Hi, my name is Lacie Ballard. I am currently a junior at EOU studying multidisciplinary studies with an ESOL endorsement. I am pretty excited to graduate in the next few years and get started on my career I would love to teach kindergarten or first grade.
My hobbies range from reading to riding my horses. I really enjoy reading the Twilight series and am looking forward to the next book. I just recently got a new Jack Russell puppy so she consumes much of my time currently--I named her Daisy! I also really love riding my horses up in the mountains, for the most part.

Reading didn't start so easily for me. I can recall in about the first grade, I had great difficultly learning the alphabet and was placed in special group. Luckily, I excelled and in later years of Elementary school I was placed in more advanced reading groups. Starting in Second grade to my Senior year of high school my school district had a reading program called Accelerated Reader or AR for short. Basically students had to read a book with a given value of points and take computer based tests on the book. I mostly didn't enjoy it, because it made reading seem forced. In my later years of high school I began to enjoy reading Nicholas Sparks novels and still do. I also enjoy reading the for mentioned Twilight series. I for the most part enjoy reading these types of books because the are pretty entertaining and easily understood.

My dad mostly just reads the newspaper or informational books on horse training or riding. He chooses to read these books so he can stay informed on current events and to further his knowledge on equestrian. My older brother also enjoys reading informative books mostly on wilderness areas which include survival guides and maps. He enjoys reading these books because he really enjoys being outdoors and hiking. Most of my friends really enjoy reading fictional books such as Nicholas Sparks novels, basically because they find them entertaining. I mostly can relate to my friends answers as I do not really enjoy reading informational books. However, like my father I do enjoy reading the newspaper from time-to-time so I can stay informed on current events.