In the Beginning

I started college in the field of business…thinking legal secretary. I lasted two years before becoming disillusioned with ‘business.’ I started working part-time in high school. I started with a 15 to 20 hours week in a dime store (remember what they were?), then upon entering college, changed jobs for a M-F position as a stenographer (listening to headphones and typing what I heard). Next I took a job as file clerk, quit college, got married and started worked full-time as a receptionist which worked into becoming executive secretary for the business manager.

These jobs were fun, I loved the people I worked with, had a good time, enjoyed learning something new AND quickly discovered EVERYTHING was ‘new’ for the first year and after that everything was the same. I knew I needed something else. I started to look at ‘teaching’ again.

I called WSU and began the process of enrollment. I had not been ‘retired’ from education for more than 2 years and would be able to complete my college under the original requirements….saving me dollars and additional hours.

The first class I took was a night class (3 hours). It was titled something like “Introduction into Teaching.” The instructor was laid back and very engaging. I LOVED it! I was inspired, committed, and HOOKED!

I started back to school with a vengeance. I had my first child, G-girl. I went to school during the day and at night. I quickly discovered night classes were filled with people my age, going back to school, working outside the home or caring for their own children. These folks seemed to be much more mature and committed to getting through school. Their drive was catching. We were a ‘group’ and completed our education together. Some of my core classes were good, some terrible. I would find myself biting the inside of my mouth HARD trying to stay awake. When I finally made it into the ‘education’ classes, it was GREAT! I was going to set the school world on fire! I was going to save the children. All the children would love going to school and REALLY LOVE coming to my class.