Kendra Breann

My name is Kendra Gelrud. I was born and raised here in Southern California. I was born in La Jolla and moved to oceanside at a young age. I went to K-half of second grade @ Alamosa Park elementary school and then my family moved to Vista where I continued second grade-fifth at Monte Vista Elementary school. I attended Lincoln middle school all three years which, sadly, is now Vista magnet middle school. Then for high school i went to Rancho Buena Vista, home of the Longhorns!! I just recently finished two years at Palomar community college and this is now my second semester here at Cal State San Marcos, also known as Cal State stair master!!

I wouldn't say I'm the brightest crayon in the box when it comes to technology. I do have an iphone and I was able to start this post, but I am extremely proud of these accomplishments. I would say my family is a PC, but after the first class I think I will soon become a Mac. When teachers talk about using WebCT I get really nervous. It's not my strong point. I don't like when they say "this is a paperless class" to me that means it's basically an online class in which you must attend a lecture as well.. I don't sign up for online classes for a reason! BUT hopefully after taking this EDUC 422 class I will feel more comfortable around the computer, and who knows, maybe even sign up for an online class next semester! I most often use Microsoft Office word 2007 because, like I said, my family is a PC and that's usually the only computer I use.

After reading the mission statement for CSUSM two things stuck out to me. The first was the first sentence: "The mission of the College of education community.." this stuck out becuase this is part of the reason i chose to attend this school. Aside from the fact that i'd be close to home this school is a school of education with a program for students who want to become teachers, which that is exactly my desire. The second part was that the word diversity was mentioned twice within the few sentences that the mission statement is composed of. I really like that fact, and I have definately seen the diversity here first hand.