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Observation
Reflection
Standards I-XI
I, II, III, IV, V,
VII, VIII,
IX,
X, XI
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I chose the dream catcher
as my symbol in my portfolio. It
represents my hopes of being able to teach what
I want to teach and to enjoy the excitement and
creativity of my students in the classes for
which TATC prepares me. It also is a product of
this unusual stream of consciousness that has
been a part of my life since I was 4 years old -
my interest in Native Americans and their
culture.
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As
I worked on the different projects for the TATC
program, I began to see how differently
individuals approached the assignments. Every
student had their own way of expressing
themselves in the nature of their work. This caused me to reflect
up on how I
approached the projects and, indeed, the whole
program. I learned a lot about myself as I
evaluated my products. I learned the
importance of creative exercise and that I
enjoy that outlet. I learned that I still
approached my assignments with the same
intensity as I did when I was in school. I
sometimes have an exaggerated sense of
competitiveness and I always have a need
to do my very best on everything I
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Personal
Background
My hometown is
Matador, Texas. This is an extremely small
town in Motley County in the Panhandle of
Texas. When I was in school there, there were 13
people in my class and only 100 in the entire
high school. Since then, it has gotten
smaller.
In Matador, I lived in
a house my Dad and Mom built, one room at a
time, starting with only a basement. Here, in
the brown and red dirt of the Panhandle, I
worked in the cotton fields from the age of 8. I
learned to play volleyball and basketball, and I
loved to hunt and fish with my Dad.
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When I was a
sophomore in high school, my family moved for
the first time. We moved to Plainview,
Texas, which I believed to be a huge city,
especially since there were almost more students
in the high school there than in all of Motley
County. There I graduated 6th out of a class of 386.
I found myself at the University of Texas in
1968. These were some of the most formative
years. I worked hard and graduated magna cum
laude with a Phi Beta Kappa key. My bachelor degrees were
in Sociology and Anthropology. I also taught
there as a TA (Teachers' Assistant) while I was
in graduate school where I earned a Masters of
Arts in Sociology.
One year after I married, I found myself in
Bitburg, West Germany. There I taught
Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems and Social Psychology
to Americans living in Europe. I taught for the University
of Maryland, European Division.
We lived there for three years before
returning to The States.
A short time after returning to Texas, I went to
the University of Texas at Arlington to obtain
my hours in education classes and to increase my
certification to meet the standards for Social
Science Composite. While acting as a substitute
teacher, I became certified to teach Computer
Literacy. At that time, we were using the old
Commodore PETs and trying to venture into that
new concept of DOS. How things have changed!
Hobbies and Interests:
I am active in researching family history and
have found the real worth of the Internet,
having I began my research before it was
available. I know how it has revolutionized the
whole concept of such research. One
of my most fascinating discoveries concerns the story of my
Great-Grandmother
Ball and her experiences as a child as she was
part of a wagon train that was attacked and
massacred by Indians.
I love watching my daughters play
volleyball and I taking quiet walks on our farm in
Parker
County. I also search for Indian artifacts
there. I have
found several unusual pieces of pottery, but
would love to find some points. I attend
Pow-Wow
each year and delight in
collecting Kachinas, Native American pottery
and jewelry, and miniature owl figurines.
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Where we'll build
our dream home
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