All About Anna

My Name is Anna Koch and I am a junior nursing major from Austin, TX. I love Austin so much and hope to live there again some day.

I've wanted to be a nurse since I was nine years old. When I was fifteen my uncle married a woman who graduated from TCU nursing school and she recommended that I look into going there. I visited the campus when I was a senior and immediately felt at home on campus and knew that this was the school for me. It was the only school I wanted to apply to but to appease my mother, I applied to one other school. If I were the Chancellor of TCU I would bring Frog Bytes lounge back. That was my favorite place to run into friends before and after class, both those who lived on and off campus. Now with the way things are laid out, if you live off campus it is harder to "run into" people you because there isn't a central place that people will gravitate to between classes. I feel like a good teacher is one that allows a level of vulnerability so that they make themselves relatable to the rest of the class. I feel that this evokes response out of students and I believe it allows for a more effective learning environment.

If I could have dinner with three people I would pick my three co- counselors from camp this past summer. We all go to school in different states so to be all together for a meal would be fantastic! Three things you all should know about me is that I am a very passionate person with a lot of energy. I am passionate about social justice, God, and caring for others. Second, I worked at a summer camp the past two summers and have made the best of friends from working out there. Third, I love to laugh...a lot.

I am taking this course to expand my knowledge on literature. I enjoy reading a lot but feel that I limit myself in what I read. I also feel that this class is a good change of pace to all the nursing classes I am taking!

Being in nursing, I read a lot of textbooks and because of that I don't do much reading outside of that. I do enjoy books that challenge my way of thinking. Most recently I have read Crazy Love by Francis Chan and Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning. Both of those books connected my passions for social justice and God and how to make a difference in the world we live in. I did read the Twilight Saga and enjoy quick reads like that!

In this course I hope to be more comfortable with sharing my own thoughts, for the extrovert I am, in a setting where I have to share my opinions and thoughts I can become very shy. I have read, understand, and agree to the syllabus of ENGL 20503.