Teaching Snapshot

Dr. Peterson asked us if we would create a "teacher snapshot." I'm Lori, and I taught tenth and eleventh grade English for five years at a small high school here in Utah. I began teaching right out of college, and the lunch ladies kept trying to charge me the student price. Actually, the student price was cheaper, so I should have taken them up on that! I learned so much about teaching writing from a fabulous mentor, Lorraine Wallace, who now teaches in the English Department here at UVU. I learned that I was the kind of teacher who valued individual students and was flexible enough to let them use their creativity. I then took seven years away from public education to raise my family. Now, here I am, ready to begin again and start a new chapter in my life!