I was born in Taipei, Taiwan and emigrated to the United States with my family at age 2.

Grew up and live in southern California.

I am 24 years old. I have a bachelor's in English with a minor in education.

I will be going on to pursue a teaching credential.

I currently work two jobs. Five days a week I work for an after school program that is partially sponsored by California proposition 49. I also work as a substitute for para-educators and noon supervisors.

My passion is ...

teaching

I know too much about ...

children

My parents always told me ...

a trouble free life is a good life.

My childhood ambition ...

to teach

My favorite memory ...

I have so many

Why I write ...

because I think that the sharing of ideas is one of the principals that civilization was founded on

Education > Education (Other) Public and private schools: Deciding which is better

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Separate but equal?

History is repeating itself and nobody seems to notice. In the 1930s &'40s, children were segregated for the color of their skin. America likes to think that we are the mighty equalizer. Did segregation really end? It's back with a vengeance and a new target. It's known social fact that our public school systems are failing. I can't and won't dispute that here.

I do however want to address the societal response to this fact. As a countermeasure to public schools, a plethora of private schools, Montessori schools, single sex schools have cropped up all over ...

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