Dianne Widman:  

Life Hi All-- I've come a long way from 1970 and right now feel that I am in a circle -- going back to my beginnings and starting over. My first job after high school was at Birchard Public Library where I was in charge of the Children's Room and was the Story Hour leader. At the same time I was going to Terra Community College and working on a degree in Early Childhood Education. I had to drop out after one year due to money. I left the library after two-and-a-half years and went to the Fremont News Messenger where I started as advertising proofreader and then went to being an assistant to the accountant. After a couple years of this, I got a student loan and went back to Terra to finish my Early Childhood degree. I graduated in 1977 and taught and did curriculum at Temple Tot Nursery School. After a couple years, I went back to school again and got my bachelor's degree in Math Education (certified 7-12). I taught one semester of Religion (I was also in the Lay Ministry Program) at SJCC but had to resign due to difficulties with my adopted daughter. I taught math part time at Terra Community College for ten years, then worked on my Master's in Math which I got in 1997. I was the director of the BGSU Math Lab for 12 years. While there, I wrote two math work texts, one published. During the time I was at Terra and then BGSU, I returned to the Catholic faith from Biblical Fundamentalism of which I entered right after high school. The radical sect of fundamentalism that I was in caused me to drop out of life. With the teachings I incurred severe psychological damage. My ten-year experience in netted a ten-year recovery out. During my recovery I wrote many published articles, did talks, seminars, etc. throughout the diocese of Toledo, Ohio on Biblical fundamentalism. I have a four volume unpublished, as of yet, manuscript that is going out on the net in installments. People are using it as alcoholics use AA's "Big Book." If this peaks your interest, write me at motg1980 at aol. (The “Ministry of the Gathering” is an apostolate for Catholics affected by or interested in the affects of American Protestant Evangelical Independent Fundamentalism). In 2003 I moved out to the East Coast. I went back to school for a stint (second master's for second career, this time social work), found out it wasn't for me and tried going back to high school math teaching. I was hired by the Wicomico S...Expand for more