{"id":36,"date":"2015-10-29T11:36:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2015-12-18T01:55:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T08:55:51","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/files\/2015\/10\/Blossoms.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-55\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/files\/2015\/10\/Blossoms.jpg\" alt=\"Blossoms\" width=\"182\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/files\/2015\/10\/Blossoms.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/files\/2015\/10\/Blossoms-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/a>I am currently in the Bachelors of Education Program at UBC and my teachable subjects are Business Education and ELL.\u00a0 I graduated with a Bachelors of Business<\/p>\n<p>Administration in Human Resources from Kwantlen\u00a0Polytechnic University. \u00a0I have worked in the Sales and Human Resources in the Telecommunications industry for over 10 years and have enjoyed learning and gaining experience.\u00a0 However, I realized I wanted a more dynamic work place setting and enjoyed teaching and developing employees and youth to be my passion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I took a leap of faith and committed myself to teaching abroad in South Korea for one year.\u00a0 Soon, that one year turned into three wonderful years where I was placed in multiple settings where I had to be flexible and adapt to new environments.\u00a0 I realized I enjoyed the dynamic and supportive work place in a school, and I was motivated and encouraged by witnessing my students grow and improve in their English skills throughout the years I was at the school. \u00a0It was during my final year in South Korea that I decided to apply for the Bachelor\u2019s of Education Program at UBC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/files\/2015\/10\/20130801_120501.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-111\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-111 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/files\/2015\/10\/20130801_120501.jpg\" alt=\"20130801_120501\" width=\"284\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/files\/2015\/10\/20130801_120501.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/files\/2015\/10\/20130801_120501-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/files\/2015\/10\/20130801_120501-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/files\/2015\/10\/20130801_120501-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aside from school and work, I am involved in extra curricular sport activities such as Dragon Boat and Ocean Rigger.\u00a0 I enjoy participating in team sports and I love the feeling of a good team bond.\u00a0 In the near future, I will coach my very first Junior Dragon Boat team at my practicum school. \u00a0I look forward to the instilling the same love and passion for the sport in the young paddlers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/files\/2015\/10\/bd.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-112\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-112 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/files\/2015\/10\/bd.jpg\" alt=\"bd\" width=\"321\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/files\/2015\/10\/bd.jpg 604w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/files\/2015\/10\/bd-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully I\u2019ll be able to find time to do another one of my passions-eat all the wonderful foods and dishes in the world.\u00a0 I\u2019m a very curious person, and I hope my curiosity will guide me through my triumphs and mistakes as I work toward my goal of being a secondary Business Education and ELL teacher.\u00a0 Thank you for reading my blog.\u00a0 It\u2019ll be a place where I\u2019ll write my reflection and thoughts as I progress in the B.Ed program.<\/p>\n<p>-Ms. Trinh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I am currently in the Bachelors of Education Program at UBC and my teachable subjects are Business Education and ELL.\u00a0 I graduated with a Bachelors of Business Administration in Human Resources from Kwantlen\u00a0Polytechnic University. \u00a0I have worked in the Sales and Human Resources in the Telecommunications industry for over 10 years and have enjoyed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36346,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ltrinh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}