{"id":22006,"date":"2023-05-05T15:30:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T19:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/?p=22006"},"modified":"2023-05-08T09:42:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T13:42:18","slug":"student-journalist-ms-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/05\/05\/student-journalist-ms-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"“A Chat with Ms. Brown, AMS School Psychologist.” An Interview by Young Journalists at Annapolis Middle."},"content":{"rendered":"

Student Journalists<\/h2><\/div>

We are AACPS:<\/strong> Students | Annapolis Middle School<\/em><\/h3>\n
<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Mariah Brown is recognized as an important contributor to Annapolis Middle School. The students appreciate her kindness and commitment and decided to ask her for a few minutes to do an interview with her. Ms. Brown obliged and here are the highlights of the conversation:<\/p>\n

Hi Ms. Brown. We hope you are having a good day. We have a few questions for you. Do you remember how seventh grade was for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello and thank you for asking. I am well. Well, seventh grade was definitely a moment where there was a big shift in life for me. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve shared this with my other students, but in seventh grade I spent half of the year and all of my eighth grade year in the hospital. I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. I missed a lot of time in school and it made me appreciate a lot of things in life more. It was a transformational period in my life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wow. That is very interesting. Ok, we have a new question. How many years have you been at Annapolis Middle, and have you been (working) anywhere else?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is my second year at Annapolis and before I was at Annapolis, I worked in other school systems doing different types of work.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, what school did you go to be a school psychologist?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I went to Towson University for undergrad and when I decided to get my masters, I decided to continue at Towson.<\/span><\/p>\n

Okay. That’s cool Ms. Brown. Why did you decide to be a psychologist? What inspired you to be a psychologist?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In my heart I want to make a difference in the lives of students. I look back at my 7th grade year and the growth I felt, and I think to myself, I can help students because I can understand some of their difficulties.<\/span><\/p>\n

That is a good reason. We are curious. Why did you choose Annapolis and AACPS?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I actually did my internship at Annapolis Middle and during my time here I fell in love with the students and the culture of the school. It feels right to be here.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ok, we think we have a good question that is different, what\u2019s your favorite tv show?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I only watch TV occasionally. I like Law and Order SVU and currently watching season 22. I\u2019ve also been watching The Voice. You cant go wrong with singing shows, right?<\/span><\/p>\n

What is your favorite part of the day that\u2019s not interacting with students?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Honestly, I feel like I\u2019m always interacting with students, but I\u2019d say watching students getting on the buses. (Laughs) It\u2019s just fun to watch, it\u2019s not because I want you all to leave, its because of the energy and activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ok. This is our last question. What\u2019s your go to breakfast?<\/strong><\/p>\n

To be honest, I\u2019m not really a breakfast person, but if I had to pick I would say a bacon, egg, and cheese on a bagel or a smoothie<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you Ms. Brown<\/strong><\/p>\n

–This group of students from AACPS organized the interviews and the questions. As their original advisor transitioned to a different position, Mr. Simon Wainwright and Ms. Carolyn Lozano picked up the mantle and helped the students with their endeavors to have more conversations with teachers.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Louis Nesbitt, PDM Department<\/p>\n

<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Central<\/span>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my heart I want to make a difference in the lives of students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001013,"featured_media":22007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"saved","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[234,138,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annapolisms","category-annapolis_stories","category-student_stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22006"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22017,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22006\/revisions\/22017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}