I have been reading my daughter's blog or blogs, I don't know which is correct, and have decided to put some of my many thoughts in type. I have always enjoyed teaching and as I made my way through my engineering career, always knew that I wanted to teach. Early on in my career I had the opportunity to teach math at UCLA. It was part of an industry supported program to help young Blacks and Hispanics prepare themselves to enter the UCLA School of Engineering. That experience really got me even more hooked on teaching. It lasted for about three years and I enjoyed every minute of it. Along the way while guiding my four children through their early education, I always took the opportunity to tutor some of the neighborhood children and eventually allowed some friends to convince me to try to get elected to the local school board of trustees. I learned a lot during my tenure as a board trustee but the bright spot of the entire 4+ years was the fact the my name was printed on my son's high school diploma because I happened to be the president of the school board at the time. I think that my name may have been on my middle daughter's eight grade certificate. You see the way it works on a five person board of trustees is, if you really are interested in what's best for the students, you are likely to be in a voting minority. That was the case for me at least two of the four years that I served. Schools board tend to be driven more by politics and getting re-elected than anything else. Enough about that.
Just is case you are wondering where I am going with this, I will clue you in... My BLOG will share some of my experiences as a teacher and consultant at a local CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL. more to come
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