I guess I should say a little about myself. I am 35 years old. I grew up in Houston but married and moved away as soon as I graduated high school. He was in the military. Later I also joined the military. Fourteen years and two more husbands later (!) I moved back to the Houston area. We have lived in Waller County since 2002 and recently (this week) moved to Magnolia. I have two children (14 & 13) and two stepchildren (25 & 22). The stepchildren each have a child, which makes me a NaNa.
I find I get bored easily which might explain the moving around, although after this week I am tired of moving. I enjoy reading even though I do not have enough time to do so. I also enjoy learning.
I completed an undergrad degree in criminal justice in 1996 and was certified as a peace officer in 1995. About the time I completed my degree my husband was retiring from the Air Force. We moved to a small, small town in the Texas Panhandle. He had family, land, and a home there. I planned to work in law enforcement; however, a better paying and more interesting position came along. I started working for Children's Protective Services. I primarily conducted investigations of abuse/neglect of children. I stayed there 3 years-loved the job, hated the supervisor. I then moved to Texas Youth Commission. I was there 2 years before we moved back to the Houston area. I then worked at a private child placing agency. Recently I decided to seek certification as a teacher. I had to go back to school to take 4 classes to be eligible for the alternative certification program. I am taking those classes now and hopefully will start the program in June. In the mean time I took a huge pay cut to work as an instructional aid at the high school. I felt like this would be a great experience to prepare me for teaching. Also we knew we would be moving out of the school district and my children wanted to remain in the school. Yes they both wanted me to work in their school district!
So that's me in a nutshell. And yes I am still procrastinating-I should be doing school work! Guess I will work on that for awhile.
I find I get bored easily which might explain the moving around, although after this week I am tired of moving. I enjoy reading even though I do not have enough time to do so. I also enjoy learning.
I completed an undergrad degree in criminal justice in 1996 and was certified as a peace officer in 1995. About the time I completed my degree my husband was retiring from the Air Force. We moved to a small, small town in the Texas Panhandle. He had family, land, and a home there. I planned to work in law enforcement; however, a better paying and more interesting position came along. I started working for Children's Protective Services. I primarily conducted investigations of abuse/neglect of children. I stayed there 3 years-loved the job, hated the supervisor. I then moved to Texas Youth Commission. I was there 2 years before we moved back to the Houston area. I then worked at a private child placing agency. Recently I decided to seek certification as a teacher. I had to go back to school to take 4 classes to be eligible for the alternative certification program. I am taking those classes now and hopefully will start the program in June. In the mean time I took a huge pay cut to work as an instructional aid at the high school. I felt like this would be a great experience to prepare me for teaching. Also we knew we would be moving out of the school district and my children wanted to remain in the school. Yes they both wanted me to work in their school district!
So that's me in a nutshell. And yes I am still procrastinating-I should be doing school work! Guess I will work on that for awhile.
posted by Shawna @ 3/17/2006 04:20:00 PM
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