Message from cnorth

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

I'm Christy North and I teach at Carson High school in Carson, which is very ethnically diverse (both city and school). About 20% of the population is Asian, predominantly from the Phillipines, and about 5% is Pacific Islander, predominantly Samoan. I teach English, 10th and 12th, including AP English Lit and World Lit. I am also the Head Coach for our Boys Volleyball team, which is made up of mostly Filipino and Pacific Islander athletes.

Three things that mainly drew me to this class (other than the obvious rewards):
--the diverse population and number of Asians at Carson
--my own fascination with Zen, Buddhism, and the powerful grace of the haiku
--teaching world literature without a sense of the Asian world

I guess I'm just really very curious about it all, and then that increased ten-fold during the two weeks I was hooked up intraveneously to my television, watching the Beijing Olympics at all hours of the day and night. Maybe this is just the right time.