Welcome Post!

         My name is Kate Williams and this is my first ever blog post! I went to Western University (or the University of Western Ontario as it was known for my first two years) for my Undergraduate degree where I studied English and Geography. I spent my first three years studying in London, Ontario and my fourth year on exchange studying in Birmingham, England. My year abroad kick started my passion for travel; from the first day I arrived in England until the present day I have consistently had at least one trip booked or in the planning stage - I definitely consider myself a travel bug. 

         Teaching has always been my goal career and although I would have loved to continue traveling it was far more important for me to come home and get started on my career path. I am in the Junior/Intermediate stream and my teachable is English (although I would like to expand on this with my geography background). I'd really be happy teaching any grade, but my ideal age group would be between grades 7 and 10. This is a result of my own personal experiences in these grades and how much the drive and passion of the teachers I had effected my desire to learn. I believe the experiences we have during those grades have a large impact on the major decisions we make during our educational careers. I would love to have a hand in helping shape students’ educational paths as they begin high school. I have also heard many people are less willing to teach such hormonal ages and I feel as though my passion is in teaching in general rather than in teaching any one specific subject so I would be happy to take on the challenge!