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A book I would love to write is a memoir of my life chronicling the people I have encountered and the affect they have had on my life. I have always said I would like to write a reflection of my life because I feel it would be the perfect harmony of comedy, drama and […]

My first experience with APPR was last year, my first year of teaching. My understanding is that each year teachers determine some way for their performance to as a teacher to be assessed. They can choose to be assessed using many different formats which include observations, lessons, portfolios, rubrics, student samples, projects, lesson reflections, and/or […]

A passion is defined as “ a strong liking or desire for or devotion to some activity, object, or concept.” Using this definition as a guide than I would say my passion is to explore. I explore places new and old, near and far. I like to get to know where I am. I introduce myself […]

Choosing a career path can be one of the hardest decisions a person can ever make, I know it was for me. I don’t feel that I was ever on a specific path, my interests were always the same but I could never determine my true “calling.” I used college as a kind of experiment […]