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Lindarella's Homepage is not as dull as it looks...Well, okay, some of it is. Sorry.

Hi! Welcome to my website! I'm updating it a little at a time. All of these links should work, but some of them may not be updated just yet. Please be patient -- I'm working on it.

Click here to see some pictures from my Carribbean cruise in July, 1999.

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More About Me

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This is me working.

Career:

I spent a couple of years teaching adult English as a Second Language and high school and middle school English Language Arts and Composition. I got burned out grading all of those papers every night.

I'm currently back in graduate school, working on my Master's in Library Science. This will allow me to work as a school Media Specialist, aka Librarian. I'm excited about this new career direction because I'll still get to work with kids, and I'll still be teaching (information literacy skills), but I won't have to grade any more compositions...I hope!

Here's a little piece that expresses my sentiments about a career in education. The author is unknown -- someone emailed it to me.

GOD CREATED THE FIRST TEACHER

On the 6th day, God created men and women. On the 7th day, he rested.
Not so much to recuperate, but rather to prepare himself for the work he was going to do on the next day.
This TEACHER, though taken from among men and women, had several significant modifications. In general, God made the TEACHER more durable than other men and women.
The TEACHER was made to arise at a very early hour and to go to bed no earlier than 11:30 p.m.- with no rest in between.
The TEACHER had to be able to withstand being locked up in an air-tight classroom for six hours with thirty-five "monsters" on a rainy Monday.
And the TEACHER had to be fit to correct 103 term papers over Easter vacation.
Yes, God made the TEACHER tough...but gentle too. The TEACHER was equipped with soft hands to wipe away the tears of the neglected and lonely student...of those of the sixteen year old girl who was not asked to the prom.
And into the TEACHER God poured a generous amount of patience. Patience when a student asks to repeat the directions the TEACHER has just repeated for someone else. Patience when the kids forget their lunch money for the fourth day in a row. Patience when one-third of the class fails the test. Patience when the text books haven't arrived yet, and the semester starts tomorrow.
And God gave the TEACHER a heart slightly bigger than the average human heart. For the TEACHER's heart had to be big enough to love the kid who screams, "I hate this class-it's boring!" and to love the kid who runs out of the classroom at the end of the period without so much as a "goodbye", let alone a "thank you".
And lastly, God gave the TEACHER an abundant supply of HOPE. For God knew that the TEACHER would always be hoping. Hoping that the kids would someday learn how to spell... hoping not to have lunchroom duty... hoping that Friday would come... hoping for a free day.... hoping for deliverance.
When God finished creating the TEACHER, he stepped back and admired the work of his hands. And God saw that the TEACHER was good. Very Good!
And God smiled, for when he looked at the TEACHER, he saw into the future. He knew that the future is in the hands of the TEACHERS.
And because God loves Teachers so much, on the 9th day God created "Snow Days."

This is me relaxing.

Hobbies and Interests:

Reading (everything -- fiction/nonfiction, newspapers, web pages, professional literature, stupid email jokes, scribblings on bathroom walls, etc.), writing (correspondence, editorials, journals, research papers, maybe someday a screenplay, and hopefully, if you send me more questions, an advice column), gabbing on the phone for hours, movies, photography, astrology, metaphysics, divination (tarot cards), home decorating and crafts, music (from Mozart to Metallica, and everything in between), playing guitar and djembe drums, watching football, cooking, dancing, biking, camping, volleyball, skating (in-line), tennis, working out, watching people, cracking jokes, hanging out on the beach and sleeping in the moonlight. I know there are probably a few more items I'm forgetting, but this should give you a basic idea of the things I like to do in all my spare time -- LOL!

This site last updated July, 2001

(Well, some of it is anyway.)

number of times this page has been visited...and not just by me :)

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