Hello

My (20+years) teaching career has run the gamut from grades k-6. At the present time I teach 4th graders in the Hitchcock County School District in Culbertson. After 2.5 years of online classes I received a masters in reading degree from UNK. I’ve had many withdrawal symptoms this past year, so I was glad to see the ESU providing a hybrid online/face-to-face class.

The following quote, which I have on my homepage, sums up my feeling about education…"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young." –Henry Ford

On a personal note, I’ve been married to the same man for 40 years this fall, 3 grown--self-sufficient (for the most part) children, 6.5 grandchildren (my daughter is due in Sept. with our 2nd granddaughter) and I’ve now lived on a farm longer than living in a city.

Free time finds me weeding my flowers (a never ending job), reading (I'm tackling the new intermediate Golden Sower nominees right now), twittering, commenting on facebook, creating cards, and traveling.

I'm looking forward to a great class with other professionals from southwest Nebraska.

Pat Baker