: About Me

I am an English/Language Arts teacher in a 7-12 high school in the coalfields of southern WV. I have a BA in Psychology, an MA in Elem. Ed., and a Reading Specialist certification. I am currently completing a English/Language Arts 7-12 certification and working toward certification as a Technology Integration Specialist.

My passion is ...

teaching kids and learning from them.

I know too much about ...

UFOs

My parents always told me ...

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing right.

My childhood ambition ...

to become an author.

My favorite memory ...

the night my daughter was born

Why I write ...

to express myself, to release my thoughts, to vent, to share, to discover

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

Dean Koontz/Lost and Heroes/everything from bluegrass and country to Kid Rock to Trans-Siberian Orchestra to light classical

My first job ...

was as a counselor at Mental Health facility

My best moment ...

when former students tell me they never would have graduated from high school without my encouragement and support

My inspiration ...

is the way the Force works in individual lives

Religion & Spirituality > Astrology & Prophecy Ten ways to improve your psychic abilities

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How can you train yourself to recognize and make the most of your psychic abilities? Try these tips to begin developing your psychic and spiritual powers. You may awaken dormant abilities that you didn't know you had, and at the very least, you will become more attuned to your own nature and your place in the world. 1. Recognize and acknowledge your gut feelings. In his book "The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence", Gavin De Becker claims that the gut feeling of fear alerts us to pretend we are dead or to stop breathing or run or to fight. The fight or flight resp...

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