My first class of Chinese students. Tianjin, PRC, August, 1987.
I have been tagged by my blog-friend Neal at Photographic Memories to take part in the “Six Random Things About Me” meme. So here are six random things about me (not necessarily in any order):
1. When I went to summer orientation before my freshman year in college, my advisor told my father that I was not college material. Less than seven years later that same man hired me to teach at the same college!
2. I took my first teaching job in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1963 because they paid a whopping $5000 per year!
3. When my parents and little sister came to visit us in Montreat, North Carolina, Janet (my sister) was floored that Billy Graham knew my name.
4. After teaching mathematics for 20 years, the Dean of the College assigned me to teach a course in computer science. My qualifications? The junior high my son attended had a computer!
5. I have taught English as a second language in China on four separate occasions.
6. I can’t go out to work in the yard without my iPod.
These are the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.
I’m afraid I’m going to let Neal down. I just don’t feel comfortable tagging people at this time. (Perhaps after I’ve been at this a while that will change.) For now, if you would like to tell us six things about yourself, consider yourself tagged.
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