Adopted and raised by wolves...

By: Katie McAuliffe

ENGL 336.003

As if growing up as a middle child isn't hard enough, Tajah Gloster's siblings led her to believe that she was in fact "raised by wolves" as a young child.

Born in Laurel Maryland, Tajah Gloster lived the first ten years of her life in Clinton Maryland where she began her elementary education. At the age of ten herself and her family made the short move to nearby town 'Clinton', she there completed elementary school. Tajah attended Bowie High School, a private Christian school near her home., where much to her dismay she was required to wear a uniform . A lover of English, Tajah studied the subject at High school, "I used to love my English class but I hated history, it's so boring".

Tajah is currently a softmore student at Frostburg State University where she is majoring in 'Elementary education' with the hope of one day fulfilling her dream of working with children. Once she has completed her four years at FSU she hopes to undertake a masters degree in administration, which would enable her to become a principal. Tajah's love for children was very evident when she spoke of her experiences volunteering many Friday's and Saturday's with 'Frostburg Student Education Association'. Here she got first-hand experience helping to teach children and she said "it felt good to help out".

It's never easy to be the middle child in any family, but not only is Tajah the middle child she's also the shortest of the family and the only member to be left-handed. When asked about her relationship with her siblings, Tajah giggled and claimed, " They called me adopted because they're bigger than me", "They used to tease me and tell me I was raised by wolves." Family is however, clearly very important to Tajah and she spoke very proudly when explaining that she has "a very good relationship with them".

Along with other Holidays Tajah celebrates, Valentine's day is a big occasion for Tajah, not only is it a day for her to enjoy with her boyfriend William, who she has been dating since starting at FSU in 2009, Valentine's day this year also marks Tajah's twentieth birthday.

Seeing the world is of great interest to Tajah, "I'd love to study abroad somewhere like London". She's always wanted to visit Europe and hopes that one day maybe she'll get the opportunity. Her family's time share at 'The Hilton Resort' Florida means Tajah often gets the chance to holiday there. "It is so hot there, my nose always gets sun-burn" was how Tajah explained the weather there. Her and her family have also visited Mexico, Jamaica, California and Las Vegas, but a dream of hers has always been to visit New York.

Tajah's fun-loving personality shone through as she spoke of her love for singer/song-writer 'Taylor Swift'. "Once, when I was working at Chick-fill-A I heard a group of kids talking about going to a Taylor Swift concert and I was so jealous". Not only is Tajah a music lover, she also enjoys shopping, going to the movies and occasionally playing Softball.

Tajah loves living on campus at FSU, but hopes next year to either relocate from 'Westminster Hall' to 'Cambridge Hall', or experience living off-campus for a semester. Tajah seems eager and excited about her future here at FSU and looks forward to her remaining years at the university.