Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Jill Biden to the Classroom

Soon after her husband was sworn in as Vice President,Jill Biden returned to teaching at Northern Virginia Community College. Vice President Biden's wife ,a 28-year veteran educated is teaching two classes at the Alexandria campus:an English as a second language course and a developmental English course .Each class has roughly two dozen students and will meet twice a week ,for a total of about 10 teaching hours a week.
"I am thrills to return to the classroom to continuing working with community college students,whom I greatly admire and enjoy teaching,"Biden said." I have always,baelieved in the power of community colleges to endow students with critical life skill,and I am pleased that i can difference by doing what I love do do,teaching piople who are excited to learn."
Biden spent the pas 15 years teaching English composition courses at Delaware Technical&Community College.Prior to that she worked as a reading specialist and English teacher at public schools in Delaware.She has two master's degrees and earn a doctorate in education from the University of Delaware in 2007. Her dissertation focused on rtaining students in
community colleges.
As second lady,Binden plans to assume a role as a public advicate fir community colleges and may advise the Obama administration on education policies.
"She feels passionately about community colleges," a spokesperson said.'For her,being in the classroom is extremely natural.She is a born teacher.

2 comments:

  1. Excellent typing - whew! That was a lot of words.
    Change:
    thrills - thrilled
    implicit - pleased
    Spellcheck your last two sentences!

    Good job....!

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  2. Hi again -
    Thank you so much for the wonderful Mother's Day gifts, Larisa!! I really appreciate it - very thoughtful of you! And I hope YOU have a great Mother's Day too!

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