About Me

        My name is Lauren Jury and I am studying for my bachelors degree in liberal arts at CSUSM to become an elementary school teacher.  I was born and raised in San Diego, attending elementary school in Bonita at Sunnyside elementary.  By junior high my family had moved to north county so I attended La Costa Canyon High School.  I stayed in San Diego for college at CSUSM but a few years into college, I wanted to experience something different than the beach life, so I spent a semester is Madrid, Spain studying the Spanish language and culture.  I have been fortunate enough to travel and experience a way of life I could have never known.

        Taking Educ422 will be wonderful for me.  I have everything Mac and feel like I am not taking advantage of all Mac had to offer.... because I don't know how to!  Even today my friend showed me a TON of new things I had no idea my iphone could do. 

        When I first started at CSUSM I did not yet discover my love for teaching and education so the COE had no impact on my choosing CSUSM.  The Mission Statement of the COE at CSUSM emphasizes its practice is to, "demonstrate a commitment to student centered education [and] diversity."  This statement is so important to me- it focuses on the student's needs for a successful and educational experience and that includes embracing diversity.  All students in a population are different, they have different needs, different ideas, different ways of thinking and they all need to be validated.  Some teachers in the profession do not embrace this diversity and that is why I am a part of the COE, I want to be a teacher that offers an environment for educational success.