Hi, everyone!
My name is Sarah and I’m really excited to be in this class with all of you. I took Mark’s class at SLU in 2002, and seeing his post about this class one night made me remember what it felt like to be in that class reading words together and talking or not talking about them but listening to ourselves and each other and letting things grow. And I thought that seemed like a good place to be right now. So here I am.
Unfortunately, I can’t be virtually present right now. I live in Singapore and teach at a small international school. I teach a class of two grade ten students at that time. (It’s a very small class.) I do think I’ll be able to join for the last two weeks though, when we are on school holiday. My students are mostly from China, Japan, and Korea, and about a third of them are living with guardians here in Singapore and haven’t been home to see their families in nearly a year now. Luckily, we are able to be in school and be with our students, masked and as socially distant as possible, of course.
This is a picture of me, my husband Brian, and our two kittens. We adopted them at the end of two months in the house during circuit breaker (Singaporean for lockdown), and they have been a real gift! We call them Cardi B. and Lola. Cardi B. loves to be heard.
Sarah, I will see you at 6 am St. Louis time on Zoom! Please share any "aha!" moments from your many years of teaching (and learning!).
ReplyDeleteI really hope you can join us in person soon. I love that your kitten is named Cardi B!
ReplyDeleteNice to virtually meet you! Hope to read some of your writing soon!
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah, greetings from a fellow Asia dweller! I, too, signed up for this class because the sound of it reminds me of that class with Dr. C back in 2008. Look forward to connecting over the next few weeks.
ReplyDeleteI've been meaning to reach out to you, Wendy! I also look forward to connecting.
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