My concentration is self designed and is currently titled 'pedagogy for social change' which means teaching to make the world a better place. I have a sociology minor and have dabbled in anthropology psycology and geography as I was searching out my academic destiny. As I've focused my studies I've done three semesters of intensive teaching assistanships where I had the opportunity to lead discussion groups and have conducted extensive reasearch on learning communities and pedagogic theory. I also volunteered/interned at Appalachian Voices where I did everthing from licking envelopes, writing research paper on mountaintop removal, to tabling at Bonarroo. This was interesting because drugs either make people care very much about the envirionment or not at all. Unfortunately if they care very much because they are on drugs then they probably can't write a good letter to their congressional representative, which was what we were asking folks to do. Anyway, go to www.ilovemountains.org to learn about where our cheap energy comes from.
Outside of the academic setting I enjoy being outside, making things out of rocks, wood and other materials, gardening, buckets, being with friends, looking at big things made of concrete, cooking eating, drinking and making merry at appropriate times. I dont like it when people are mean to each other or the places they live, peanut butter, or when windshield wipers go to frequently and make that noise that they make when there isn't enough liquid to be wiped. I also like to fish. My faviorite is when things are in between.
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