Education
My son, Fenn
To think about:
During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?" Surely this was a joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grade. "Absolutely," the professor said. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello." I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy. ~Joann C. Jones
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I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last, wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the STERN Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
For you cannot live in someone else. You cannot find yourself in someone else. You cannot be given a life by someone else. Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never leave or lose. - Jo Coudert
I have had the pleasure of working at BEST High School since . I teach health, child development, independent living, food service and my core class. There is no place I would rather be. The students are creative and smart and have incredible strength and goodness inside.
Once I was doing an information meeting for prospective students, a parent asked me what the typical BEST student was like. One of my current students was sitting in the audience and answered that everyone at BEST is different and everyone each person came here for their own reasons and that is why she loves it here. Everyone is different and those differences are what makes the school amazing. I immediately got a tear in my eye (I'm not joking). There is no better news than hearing that kids love their school. I am in awe every time I hear the joys and hardships that have brought students to BEST and I feel fortunate everyday to have these students touch my life in amazing ways. There are so many ways that teachers influence students and I hope that I can be a source of hope and inspiration for kids.
| A little about me. Check out the links below; in a nutshell I am a cougar and have recently graduated of Seattle University with my master's degree. I love college and I hope I can afford to take classes for the rest of my life. I have 2 golden retrievers, two cats and one sister, Brett. We all live in a little house in Everett with a big yard and a white picket fence. When I am not in school, I love to travel. I have been to a lot of places in the US, many European countries and a small portion of Africa. My favorite place to visit is Ireland; Brett and I feel at home there. My next trip will hopefully be back to Ireland and then to Thailand. After that, I would like to get to Israel and Iceland. I hope to spend the rest of my life experiencing the world and making the world a better place. I am a hospice volunteer and hope to be remembered for the lives I have touched.
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