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Mrs. Ruth Baize
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West Terrace Elementary School
Hometown:
Evansville, Indiana
Class Information:
Students per Class: 490
Class Description:
I teach art to all the K-5 students at West Terrace Elementary School. I also direct an afterschool elementary hands-on 5th grade history club called TRACES.
Position:
Teacher
Personal Information:
College and Degrees:
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, M.Ed. Universityof Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana, B.S.
Activities:
I love writing and have written a juvenile historical adventure book set on the Ohio River. I have not pushed for its publication, yet, as family medical problems have taken priority; however, my students have told me that they LOVE it when I read it to them.
Favorite Books:
The Scarlett Pimpernel; The Conquest of Mexico by Prescott; biographies, history, and mysteries...I read many, many books.
Favorite Quotes:
"I don't think we're in Kansas anymore."--Dorothyof Oz "It's kind of fun to do the impossible."--WaltDisney "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."-- Albert Einstein; and then a long quote from Mother Theresa that ends in "...You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."
Interests:
Reading, writing, and observing others
Employment History:
I have taught every age from kindergarten through university and taught from the rural school room to suburban to the inner-city. I have done this in Indiana, Ohio, and New York.
Why Do I Teach?:
I am called to teach. My personality, my creativity, and my training draw me to the simple wonder of the children's minds; we laugh, enjoy, and discover. I love teaching!