Did you Grade my Essay Yet? and Other Ponderable Thoughts

Literacy Selfie Mash-up  Pro Blog Post #2 I was never the athletic type. Don’t get me wrong, I was no slouch…but I wasn’t the type to join in organized teams or games.  I preferred the imaginary worlds I created, often based on the current books I was reading.  And I read voraciously. I could bike to my local library and the school librarian was a confidant, suggesting and marking books for me. I read everywhere, often taking my reading to parks and nature so that I could recreate scenes and imaginary scenarios. Adventure books and stories of strong, independent girls fueled my aspirations and self-esteem. Perhaps naturally, I found myself attracted to writing stories and writing about things that I had learned in books. For as avidly as I read fiction, I enjoyed non-fiction as well, feeding my brain full of information about places, people, animals, and subjects I hoped I would one day have the opportunity to see and learn about beyond the setting of Fond du Lac, Wiscons...

Prof. Blog Post #1 Starting this new blog is a blast from the past for me! In 2006, when I traveled to Thailand to begin teaching abroad, Facebook was still in its infancy and people beyond my college friend group did not use it. So I decided to start a blog, right here on blogger.  It was difficult to maintain as I found myself with inconsistent internet access and uploading pictures took forever! Then life abroad became less about the “new” and more about everyday living and it felt like a chore. Fast forward a decade, I came back to America and deleted the half-formed attempt.  In late 2015, when I moved back to the US, I created an Instagram account as a way to keep in contact with my many students, their parents, and friends. I still maintain that account and keep access to that pretty limited. I love photography, and I chose to show my more creative work there along with poetry or deep thoughts! Through the years, Facebook has seen it all!  That makes me old, right...