...I taught handwriting several days each week, and my students knew that I had high expectations for them doing their own personal best. When I taught 2nd grade, students were able to ear a "cursive license" allowing them to complete all of their class assignments in cursive by demonstrating to me that their cursive was legible at all times. I taught in a local public school from 2001-2016. (read more)
...Eventually I lucked into a few teachers who showed me the joys of reading. After years of searching for the best career path I remembered something one of those "good" teachers told me, she said to "look inward to seek outward". I spent years looking for that perfect job when what I loved was always a pen's reach away. (read more)