Margaret (Maggie) Stahr

My name is Margaret but I prefer to go by Maggie and I am living in Arnold Maryland. Ever since I was a little girl, I knew I wanted to be a teacher because my favorite game to play with my stuffed animals/dolls or my friends and family was school where I was the teacher. I have gone to three different colleges, starting at Radford University. I then went to Anne Arundel Community College where I earned my AAT degree in Early Childhood/Special Education. Right now I am enrolled in the education program at Frostburg State University where I will earn my Bacherlor of Science degree in Early Childhood/Elementary Education. My first semester here at Frostburg, Fall 2014, I earned the Dean's List Award.

Some of my hobbies that I like to do when I am not in school or working are: baking, making crafts (greeting cards), watching TV, and hanging out with my family and pets. Throughout the three colleges that I have attended, I have been involved in five clubs: Chi Alpha, Student Education Association, Best Buddies, United Campus Ministries, and Frostburg Association of the Education of Young Children.

One of my favorite poems is Daddy's Day. In this poem, it is daddy's day in this little girl's class. Her mom tries to keep her from going but the girl wants to go even though her daddy is visually not there. Everyone in the classroom makes fun of this girl and her daddy without knowing the real reason he is not there. "Where's her daddy at?" she heard a boy call out. "She probably doesn't have one," another student dared to shout. And from somewhere near the back, she heard a daddy say, "Looks like another deadbeat dad, too busy to waste his day." When it is her turn to talk to the class about her daddy, she surprises everyone with what she says. "My Daddy couldn't be here, because he lives far away. But I know he wishes he could be, since this is such a special day. And though you cannot meet him, I wanted you to know, all about my daddy, and how much he loves me so. It turns out that her daddy is up in heaven but she made everyone hopefully see him standing by her and giving her a red rose. This poem teaches me that I can do anything if I just pretend that I am this girl. And when I don't think I can do something, I just think of the girl in this poem and say "If she can do what she did than I can do this."