Ms. B... I like the sound of that!

     Hello bloggers my name is Alera Budd aka Ms. B, for those of you who don't know me I can be described as a “go getter”. So when I brought the idea of creating a blog for new teachers to my friend Hannah I don’t think she was one bit surprised. Hannah and I met the summer before our freshman year of college and where pretty much instant friends. You know those people you meet and think “we would make such great friends” well that was Hannah and I. We were education buddies and somehow always ended up in the same classes and cohorts together. Our junior year of college we even got to co-teach in a 1^st grade classroom for a semester! But I’m getting ahead of myself, let me rewind a bit.


My Kindergarten picture... I'm sure my mom
 was happy to get this picture in the mail!



I was born and raised right here in the great country whoops I mean state of Texas! I am the youngest of four girls and have the most supportive parents on planet earth.  Like many of us from the day I could remember I wanted to be a teacher. I’d make my older sisters sit down and be my students as I walked around pencil stuck behind my ear, assigning homework and tests. Although my visions of myself as a teacher have changed, my passion for teaching has not.

        Along with teaching another passion of mine is dance! Throughout my middle school and high school career competitive dance pretty much overtook my life but it taught me so much. So it was no surprise when I decided to go out for my college dance team and what an amazing experience that was. On top of a full college course load I was a member of the Baylor University Dance Team where you could find me cheering at all the BU football and basketball games. That was by far a highlight of my college career. And although I had an amazing college experience I am ready for this new phase in my life and to see what being a first year teacher is all about. This year I will be teaching (drum roll please) KINDERGARTEN in Garland ISD and could not be more excited! And to make things even better Hannah and I will get to continue to share, discuss and mentor one another as we tackle Kinder together. I mean everyone remembers their Kindergarten teacher, right?

So here’s to a great year full of amazing unforeseen events! And let me just say, I really hope Taylor Swift is right about being twenty two “We're happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time. It's miserable and magical. Everything will be alright. If we just keep dancing like we're 22.”

-The new kid on the block Alera