When I enrolled at the MAT@USC I expected to learn how to teach. I have not been disappointed. My professors are enabling me to build the knowledge I need to be an effective teacher. I did not, however, expect to have my perspective on education, race, and social class distinctions challenged and refocused. The reason? I never even consider that …
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Cathy Cassar
I live in Guilford, Connecticut. I graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1993 with a BA in political science and French. I then went on to become a marketing copywriter for apparel (like Elaine from Seinfeld). For the past ten years I’ve been having kids (two girls, ten and eight; and one three-year-old boy). I am happy to have selected the MAT@USC because the course content is so fascinating. I have learned so much in my first few months. I am more eager than ever to get started teaching in New Haven, Connecticut. I hope my posts give you some insight. Tell me what you think.
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Connecting with classmates
As I mentioned in my last post, there is a con to taking an online course: When you attend class time, you have to stare at yourself alongside all of your classmates as you discuss the topic for the week. (I will say that this prompted me to give myself a really cute haircut…short, sort of like a shag…but I …
Surprise!
My top five list of MAT@USC surprises so far:
5. Rude awakening: The realization that I can actually be in the same class as someone born the year before I graduated from high school.
4. The seemingly insurmountable obstacles facing educators and students in underserved schools. On the list: deteriorating buildings with interiors that bear a startling resemblance to those of abandoned …
I’m a blogger!
Welcome to my first blog entry! I’m Cathy and I’m in the September ’09 cohort. I live in Guilford, Connecticut, a town located on the Long Island Sound about halfway between New York and Boston. I have three children (ages ten, eight and three), three dogs, and a husband. Obviously, life is pretty hectic, as I’m sure it is for …
