Who am I?

C’kemi! I’m Jessica Nix, but I mostly go by Jesse, no “i”, I know, like a boy. I claim Knoxville as where I’m from, but I am actually an Army brat. I was born in Athens, Greece, and lived in a variety of places including Korea and Texas before finally settling here when I was around 8 or 9. I went to high school at South Doyle, in South Knoxville...I hear it is kind of ghetto now, though. I began my very long, drawn out college career at BYU in Provo, UT. However, after a couple years I took two years off to serve a mission for my church in Tirana, Albania, so I lived there for about a year and a half. I returned to transfer to UT setting me back, oh....to a freshman. Lame? Agreed.

I am now about to obtain my BS in Math this May (um, so please don’t fail me...). I will, hopefully, be teaching high school mathematics after I do my student teaching next year. I am not sure where that will be yet, I’ll find out at the end of this semester. I actually never really wanted to teach. Both my parents are teachers and I remember all the work they did for, it seemed, not much payoff. Alas, while I ran from my calling there was no hiding. I eventually succumbed to the inevitable and started my education courses.

In my spare time I mostly do two things. I read and take care of my dog. We go to the dog park, walk around the block, go running, whatever we decide sounds like fun. I do enjoy being outside and just about anything that lets me remain there, including, sports, hiking and eating chocolate...yes, eating chocolate is always better when doing it in the sun.

Anyway, that’s about all there is to know about me. I am excited about the new semester. Just a cautionary note, computers don’t particularly like me. If something can go wrong, or break, it will while I am around...not sure how that works. Nevertheless, I am excited to learn how to incorporate technology in the classroom. While I may not be able to always enjoy the comforts of a computer due to their lack of faith in me, I’m happy to allow students to increase their own knowledge with their use.