Personal

Timeline
Keira, Block D
2006 2017 2019

Late Early
2022 2022 2021

2024 2025 2030


2017
In 2017 my younger brother was diagnosed
with brain cancer, this caused my parents
2006 to stay at the hospital with him while my
siblings and I stayed with our
This was the year I was aunts/uncles and visited them
born. There isn’t a lot occasionally. This at first may not seem
I’ve learned from this like a defining moment in my life, but
event but obviously if this had briefly interrupted my learning
this event hadn’t and had altered my life forever. My
occurred I wouldn’t be siblings and I we constantly moving from
here today. one house to another while my parents
were in the hospital with my brother.
Despite how scary and sad we had become
it brought my siblings and I closer
together and I was able to connect with
them and I learned how to comfort them
and console them.
2019
In 2019 my younger brother had passed
away from 2 new tumors in his back.
This event had created a ravine in the
bond my family and I had formed in the
most recent years. We all grieved in
our own rooms separately for weeks.
This was difficult to overcome but
after about a month we started to
grieve together and comfort each other.
This moment was crucial to who I am
today, it taught me how to deal with
grief and I was able to develop a skill
of communication and understanding that
I didn’t have before hand. It had
taught me how to be vulnerable with
people and it helped me grow into who I
am today. We still have moments of
grief we share today but instead of
grieving apart and alone we grieve and
remember together.
 2021
This was the first time I had encountered a
peer mentor. This was extremely crucial
because it had set off a chain reaction. I
had really enjoyed having a peer mentor in
my class and I had decided that when I got Early 2022
to grade 11 I’d test the waters and see if
In the earlier part of 2022 I
I enjoyed it or not. If this hadn’t
had been asked by a previous
happened I highly doubt I would’ve signed
math teacher of mine, to tutor
up for peer mentoring or have even heard
a student in her current class.
bout it, so I’m grateful that I had a peer
This was my first time helping
mentor when I did and that I had an
someone with a subject“outside This helped me realize how
enthusiastic and helpful peer mentor.
of school”and getting paid for much I enjoy helping others
it. This helped me learn how to learn, especially in math, and
communicate things like when to how much I enjoy not just
meet and up where, what explaining math but seeing
units/subjects we needed to them understand and apply it
cover, how long we wanted the to textbook questions and real
sessions to last, etc. life scenarios. Seeing the
“ohhhh” expression when they
finally understand the one
concept that had been holding
them back is explained and
they get it.

If I had ended up with a
different subject or teacher
I may have felt overwhelmed
or may not have enjoyed it
as much, but I was lucky
enough to get a subject that
I fully understood with a
teacher I felt really
comfortable and familiar
with. This was the year that
pushed me away from
psychology and the
possibility I’ll like it to
teaching and helping others.
2024
This is the year I am graduating.
It’s horrifying, my plan is to work
for a year, I already have work lined
Late 2022 up somewhere, before going to
university. I don’t deal with change
This was my first time peer well so this will be a new experience
mentoring and testing out but I’m glad to have a year of just
whether I enjoyed being in a processing before going straight in. I
classroom and working with not may volunteer as well so that my
only another teacher but chances of getting into my desired
multiple students with tons of university increases.
different questions, different
levels of understanding, and
have different learning styles
that need to be catered to.
This was the moment that I
knew I wanted to teach, I
wasn’t sure what subject but
I knew I was well educated
with and enjoyed subjects like
math, Spanish, some areas of
socials like genocide, and
chemistry.
 2025
Ideally I’ll have enough money to be able to
afford the school(s) I’d like to get into and I
can start applying to them. The plan is to study
math and teaching at Thompson Rivers, live with my
aunt in Kamloops, gain enough credits so I can get
my teaching license so I can go straight into
teaching math. If I don’t get accepted into
Thompson Rivers I’d like to go to KPU or SFU,
preferably KPU because its still got a good
teaching program but its closer and less expensive.

2030
This is hopefully the year I complete my
education program and receive my teaching
license, I haven’t figured out where I’d
like to teach although I’d prefer somewhere
in BC. I’m excited to help others learn and
understand a subject I enjoy and love, and I
cannot wait to create a fun and safe
environment for my class.