Wendy Wooten
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¨ Do you ever get
some free time? If you do, what do you do in your
free time?
¨ Were there any subjects that you sort of
enjoyed?
¨ Do you know other languages besides Latin?
¨ What religion are
you interested in learning?
¨ Do kids often
disobey you?
¨ Did you ever want
to become something else besides a teacher?
¨ Did you ever think
teaching was a bad idea?
¨ What are your
favorite and least favorite subjects to teach and why?
¨ About what age did
you start teaching?
¨ Do you think
teaching is fun? Why or why not?
¨ Why do you think
math and science are interesting?
¨ Why did you want to
teach high school instead of elementary?
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QUESTION:
Do you ever get some free time? If you do, what do
you do in your free time?
ANSWER
from Wendy Wooten on 13 October 2002:
In my free time I like to do things with my family.
I enjoy doing things with my 2 daughters and my relatives.
I also enjoy outings with friends.
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QUESTION:
Were there any subjects that you sort of enjoyed?
ANSWER
from Wendy Wooten on 13 October 2002:
I enjoyed history and other social sciences because I
find it interesting to learn about how mankind has
evolved socially. It is intriguing to learn how
they react to physical and social situations, why they
have had wars, how and why they make decisions, how they
treat each other, what their motives are, etc.
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QUESTION:
Do you know any other languages besides Latin?
ANSWER
from Wendy Wooten on 13 October 2002:
I took 2 years of German in college, and lived in Berlin,
Germany for 1 1/2 years, so I am moderately fluent in
German.
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QUESTION:
What religion are you interested in learning?
ANSWER
from Wendy Wooten on 13 October 2002:
I have learned about Christianity and Judaism, but I do
not know that much about the Muslim or Islamic religions.
I would like to learn about them to help me understand
the teachings of those religions.
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QUESTION:
Do kids often disobey you?
ANSWER
from Wendy Wooten on 13 October 2002:
Kids often do things they feel like doing without
thinking about the consequences of their actions, not
because they are trying to disobey someone. When
that happens, I try to show them that they have to think
about how their choices affect not only them, but others
as well. Then we talk about how to make decisions
when they want to do things that might have a negative
effect on others or even on themselves later on.
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QUESTION:
Did you ever want to become something else besides a
teacher?
ANSWER
from Wendy Wooten on 13 October 2002:
At various times, I have thought about being an engineer,
an astronaut, and a doctor. But I think being a
teacher is the best fit for me because I love working
with kids.
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QUESTION:
Did you ever think teaching was a bad idea?
ANSWER
from Wendy Wooten on 13 October 2002:
No. I have so much fun working with my students in
science and math, and they pay me to do it!
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QUESTION:
What are your favorite and least favorite subjects to
teach and why?
ANSWER
from Wendy Wooten on 13 October 2002:
I love teaching science and math, which are the subjects
I teach. In middle school, high school, and
college, teachers usually teach the courses that they
like, not all subjects like in elementary school. I
love learning, so I don't think there would be a subject
I wouldn't like to teach, but I love math and science the
most. The reason I like math and science the most
is because of the problem solving that is involved.
There are always new situations with new sets of problems
that need to be addressed. It is exciting and
challenging and very rewarding to come up with solutions.
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QUESTION:
About what age did you start teaching?
ANSWER
from Wendy Wooten on 13 October 2002:
I started teaching when I was in graduate school at UCLA.
I was a teaching fellow for biology classes and helped
run the labs.
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QUESTION:
Do you think teaching is fun? Why or why not?
ANSWER
from Wendy Wooten on 13 October 2002:
Teaching is a blast. You get to work with the kids
and share in the learning and discovery process. It
is fun to watch how their minds work and develop.
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QUESTION:
Why do you think math and science are interesting?
ANSWER
from Wendy Wooten on 13 October 2002:
Math and science are all about problem solving. I
think it is really fun to try to figure things out and
come up with solutions. It is like a game that you
get to play with your mind and be creative as possible.
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QUESTION:
Why did you want to teach high school instead of
elementary?
ANSWER
from Wendy Wooten on 13 October 2002:
I would prefer to teach elementary school because that is
the foundation for a student's education and therefore is
most important. I did not teach in elementary
school because I would have had to go back and take a few
more years of education courses at college to get an
elementary teaching credential, and I did not have the
time or economic means to do that.
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