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Industry Education
Occupation Humanities 6 & AVID 8
Introduction I am pleased to say that I am entering my 12th year of teaching. I began teaching upper grades elementary students in 2004. I taught 3rd - 5th grade for the first 6 years and am now in my 6th year of working with middle school students.
Interests I enjoy listening to world music, hiking, being outside (preferably under trees or at the ocean), journaling, reading, practicing Shaolin Kung Fu with my family, reading, reading, reading, eating delicious food, spending time with loved ones, going slow, reading, dancing, laughing :)
Favorite Movies All titles Hayao Miyazaki, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Megamind, The Incredibles, all titles Tim Burton, The Book of Life, Inside Out, Brave, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, Despicable Me, Epic, Shrek, The Secret Book of Kells, Song of the Sea, Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart
Favorite Music am open to all genres
Favorite Books American Born Chinese, The Giver, A Wrinkle in Time, City of Beasts, Forest of the Pygmies, Kingdom of the Golden Dragon, Julie of the Wolves, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, cultural mythology, Stargirl, The Skin I'm In, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Maniac Magee, Bud Not Buddy, Crow and Weasel, Out of My Mind, Farewell to Manzanar, Esperanza Rising, The Outsiders, Nightjohn, The Lightening Thief, Jet Black and the Ninja Wind, The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass, Echo, One Crazy Summer, The Lions of Little Rock