Welcome! You have decided to chance school I take it. You've got guts. :) But anyways, since you stopped by, I'll tell you a little about my experiences with school.
It all started in 1982, when I was 5. Heh. Okay, so I guess we didn't need to go back THAT far, but since I did, I'll have you know that while I did not attend preschool, I did very well in school. I started school at Benson West Elementary in Omaha, Nebraska. It was a nice little school--still is, in fact. It was remodeled when I was in 5th grade, but by that time, I was at a different school. I attended Benson West for a majority of my early elementary years, switching schools in 3rd grade to attend Belvedere Elementary because my family moved (Belvedere has since become the Belvedere Academy and has changed dramatically since I attended). I returned to Benson West in 4th grade, though, and it was like I had never left. I was still in class with the same people from my kindergarten class. Since Benson West only went up to 4th grade, I had to switch schools for 5th grade. According to my CAT (California Achievement Test) scores, I was pretty smart. I know, I really was quite intelligent and didn't need the test to prove it, but that's what the district went by in placing students in some schools. Since my scores were so high, I was recommended to attend Druid Hill Elementary, which at the time was a "magnet" school specializing in math and computers. It has since closed and was replaced by Skinner Magnet School. Druid Hill is supposed to re-open in the next few years, though, with the new bond issue. Its sister school, King Science Center, was quite similar, only the emphasis was placed on science and computers. Anyhow, I attended Druid Hill for 5th and 6th grade before going on to junior high.
Junior high sucked, for lack of a better term. Of course, it's horrid for just about everyone. That's the time when you're not quite sure of your place in the world. At least, it was for me. I attended Beveridge Junior High (it is now a "middle school") for 7th and most of 8th grade because it was my neighborhood school. It was hell. I didn't know anyone there. Most of the students were from schools that were near the junior high--too many West Omaha brats. (They weren't all bad and it really wasn't their fault that they were jerks.... You learn what you live.) It was my first experience going to school with Jewish people, as well. I suffered through it, though...as did my grades (the first time in my life I wasn't getting straight A's), until my family moved to LaVista and I attended LaVista Junior High for the remainder of 8th grade (which was about a month) and 9th grade. LaVista Junior High wasn't that bad, though. The only part I hated was that the administrators would not allow me to finish the year taking the same science class I had been taking because the science at Beveridge was the type of science that was on the curriculum for 9th grade students. Bah! So I took this really dry Earth Science class for a month and hated every second of it. Plus, I got to take the Physical Science class the next year, which I really enjoyed (but the thought of repeating it was SO not cool). Anyhow, that went off pretty well and I gained a lot of friends who were there all through high school.
Ahhh...high school. Those were the days. Goofing off...almost as much fun as college (only without the big bill). I went to Papillion-LaVista High School in Papillion, Nebraska, for those 3 years that they offered (grades 10-12). In that time, I went to numerous football and basketball games, took trips for choir and competed in choir competitions for the first time in my life, and hung out with band nerds (who were actually quite cool). It was an interesting high school...everyone got along for the most part! Sounds frightening, doesn't it? :)
Then came college. I just graduated from Buena Vista University which is located somewhere in Iowa. Storm Lake to be exact:) If you don't know where that is, it figures. It's not a very big town...but they do have a webpage!
Anyways, I got my degree in social work, which is a very unique subject. Who else in college can use their general education/liberal arts requirements and have them count towards their degree?? *smile*
I greatly encourage you to visit the BVU webpage. While you're over here, go to the BV homepage and check out what Jeff Peoples has to offer about BV.... Make sure you look at his quicktime movies...especially the one about Fred Moore...it's quite amusing (by the way, you'll need to look in the "virtual dorm" under "galleria" to view them).
I plan to further my education by attending graduate school. I'm not sure which one I want to go to. Then again, I'm not sure when the right time to go will be. Definitely within the next few years. I'll keep you all updated! =)
This page was created by:
Joy L. Willmore
and does not reflect the teachings of any particular professor or teacher encountered while being educated.
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