New Hampshire Two - Text
Edited by Paul Meier 03.28.01. Running time 00:04:36
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I live in Merrimack, New Hampshire. I have been here for almost 20 years. I’ve been married for almost 20 years. I have two teenage daughters, which is one of the most trying things I have ever tried to do, live and survive in this atmosphere.
(Uh) I’m a teacher, Special Ed. teacher. I work with (um) five- and six-year olds, and I’ve been doing that for-- Hmmm, this is my fourteenth year. I’ve been teaching special needs children for 22 years. And I love it. I just find it very rewarding.
(Um) I skipped most of the family, didn’t I? (Laughs) I wonder if that was a Freudian slip. (Um) Let’s see, my husband is a teacher. Oh! I should talk about the Krista McAuliffe Sabbatical that I’ve just applied for. I’m really hoping I get it. (Uh) That is (um) they grant one teacher in the state of New Hampshire (um) a sabbatical, a full-paid sabbatical for a year to work on a creative and innovative project. And mine will be Dr. You-Can-Do-Science. It’s a (uh) curriculum that I’ve designed for teaching science to five-, six-, seven- and eight-year old children, and it’s awesome! Maybe you’ll read about me.
(Uh) Sports. I love sports. I love to ski, and I’m just learning how to snowboard, which-- I’m smokin’ on the slopes. (Um) I love to water ski, swim, (um) bike ride, run, walk, dance, anything moving, as hyperactive people love to do.
Plans? I have big plans for the doctor; Dr. Science, I’ve already talked to you about that. That’s a goal of mine, to spread the word and make some money. That would be sweet.
(Um) I’m taking saxophone lessons for a year and a half, and I’m much better than I was a year ago. I really love to play the saxophone. I won’t play that for you now, though, so that’ll be a good thing.
Oh, photography! I’ve been shootin’ pictures for a year and a half, mostly color, and (um)… I haven’t done black-and-whites yet, but I’m-- I’ve got some pretty good luck with the color shots. And, I love to park my car in Harvard Yard….