Rebecca Markoff:  

Life I graduated from high school and in August of '65 my mom and dad drove me to Houston, Texas to begin my college career at the University of Houston. Homesickness and lack of study habits aided in my downfall at UH the first 2 semesters...so I worked at Exxon for a semester and reenrolled at UH. I graduated with a BS in education in 1970. I received my MS in reading in 1991. I taught 4th grade, 5th grade and the Title 1 program for Friendswood ISD for 20 years. I also developed courses for the University of Houston, Clear Lake, teaching preservice teachers how to detect reading difficulties in children and then remediate the difficulties. I taught these two courses at my school and my elementary students were able to benefit from a reading program in the summer. I decided to retire so the program is no longer available. But it was an experience of a life-time. I love teaching at the college level. My three boys, Kerry (40), Marc (36), and Erik (32) are living their lives away from home. Kerry works for DuPont and is the father of my grandchild, Kiel (21). Kiel is now attending Notre Dame College ...Expand for more