Note to APUSH students and parents* (moved to bottom of page)
I live in Bernal Heights now, but I grew up in Oakland and went to Oakland Tech High School. I have a dog named Hazel and a fish named Bob. I worked for the Telephone Company for over 25 years. I went back to college as an adult (CCSF, at night), first to learn French because I wanted to visit Paris, and then to complete my lower division work. I transferred to SFSU for the Spring of 1992 and coincidentally, the Phone Company offered a retirement plan! I was able to go full time at San Francisco State, and I earned a BA (1994) and a Masters in US History (1996) with a minor in Modern European History. I applied to Law School and was accepted at Hastings School of Law and Golden Gate University Law School; Golden Gate, though, gave a full scholarship, so I enrolled there. It turns out I didn't want to be a lawyer, after all, so I quit! I realized that I love history, and that I would really like to teach history. I did a bit of work at Thurgood Marshall as a substitute, and then as a part time teacher -- of Economics!!! I entered a teaching credential program at Dominican College (now University) in San Rafael and did my student teaching down the street at Lowell. I have a current California Single-Subject Credential in Social Science with CLAD emphasis/certificate. (CLAD stands for Crosscultural, Language, and Academic Development.) My credential is current through June, 2024. (Credential 140020077) (You can look up any teacher by name to see their credential status. ) During the school year, there is not much "free time" for teachers, but I do go somewhere fun with my dog most weekends. We love to go camping! I like classical music, jazz, and opera, and I like going to live performances. I'm a Giants fan. Now that I'm not teaching, there is more time to enjoy all of these pursuits! I love horses, and I have been taking riding lessons for the past four years or so. I get to ride every week. The discipline I trained in is called "Cowboy Dressage." In the summer of 2016, I began leasing a horse named Elliot, which means that I could ride three times a week and be responsible for tending to him on "my" days. (This means things like bringing him up from the pasture, brushing him, picking his feet, exercising and feeding grain supplements, etc.) I have learned to live with "helmet hair." Elliot and I have also herded cattle (October 2016) - but that was a "fun event" inside a fenced area, so the cows never got very far away from us.... (I had previously herded cattle on Buda (see picture); I had borrowed him for the weekend.) August 2017: I am now leasing a horse named William, who lives in a small barn in Portola Valley. We are just getting to know each other, and I hope that we have many trail rides ahead of us. Winter 2018: William and I have done a lot of work together riding in the small "corral" attached to the barn. We have taken lessons from the Cowboy from Wyoming so that (for example) I can (will be able to) place each of his feet exactly where I intend them to go as we ride along. I'm learning to not use the reins so much to steer, but rather my seat and my legs. We have been out on the trail a few times, but the rainy weather has kept us from going out lately. Now that I am not teaching, I'm spending more time with horses and my friends and their horses at Diamond Hills. I visit William several times a week, and on most Fridays, I get to ride with my friends out in Livermore. (I ride Tea, my friend's horse.) Hazel and I get more time together, too, which we both enjoy immensely. |
*NOTE to APUSH Parents and Students:
Even though I "retired" from Mercy High School, it has been my announced intention to support the APUSH students until the exam in May or until a qualified AP teacher was available to teach the class. My website, www.apush-msminer.net, is the portal to resources and in-class assignments. It had been my intention to make on-line quizzes available (to check progress) and post writing assignments for which students would receive feedback.
Even though I "retired" from Mercy High School, it has been my announced intention to support the APUSH students until the exam in May or until a qualified AP teacher was available to teach the class. My website, www.apush-msminer.net, is the portal to resources and in-class assignments. It had been my intention to make on-line quizzes available (to check progress) and post writing assignments for which students would receive feedback.