Our parents send their children ready to learn every day, but I've been the principal of schools where learning was not a priority in their homes. We only have five hours a day to do all the teaching we can do. I went on a teacher's grant, so teaching was something I always wanted to do. I love to watch children learn. She also recruits teachers for Anne Arundel County from UMBC, but she wants her alma mater to take a strong leadership role in training teachers for the new millennium.
Teaching is such a worthy calling.
When the teacher is good, the program works. For UMBC's future, it completes the circle. Now an educator in her own right with a son also pursuing American studies at UMBC, Betty has come full circle herself. Her recent participation in the International Student Friendship Program and her ongoing role as an educator at Shipley's Choice Elementary School is proof of her lasting commitment to her campus and community. Arnold T. Blumberg is editor of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide and EON Magazine.