{"id":1469,"date":"2009-09-04T22:25:58","date_gmt":"2009-09-05T05:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2009-10-02T16:43:40","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T23:43:40","slug":"dusting-off-the-old-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/dusting-off-the-old-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Dusting off the old Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1465\" title=\"science club september 007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/science-club-september-007.JPG\" alt=\"science club september 007\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/science-club-september-007.JPG 800w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/science-club-september-007-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been 13 1\/2 years since I student taught at Mountainview High School. I taught biology. And while I student taught, I grew out of all of my clothes and anxiously awaited graduation so I could start getting the house ready for our baby. I waddled just a little as I went through Commencement and all. I snacked on a Snickers bar as I sat in a sea of graduates at the Marriott Center. You know, you&#8217;ve got to eat when you&#8217;re expecting a baby.<\/p>\n<p>That day, thoughts about the future as a mom overshadowed my dreams to be a science teacher, as they should. But at certain moments in my life since then, I have seen that a TEACHER I must be. Thankfully, I have been blessed with many opportunities to teach&#8230; 3 years of seminary, many years in Primary, 8 more years homeschooling&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But today, 13 1\/2 years later, I taught a <em>real <\/em>science class for our homeschool club and it felt really good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1467\" title=\"science club september 010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/science-club-september-010.JPG\" alt=\"science club september 010\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/science-club-september-010.JPG 800w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/science-club-september-010-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I also roped Richard into teaching robotics. What a man!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been 13 1\/2 years since I student taught at Mountainview High School. I taught biology. And while I student taught, I grew out of all of my clothes and anxiously awaited graduation so I could start getting the house ready for our baby. I waddled just a little as I went through Commencement and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/dusting-off-the-old-degree\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dusting off the old Degree<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homeschooling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1469"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1472,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469\/revisions\/1472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}