One of the fun things about being the scorekeeper for the Lady Trojans is talking to old friends and acquaintances at the schools we visit for away games.
Last night at halftime Dr. Beth Dean came over to sit with me after her middle school girls' basketball team was introduced. Beth and I have a history---she was my student teacher from St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer years ago, actually when my youngest daughter was just a baby (and Hilary will be 27 in April). After graduation Beth taught at North White, then moved to Pioneer as assistant principal, earned her masters and PhD, and is still at Pioneer in that role. A few years ago Tom, my program chair, told me "Find someone to teach at the Winamac site or it will be you" and Beth came to the rescue. Since our English classes haven't run lately at Winamac, she has been teaching for us at Rochester.
ANYWAY.....we were talking about her ENGL 112 class which meets at Rochester on Monday evenings, her possibly teaching one of my Wednesday night classes, and my schedule. I shared my excitement about ENGL 223 and how good our Pronto discussion was on Monday evening. When she asked what we were reading and I explained the Pods, she asked if she could be in the class. She loves the regional time period--London, Bierce, Crane, Twain. She was excited about some of the short stories from the next Pod also.
Once a lit teacher, always a lit teacher, I guess. She taught some of these same selections when she was student teaching for me years ago. One thing I love about teaching this class, and putting together the curriculum, is that I can share some of my favorites (and some that aren't) with my students. Literature is timeless.
Can I be in your class? Sure!
Wow! Will she be joining? Sometimes I miss some of the finer points of what I read, so the more the merrier! I sure could use some help picking out the relevance of a couple of Kate Chopin's stories : embarrassed grin :
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