Not early. Not late. Just Welcome!

---> Welcome to Reading Up With Jones <--- 

I am Megan Jones and I hope that you don't find yourself trying to keep up with me.... get it? Keeping up with the Jones's....anyway.....

I have been a Jones for the past 12 years! My husband and I have 2 boys, who are a hand full. We have lived in 3 different states. I have taught PreAlgebra and Algebra for 8 years in 4 different districts and 2 different grade levels (middle school and high school).

Honestly, I do love math (my favorite number is Phi). Loving math is one of two main passions I have. The other passion is taking care of people. My family and I have a saying; "Not early. Not Late. Just Welcome!" I want to create environments and classrooms were people can be... people, and feel genuine love and compassion. A place to learn, fight injustices, and help one another.

As much as I love math and taking care of people, I also enjoy the umbrella of education. Education includes not just teaching, but learning, growing, and becoming better. Three years ago I didn't consider myself a reader, but I wanted to change that. In 2018, I challenged myself to read 18 books in the year...... I read 36. So in 2019, I wanted to read 25........ I read 43! I have learned to enjoy books. I now enjoy getting lost in different worlds, solving mysteries, or crying out with the injustices that real characters face.

The stars aligned in September of 2019 when I took a new position at a school district with a higher population of Hispanics than other area schools. At the same time, a friend encouraged me to apply for a scholarship that would pay for my graduate program as I become a Library Media Specialist working in a Hispanic school district.

This blog is going to be a place for book reviews, brain dumping ideas, and a place for me to verbally process my thoughts as I work on my graduate program to become a Library Media Specialist!

Currently, I am half way through my first semester. My biggest AHHA moment has been the fact that Librarians do a whole lot more than I realized. Most people probably assume they just dust shelves and check out books. When in reality they are the keepers of knowledge and information. They have to code and manipulate systems and programs that others have never heard of. They have to know the people they serve and promote materials without being biased. They are truly heroes.

Over the next few years I will be writing from time to time here. Read up with me. Leave comments for me. Whatever you do, don't try to keep up with me.  I'm just an average Jones.

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Bonus Material: my poster for 'freedoms in the library' - click here it goes along with my statements found here.