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= Introduction = toc Nicole Greaves, [|The Crefeld School] Position: Middle School English Teacher

//I particularly enjoy helping students realize their inner poet!//

Quote
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live." --Joan Didion

Slideshow
Here's the slideshow I made for the theme of //The Giver//, which I'll be teaching soon. This was inspired, of course, by Sarah B.

media type="custom" key="5263215" **My Favorite Things** media type="youtube" key="Agl4IvNnQPo" height="344" width="425"
 * Quiet time to myself
 * Being with my family
 * Remembering good times with my mother
 * Reading, listening to, and writing poetry
 * Learning and improving as a teacher
 * My students: no, really, I love them!
 * Friendly Fourth at my Meeting House
 * Hanging out with artsy people
 * Listening to live music
 * Helping people feel good about themselves
 * Ben and Jerry's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch
 * //The Great Gatsby// on CD
 * Old houses
 * Summer days at the beach, in New England
 * Ordinary people with extraordinary lives
 * The Atlantic Ocean
 * Patsy Cline
 * Pink Champagne
 * Florence

Patti Smith sings "You Light Up My Life" on Kids are People Too,
my favorite show when I was 9 or so. This is from 1979, and it was probably my first introduction to Patti, whom I grew to love. //Power to the People!// I also loved this song. I remember my mom bringing the 45 home when it was released. We had a picnic on my bedroom floor and listened to Debbie Boone sing it over and over. The flip side was "Hasta Manana."

Things I Don't Like (top three)

 * Not being able to read people
 * Grumpy people on a Monday morning, including myself
 * Not getting my text to align where I want it to

Photo Credit: [|My Perfect Wold by Trotisland] Slideshow Credits