the {Re}Launch

I’m Karrie Combs. I teach 7th grade Math in a public school in North Western North Carolina Monday through Friday. I teach young adult Sunday School at my church on Sunday mornings at 10. And I teach a 5 year old little boy and 2 month old little girl every thing i know and don’t know 24 hours a day, every day. I love each one of these opportunities GOD has given me to teach!!

Amy Sullivan. I teach Occupational English to 9th-12th graders in North Carolina, but I’ve also taught middle school. I thought I would die when I taught 5th grade, but instead, I learned more that year than any other.

I have two girls. The first I am teaching to jumprope. Jumprope team tryouts are in two days (120 kids trying out BTW), and I’m teaching my youngest her colors (an activity she doesn’t find remotely interesting), but really, they teach me constantly.

I like all the Western North Carolina connections. Keep them coming.

Hi! I’m Susan, mom of 3 totally calm (ha!) kids. My kids are in public school mainly because we have an incredible local school that helps with our autism issues. But I will gladly accept any educational tips I could get! (btw, maybe it’s me, but I tried to subscribe by email and the link didn’t work. Again, it might just be my computer.) Thanks!

Laura here…the S. Florida one. (Laura Lee Groves) I teach high school sophomores – World Lit 2 and Composition. I have 4 sons and wrote about them. One is a first-year teacher this year! I’m so excited to “meet” all of you. Bring your teacher friends over to Inspired Teacher!

I retired from teaching in a Christian school just in time to help my daughter homeschool 4 of my grandchildren…1 preschooler, 1 first grader, 1 in third, and 1 in 7th. Her husband is disabled and she had to return to work. I subscribed to your blog today. Maybe we can meet! Our son, Derry Gambill, serves in Chiang Mai, and we will be there in November! The rings are beautiful and the teacher blog is inspiring. Thank you.
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So excited about this site! I homeschool 7th and 5th grade and am looking forward to stopping by here more often.

I graduated from college with a religion major and history minor…so when I did my independent study project, with was a 3 quarter project in my major required for graduation ,I could write about the Holocaust. Along the way I took extra classes and did what was required to be a secondary teacher. I taught 9th grade English for the 2nd and 3rd year of our marriage. Later when my oldest was 7 ( I would not start anyone in school before the required age) I began to homeschool. I have now been homeschooling my children for over 25 years. I don’t do much teaching now because my last two students (15 and 16 years) are using an online program with teachers and everything done online. I am still here if they need any help, but they usually don’t. For some reason I still collect great ideas and am interested in curricula. Maybe when we have grandchildren I wll be able to do some things with them. When our special needs son finishes with the public school because he is over 21, I am thinking of working with him. He will be able to work on pre-school and maybe some early elementary material. We’ll see. I love the clip on the site about what Teachers Make. We are all teachers…whether we think we are or not. We are always being watched and our children, those we pass on the street, our friends, our siblings, etc. are learning from us. We will be passing on what we know, what we value, what we believe as long as we are here. Quite the challenge and very exciting. I know some wonderful teachers and want to be more like them!

Sophyta,
Glad to have you hear…and I never even thought about you being close to Laura, locations-wise. Hope to see you here again soon.