Right now, I'm sitting in the Foreign Language computer lab before my 8am Technical Writing class that I'm technically not getting credit for. However, I will still graduate, at least, that's what College of Education has told me (suck on that one, Auburn University)!

I'm all dressed up to go to Beaureguard High School this afternoon for a (follow-up?) interview. I feel like a monkey because I never (ever!) go to class in anything but a pair of blue jeans and flip-flops. Anyway, I'm lookin' good and ready to kick some a at my interview thingy.

So for this class, we're having to interview someone in our field of study, someone who actually is working and knows how it is out in the real world. To gear up for our interview, we had to create "In the next 10 years..." bios about our life. I just liked mine so I'm putting a copy below. Enjoy!

It doesn’t seem like 10 years ago I was sitting in Haley Center in Dr. Littleton’s Technical Writing class, wondering where I would be now. That was the summer before I graduated and started working in Uriah, Alabama. I was still young and new to the teaching profession; there were lots of issues in my teaching method I still had to work out, discipline being the main one.

I taught for two years in Uriah, Alabama. The first year I taught 7^th ,8^th , and 9^th grades. It was a struggle, but ultimately worth it. The next year I was moved up to senior English in the high school wing. After spending literally all my time (both at Auburn University and at Uriah) teaching middle schoolers, high schoolers was definitely a challenge.

The summer after my second year teaching, I moved to England to explore teaching abroad. I taught the American Novel and American Culture to 6^th form (18 year olds) students in Essex. I liked that job, but wanted to see more of the world, so for the next three years, I taught ESL in rural India. While in India, I joined a non-profit organization that fronted young women money to make and sell home-made goods (such as baskets, jewelry, fabrics) part-time. Also, we worked with scholarship programs to send some students to college overseas.

After those first 6 years, I decided to take a break and do some writing. For the next 2 years, I worked on publishing a novel and compiling poetry and essays I had written during my time abroad. Also while publishing my writing, I received my Masters Degree in English.

Currently, I teach Junior and Senior level AP English and I teach World Literature I in the evenings twice a week at the local community college. I am working on my next novel and plan to go to China to teach ESL in the summer.