Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="BookTenTiger" data-source="post: 8607183" data-attributes="member: 6685541">I got my undergraduate degree at University of California Santa Cruz. Go Banana Slugs!I got a major in Modern Literature and a minor in Education.I loved going to UCSC. The school is spread out in the forested hills above the seaside town of Santa Cruz. To walk to class I'd pass through redwood forests and past bluffs looking over the sea.Studying Literature was perfect for me, a shy kid who loved to read. I really got to learn a new way of experiencing media, and I feel like studying Literature actually helps me understand the way people communicate and express themselves through speech, writing, and art.I went on to get my teaching credential from Sonoma State University, a state school about two hours north of San Francisco. My experience there wasn't as great. All of California was in a budget crisis, and so the school was shortening classes, canceling classes, and trying to get as many students through as quickly as possible. I honestly didn't feel prepared to be a teacher my first year, and the learning process was painful and traumatic. But I survived and am still teaching 10 years later!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BookTenTiger, post: 8607183, member: 6685541"] I got my undergraduate degree at University of California Santa Cruz. Go Banana Slugs! I got a major in Modern Literature and a minor in Education. I loved going to UCSC. The school is spread out in the forested hills above the seaside town of Santa Cruz. To walk to class I'd pass through redwood forests and past bluffs looking over the sea. Studying Literature was perfect for me, a shy kid who loved to read. I really got to learn a new way of experiencing media, and I feel like studying Literature actually helps me understand the way people communicate and express themselves through speech, writing, and art. I went on to get my teaching credential from Sonoma State University, a state school about two hours north of San Francisco. My experience there wasn't as great. All of California was in a budget crisis, and so the school was shortening classes, canceling classes, and trying to get as many students through as quickly as possible. I honestly didn't feel prepared to be a teacher my first year, and the learning process was painful and traumatic. But I survived and am still teaching 10 years later! [/QUOTE]

Verification