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What is your favorite teacher memory?

The teachers in our lives, both good and bad, are always influential. Having grown up in the military and moved 18 times between Kindergarten and my 12th grade, I had a lot of teachers. I remember my high school chemistry teacher very well. He taught me to love science and taught me the value of logical thinking. I finished my senior year feeling like I was capable of accomplishing anything. What is your favorite teacher memory?

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Comment from:Jan Van Blarcum [Visitor] · http://creativetutors.com

08/16/09 @ 16:35

Ms. Gregg and Ms. Beal were my favorite teachers in elementary school. My family moved often because my father was in the military. I also have dyslexia. Going to new schools with new kids and new teachers was always stressful. Ms. Gregg and Ms. Beal were team teachers in the small school my parents had selected for me that year. These two teachers were passionate about helping kids learn.... and they were passionate about me! They took me under their wing for one year of my life. I can truly tell you that it was my most successful year of elementary school .... I fondly remember them... as a dyslexic learning to read and to write it was always difficult. These two ladies literally taught me how to do read and write and I grew to love it! I want to thank my elementary teachers because they cared enough about me to change my view and desire for learning.

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Kim Ashby earned a BS in Nursing from The Catholic University of America and, when she worked outside the home, was a Certified Emergency Nurse with a special interest in trauma nursing. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and three sons. The Ashbys have home schooled their children since 1999. They graduated their oldest son in May 2007. He is attending UNC Wilmington. Kim continues to home school her younger boys. Her oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was in the public school system in the second grade. Her second son has cerebral palsy which has resulted in multiple/global developmental delays. Her youngest son has undiagnosed, mild auditory processing issues.

Kim has co-instructed graduate level courses at UNC Chapel Hill for ST/OT students and Early Intervention students. She is the founder and President of the Board of Directors of GIFTSNC, Inc., a home schooling special needs support group. Kim has presented workshops at a variety of state home school conferences as well as local support group parent meetings and is often a guest speaker at homeschool conferences and is found on many guest speaker lists including Balancing the Sword. She is a Steering Committee member and former Treasurer for Dayspring Home Educators in Cary, NC. She served on the Board of Directors for the Family Support Network of Wake County. She holds a North Carolina Wildlife Permit for Small Mammal Rehabilitation and enjoys working with orphaned and injured wildlife.

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