Elsie Szecsy:
CLASS OF 1969
East Meadow High SchoolClass of 1969
East meadow, NY
Teachers College of Columbia UniversityClass of 1996
New york, NY
Hofstra UniversityClass of 1973
Hempstead, NY
Meadowbrook Junior High SchoolClass of 1966
East meadow, NY
Parkway Elementary SchoolClass of 1963
East meadow, NY
Elsie's Story
Life
I was a teacher on Long Island after college. The first district was Island Trees, and the last Garden City. Continuing education resulted in a doctorate in 1996 from Teachers College, Columbia University. Then three years as an administrator in Nassau BOCES, a year at Concordia College in Bronxville, NY in teacher education, followed by 14 years as an academic at Arizona State University. I retired 3 years ago to study the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, a federally funded nurse education program that alleviated the nursing shortage during World War II.
I never married and sometimes wonder if that is a good thing, but have no regrets about the decisions I've made in this area either. I do enjoy the winters in AZ, but summertime is another story.
School
Remember Kraus words at East Meadow High School? Also, how about Miss Frieling, our German teacher? I was too busy studying and p...Expand for more
reparing for college to fool around too much in high school...
College
I led a relatively sedate college life because I stayed local. Attended Hofstra University for the B.A. and M.S. Worked my way through college by working at the A&P down the road on Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow.
Workplace
The best days of my life, financially, were when I was an undergraduate. Since then it's been a challenge. I became a teacher just as the baby bust was underway. No one ever taught us in college that teachers (especially German teachers) were dependent on an adequate enrollment for their livelihood.
It was a good career on Long Island, but I am happy that I made a couple of moves later in my career. The year in Westchester County in teacher education was a springboard for where I am now. I moved to Arizona in 2001 and retired from Arizona State University in 2015. Am enjoying life...
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