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| "Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire." - William Butler Yeats |
| This is where I spend a large quantity of my time: Hannah-Ashton Middle School in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. |
| Here I am in front of the U.S. Department of Education in Washington D.C. in front of the "No Child Left Behind" entrances. |
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| Click on this little guy if you want to see the pictures of my crazy squirrel collection. Scroll down to "squirrel collecting" |
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| Mary had a little lamb, His fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went, The Lamb was sure to go. He followed her to school each day, T'wasn't even in the rule. It made the children laugh and play, To have a Lamb at school. And then the rules all changed one day, Illegal it became; To bring the Lamb of God to school, Or even speak His Name. Every day got worse and worse, And days turned into years. Instead of hearing children laugh, We heard gun shots and tears. What must we do to stop the crime, That's in our schools today? Let's let the Lamb come back to school, And teach our kids to pray! |
| "If you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at this school, I'll promise not to believe everything he says happens at home." - Anonymous |
| "Good teachers are costly, but bad teachers cost more." - Bob Talbert |
| I went to Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska, to get my Bachelor's degree in Elementary and Special Education. I also earned my Lutheran Teacher's Diploma here when I graduated in December 2000. |
| I went to the University of Dayton at a campus in Columbus, Ohio, to get my Master's degree in Youth Development. I took counseling classes to get this degree and graduated in May 2004. |
| My favorite chapter books: The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom Witness by Karen Hesse The Landry News by Andrew Clements The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi Holes by Louis Sachar Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor Bunnicula by James Howe |
| My favorite picture books: Nuts to You! by Lois Ehlert Mr. Happy and Little Miss Sunshine by Roger Hargreaves The Mystery of Harris Burdock by Chris Van Allsburg Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague Verdi by Janell Cannon Tough Cookie by David Wisniewski |
| Favorite teacher resource books: Nobody Left to Hate by Elliot Aronson Queen Bees and Wanna Bees by Rosalind Wiseman |
| Other favorite books: The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman Couplehood by Paul Reiser The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom |
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| Team TNT! |
| If you want to see some more pictures of the teachers I twork with (and their babies), click HERE. |
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| Football analysis by a blonde...
A guy took his blonde girl friend to her first football game. They had great seats right behind their team's bench. After the game, he asked her how she liked the experience. "Oh, I really liked it," she replied. "Especially the tight pants and all the big muscles, but I just couldn't understand why they were killing each other over 25 cents."Dumbfounded, her date asked, "What do you mean?" "Well, I saw them flip a coin and one team got it, and then for the rest of the game, all they kept screaming was: 'Get the quarterback! Get the quarterback! Hel-LLLO! It's only 25 cents!" |
| If your plan is for a year, plant rice. If your plan is for a decade, plant trees. If your plan is for a lifetime, educate children. -Confucius |
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