3. 3
I am the oldest daughter of
my maternal grandmother's
oldest daughter.
All of my family were born in Michigan.
My grandfather
My gram Mom
4. 4
My mother didn't know what to teach her oldest next after simple reading
so she forced the school authorities to accept me
into kindergarten at 4 ½ years of age.
In fact, my mother said (with much regret) that she knew I was going to
be a teacher after my first day of school.
5. 5
She knew because I came home and organized a preschool in the
backyard.
6. 6
I have a younger sister and brother. My father is different from theirs.
This meant that I didn't inherit the dyslexia that they did.
At age 7 we moved to
California where I have
lived most of the rest of
my life.
We got our first TV in
California.
7. 7
Except for the 6 years I spent in American Samoa.
I was introducing the teachers there to computers.
In Samoa I taught their staff about computers even though
some of them had never used a typewriter before coming to my
training.
8. 8
While a sophomore in
college I worked with an IBM
360 computer as big as my
couch. I also took 2 courses in
remedial teaching while at
college and on that basis I was
hired to be a Special Education
Teacher in Corcoran, CA. I
taught 8 years there with the
Mentally Retarded, Educationally
Handicapped, and as a Math
Specialist.
9. 9
I hope with the help of a Master's
Degree to be able to teach online and
avoid the constant winter asthma
attacks. I’m 67, never married and can’t
give up on teaching.
10. 10
I want to use technology to meet
individual needs for all students -
especially through quests.
http://www.gogolabs.net/
