: About Me

I am a writer, close to a  BA in Social Sciences and worked in special ED for 15 years and a preschool teacher for 5 years. I'm now retired and enjoying writing on helium.   I have gotten courage from Helium to submit my articles and stores to other places. I am grateful for the support I feel I get from Helium and also the links to other sites they have helped to spread my wings.  I am married with 3 grown boys and 7 grandchildren. Jimmy my papillon puppy has started to write about his live as a rescue dog.  He thinks if Martha Stewart'sdogs can have a blog so can he.  I am not so sure, but he is persuasive.  I am grateful for Helium

My passion is ...

writing, reading, learning

I know too much about ...

jack of all trades, master of none.

My parents always told me ...

live life one day at a time

My childhood ambition ...

was to be an actress or writer

My favorite memory ...

was of pow wows

Why I write ...

I write, because there is so many stories that come to me. I like to watch people and make up stories aboout them

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

books on civil war

My first job ...

helping my parents with antique business

My best moment ...

Was my grandsons birth

My inspiration ...

Lord Byron, Mary Higgins Clark and Hunter S. Thompson

Jobs & Careers > Education Jobs Ways teachers can engage local communities to support schools

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Resources for teachers through the public schools are dwindling as Federal and State Funds are being cut. Programs like art, music, and physical education are being cut out of budget. The arts or physical activities give children an outlet for their energy. Some children are lost without the music, art, or physical education. Teachers' jobs along with support staff positions being cut. Classrooms are becoming overcrowded. This leaves a teacher with 30 some students to one classroom. What is a teacher to do? How about getting community involved and what does this involve for teacher? The te...

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