Teaching and Me
My mom wanted me to become a teacher but I had other ideas. Instead of going to college, I went acorss the U.S. and got married and wasn't long before I had a big family. When you have kids, you do a lot of teaching when you aren't even aware of it: besides helping wih homework, how to make a bed, do the laundry, clean house, cooking, etc. When I was a Camp Fire Girl leader I learned new skills so I could teach my girls, everything from knot tying to all kinds of camping cooking inlcuding cooking a turkey underground, backpacking in the mountains, and putting on plays to earn money for our trip to the Grand Canyon. While reading Job Opportunities in the paper I found one for a teacher of pre-school for handicapped kids. I thought handicapped meant kids in wheelchairs, turned out it was for kids with developmental disabilities. I was interviewed but the job went to a credentialed kindergarten teacher. She lasted a week. I was hired and taught there for 10 years.During that time...