Vicky Young Schauer:  

Life Hello, all, from Gig Harbor! FaceBook me at Vicky Young S. I am still teaching at a local Middle School, this year I am a Reading Specialist and 8th grade Literacy teacher, as well as teaching the gifted Literacy program. I passed my National Boards and am enjoying the benefits. It is still so weird being the teacher instead of driving the teachers crazy (boy, is payback a beotch!)and it brings back many fond memories of our years together. Many of the faces are different but the jokes, tricks and general shinanigans are virtually the same. My latest pursuit is creating a weekly literacy podcast with my students, which is really fun!!! (Thanks, Jay and Jack!!!) I am also creating reading curriculum in conjunction with our NASA Explorer School Program. I just finished training to teach AP Literature at the High School level and have been intimately involved in writing and revising our state's Writing assessment for middle schoolers. I am also very involved in our local and state teacher's union. On the personal side, I divorced after 13 years of marriage 10 years ago and all of my kids are grown up now---2 in college, another working as a "chef" (I think that really means prep cook) and the oldest experiencing many struggles. Only my daughter is still at home, although she is gone all summer as a YMCA camp counselor-lucky for me only 9 miles from home so I still see her a lot, but I must admit that I am really struggling with the empty house syndrome. It's like, after 27 years of being 24/7 "Mom", especially "single Mom" --what do I do now?!? What CAN I do now!?! What CAN...Expand for more