myself at school and therefore get to university, however it also made me feel less in control of my own destiny. It is this experience that has made me want to provide different options and pathways for students that they may not have been exposed to before. || Nonetheless I enrolled myself in a science degree at university, wanting to focus on Zoology and perhaps one day lead research teams with lofty goals of achieving world/animal peace! Through completing my Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Bioscience at LaTrobe University, my appreciation of science has grown exponentially. Instead of cutting up smelly mice with blunt and rusty knives in yr 9 science, I was now delicately dissecting sharks and other fascinating creatures using proper tools and diagnostic equipment. I was completing experiments and reports that I found relevant to the world around me. It is my hope to bring some of these feelings I developed at university, into the classroon in secondary schools. || I believe I work best with others and want to be part of a team and gain skills and knowledge from all those around me. My hopes for my first year of teaching are pretty simple: 1) I want to get through the majority of my lessons without being pulverised! 2) I want the kids to turn up to my classes because they believe they will benefit from them. 3) I want the kids to walk out the door with something new to take with them. ||
 * [[image:spacer.jpg]] ||=  [[image:spacer.jpg]]Jacquiline Burnett[[image:spacer.jpg]]
 * >  ||>   |||||| I’m 22 years old and about to start my teaching career. ||
 * >  ||> **School** |||||| I grew up in a small country town and went to a small public school where I felt I really developed a sense of who I was and who I wanted to be in the future. My school was the only state school with private schools around it and was seen as a ‘dumping ground’ for students who didn't have the money or were not accepted elsewhere. This factor contributed to the general psyche of the school, interpreted by me as ‘get through and get out’. Although I was a good student, it wasn’t until late yr 12 that I began to value my work and allowed myself a sense of pride in my achievements. This was largely due to the perceptions that conscientious students were firstly, uninteresting and uncool and/or secondly, a threat. It is my hope that schools I may be involved with in the future ensure that positive attidudes towards achievement are developed and encouraged. I believe that teachers have a large role in this area and can greatly influence the student perception of their schooling. ||
 * >  ||> **Family** |||||||| I am largely influenced by my family. My mother was a secondary teacher for 20 years before going back to study and becoming a social worker. Her passion and talent for teaching and working with people has always inspired me and taught me that I can have an impact, that I should have an impact. The following quote, although not entire, lived on our fridge during my teenage years:
 * >  ||> **Family** |||||||| I am largely influenced by my family. My mother was a secondary teacher for 20 years before going back to study and becoming a social worker. Her passion and talent for teaching and working with people has always inspired me and taught me that I can have an impact, that I should have an impact. The following quote, although not entire, lived on our fridge during my teenage years:
 * >  ||> **Science** |||| During highschool I was not overly interested in science, despite my fascination with animals and their place in the world. I was more focused on English, History and Literature and as such, these contributed my best results to my VCE. I believe this was largely due to the lack of importance surrounding science at my school, it was viewed more by students as a class to muck around with chemicals and fire.
 * >  ||> **Science** |||| During highschool I was not overly interested in science, despite my fascination with animals and their place in the world. I was more focused on English, History and Literature and as such, these contributed my best results to my VCE. I believe this was largely due to the lack of importance surrounding science at my school, it was viewed more by students as a class to muck around with chemicals and fire.
 * || **Journey** || After I completed my degree I needed a break from study and took a job as a vet nurse in a small animal practice. This occupation was very fulfulling for me as it satisfied my desire to work with amimals, and I was helping people to understand them. Conveying complex medical information to stressed clients became a challenge but one I thoroughly enjoyed. I discovered that I wanted to work with people. ||  ||
 * >  ||> **Hopes** |||| I want to be a public school teacher. I have grown up with the mantra "state schools are great schools", and I would like to make this so.