I am in my fifth year of teaching English and African American Literature at Carolina Forest High School. I am married to my college sweetheart, “Buck”, and we have a two year old son named Philip who is the light of our lives. I thoroughly enjoy being a mother, and even though I was deathly afraid of childbirth, I gave birth to Philip naturally and without medication. Being a parent is difficult because I am the type of person who constantly questions herself, but my goal is to raise him with old-school values so that he becomes a well-rounded, responsible, independent, and intelligent adult. We plan on having another child soon because we don't want to chase small children when we're 50!
My personal life keeps me busy, but my professional life keeps me even busier. I currently teach three classes: English 1, 2, and African American Literature, I sponsor the step team, teach homebound students, and am pursuing National Board Certification. Although I am exhausted most of the time, I enjoy doing what I do. My purposes for taking this course are to obtain more ideas that will keep my students engaged and to incorporate technology into my classroom in a way that will promote more creative writing and thinking.
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I look forward to learning from you! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the blogosphere! I have found it very rewarding and I have had some of the best professional development ever right here in it. Glad to have another SC blogger to add to my reader!
ReplyDeleteI have always admired teachers who leave school,go home to children and husband and still find the time to keep on studying.
ReplyDeleteYou are so busy! Good luck with your National Board process. I look forward to reading your posts. :)
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed sitting beside you at our first digital class. I see from your bio that you are a very busy lady. You mention being exhausted all the time, but you certainly didn't seem like that at our first meeting.
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