I have always enjoyed writing - creative or otherwise. When I went to college in 2001, I decided to take an English major. The next year I also took on a writing minor. I helped out with several on-campus publications, serving as a copyeditor and photographer for the newspaper and a proofreader and contributor to some of our other annuals. I was also very involved with the campus writing center. I'm now teaching 9th grade English and working to set up a writing center in that high school. By the end of 2008, I should have completed work to obtain my M.A. in English, as well.

My passion is ...

learning

I know too much about ...

music trivia

My parents always told me ...

to clean up when I was done making a mess

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a teacher (check)

My favorite memory ...

childhood/college. There are too many to choose just one!

Why I write ...

it's fun and it allows me to collect and organize my thoughts and share them with others.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I'm always reading something. Right now it's John Saul and David Sedaris.

My first job ...

picking strawberries/paper route.

My best moment ...

There are several. I can't define myself by one moment in time!

My inspiration ...

comes from all over the place!

Education > Teachers & Administrators Investigating the trend of inappropriate student/teacher relationships

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As someone who had been preparing herself to become a teacher since she was three years old, when I graduated from college, there was nothing else that I could imagine doing. I whole-heartedly disagree with the idea that young women just out of college shouldn't be allowed to teach high school students. It takes a completely different degree to teach younger students, so high school was my only option as far as teaching was concerned.

It's a matter of professionalism, and the schools are watching it. Everyone has a favorite teacher from their school days. Typically it's an adult that yo...

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