Most students would try to go into college right after high school, as Laura tried to. After graduating high school in the summer of 1967, she immediately started school at California State
University San Bernardino; however, she dropped out after two quarters. Thirteen years later,
Laura found herself back in the area to continue her education. Laura was majoring in English, but was unable to finish her degree at a physical school. However, the Air Force was directly associated with the University of Maryland, an online education system on most Air Force Bases that the United States hosted, including those in other countries. She started attending the
University of Maryland in 1983, the year her family moved to England. With all the classes
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She saw first hand the locations where numerous bible stories occurred, as well as participated in local activities. She road a camel for the first time, and traveled down the Nile River. All of this history she had read about and learned, became alive. Laura had been working on some of the Air Bases as a teacher in the ROP programs, and she had this feeling that she was born to be a teacher. ROP is the Regional Occupation Programs which help military wives adapt to new areas. She taught them about all the little tips and tricks she learned along the way: from her time in Italy to her time in England. Seeing herself teaching in this atmosphere, and how much she enjoyed it, she knew teaching was her calling in life. Those classes in England turned everything around for Laura. She finally got enough credits after all her history classes in England to receive her degree. Laura was 36 years old when she received her degree certificate in the mail. Bob had been transferred one last time to George
Air Force Base in Victorville, California, and Laura got to share her success in England with her parents. “See mom, I did it” Laura proudly told her mom showing off her new degree. This
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Not too long after this, Laura changed schools yet again to St. Margaret Mary Catholic School, where she spent three years. Her first twelve years of teaching were all spent teaching 6th, 7th, and 8th grade English and History. Laura found her final teaching job at the Academy for Academic Excellence in Apple
Valley, California. Also known as the “Lewis Center,” the Academy for Academic Excellence was mostly a homeschooled organization, where students had to attend class once or twice a week. There was an opening for an eighth grade history teacher in 2001. That was the job that caught Laura’s attention. Laura Doxey was interviewed by Mr. Jeff Johnson and Mr. Gordon
Soholt for the job. Scared to death, Laura had no idea that she would soon influence thousands as a new member of the Academy for Academic Excellence, for she was hired. Laura was scared to death, but she earned the job that would influence the lives of over a thousand students. Just a year after being hired, in 2002, Laura started a tradition that’s still occurring in the school today: the 8th grade field trip to Washington D.C. This one trip specifically showed just how knowledgeable Laura was about those “personable stories of history” Professor
Sarah then decided to move to St. Louis, Missouri, where she worked as a laundress (a woman who washes people's clothes as a job) and in other domestic positions for eighteen years. She joined St. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church and put her daughter through the public schools and Knoxville College. Sarah, who was barely literate (able to read and write), was especially proud of her daughter's educational accomplishments.
She graduated from Dunbar Junior High School, then went to Horace Mann High School, which at that time, was an all black school.
She attended The Walden School, which was established in 1914 and is still today a functioning school. In fact a well known celebrity Matthew Broderick also attended and graduated from there. Barbara graduated in 1930 when she was 18. She then went on to attend college at and received her BA at Radcliffe College. She didn't actually receive any academic education as a historian but had always been interested in history. The honor thesis that she wrote at Radcliffe was actually titled "The Moral Justification for the British Empire"
School, working to be a lawyer. Later on as her husband was entering the political
She began to call her teacher "one of the most central figures in my life."
Laura is unable to successfully move on from childhood to take on adult responsibilities. Laura is twenty-three years old (Williams 78) and still has not been able to transition to adulthood. Becoming an adult entails finishing a primary education, getting a j...
the school she then returned to it a few years later as a teacher. She
First, Maria believed that a teacher 's first job was to "release the children 's natural individuality" (Pollard) instead of being "nailed to their seats" (Time). They should be free to use all their senses-sight, smell, taste, touch, and sound (Pollard).
Esther’s failure in her writing career is the first of many factors that send her into her depression. After Esther’s scholarship was over, she was sent back home to live with her mother. Now is when everything in her life is a vital step towards a career and her success in college. Esther applied for a major writing course that would help her do so, it would also be a major part of her future college career and a reason to not spent the summer at home with nothing to do. After she does not get accepted in the writ...
She described her job description as getting to do something wonderful that she gets to teach a wonderful group of kids. She teaches reading, language arts, math, science and history. In their classrooms they have what is called a co-teacher. Because there are so many children with such major disabilities; for example, ADHD, autism, and even psychosis. She plans with her co-teacher in writing lessons, communicating with parents, adapting
She attended Pasadena College where she majored in nursing and received a Baccalaureate of Arts degree in 1964. She continued with her education and received a master’s degree from the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing (UCSF) in 1970 and a doctor of philosophy
Teaching is complex. It often requires educators to juggle multiple tasks and goals simultaneously and flexibly. It is not a profession, but a calling. Behind every great man and woman, is an educator who inspired them. There is no place I’d rather be than in the classroom. “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” – Henry Adams
As soon as I graduated I found a job as an English teacher that I really loved and enjoyed.
As I walked into what was unmistakably the office of a former elementary school teacher, Ms. Caruthers greeted me with a warning. “I just came back from a Methods of Teaching Social Studies class and I may need a moment to shake myself out of that mindset,” she shared with a smile. Since I enjoy social studies, I assured her that was no problem. I looked around the room, filled with books, old educational posters proclaiming ideas such as “Every Civilization has GRAPES: 6 Factors to Analyze World Civilizations and Cultures” and “Take APPARTS Primary Sources,” a slew of shiny awards from the Student Oklahoma Education Association, and various pictures of loved ones and found it as interesting and inviting as she is. During our time together, Ms. Caruthers not only shared milestones in her impressive career, she also defined the characteristics of a great teacher and provided personal insight on how to improve education today. At the end of the interview, the recurring theme was clear: June Caruthers exemplifies a teacher who is devoted to her students and to the intricate process of learning.
My love for teaching stems from the joy I experienced through my childhood in my family where both my parents were teachers. School always felt like a second home to me. Watching my parent sharing their enthusiasm with students during my occasional visits to school instilled encourage in me. In fact, nothing is more exhilarating than spending time watching passionate teachers engaging students who are eager to learn. During my education, I found myself subconsciously helping my classmates with their questions about schoolwork. However, I didn’t realize that it was my desire to be a teacher until I was offered the opportunity of being a teaching assistant during my PhD at Temple University.