Susanne (Susie) Barrett:  

Life After graduating from Granite Hills, I attended Point Loma Nazarene University, majoring in literature and married Keith after my freshman year. After graduating second in my class, I took a year off to travel to England with my husband and to work for Harcourt Brace Publishing. In 1989 I entered graduate school at the University of San Diego where I received my M.A. in English with a concentration in Medieval literature. While at USD, I worked as a research assistant for Sister Elizabeth Walsh, the department chair, and this position resulted in co-editing a collection of essays for publication in 1993. I also taught in the German department at USD for a short time before obtaining my dream job: a part-time instructor position in the literature department at Point Loma Nazarene University. I taught composition, German, research technique, and ancient and medieval literature. I gave up teaching at the university level in order to start homeschooling our four children, one girl and three boys. Within our private homeschool program, Heritage Christian School, I have taught Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced (AP) Writing courses to junior high and high school students as well as teaching my own children at home, plus classes for younger students in Poetry, Medieval History, and Shakespeare. Despite health issues (rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, Addison's Disease, etc.), we have graduated all four of our children from home education via Heritage Christian School. Our daughter and oldest son work from ho...Expand for more