introductions

[Anonymous]

Hello.
My name is Sarah Shiva and I will be teaching first grade at Parthenia Street Elementary School this coming school year. Because my school does not have a significant number of Asian students, I've always felt that our multicultural studies have been rather lopsided. For example, when teaching about Columbus we discuss his life and the consequences (both good and bad) of his actions but we never really spend any significant amount of time talking about the places that he was actually trying to go or the tremendous advances East Asians had made before and during Columbus's time. I would like to learn something more meaningful to pass on to my students to counterbalance the stereotypes that they are already aware of through popular culture.

[Anonymous]

Hello,

My name is Gordon Hom, and I teach English (AP English Language and Composition, 10th grade Honors and Regular English) at Panorama High School located in Panorama City. For those of you who haven't heard of Panorama City, it is located north of the city of Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley. The student population of Panorama HS is 98% Hispanic. The largest Asian population present is Filipino.

[Anonymous]

Hi! My name is Nikysha Gilliam, but PLEASE call me Nikki. I am entering my 18th year teaching this year but only my 2nd in middle school. Very excited to be part of this institute so that I can take information back to my class and my magnet teachers!

[Anonymous]

Hello... My name is Ryan Stough. I taught history at both the middle school and high school level in LAUSD for 8 years. Currently, I am at LACOE serving as an instructional coach. I'm very excited to be a part of this institute and look forward to disseminating resources and ideas to the teachers I work with.

[Anonymous]

A little late in the game here. I'm Brett Drugge. Have been teaching in LAUSD for 9 years. 6th grade mainly--English and Social Studies. Before that I taught ESL in South Korea for a year. Very memorable experience. I found an interest in teaching while in Korea. I taught from Kindergarten to Adults. One adult in Taegu interrogated me on the first day, quizzing me about Korea. Fortunately I had just read up on Korea and was able to pass his test.

[Anonymous]

Just now noticed this thread, so as a lot of you have heard by now, I'm Steven Jones, entering my 8th year teaching 7th grade medieval history, all of it at charter schools in the LA area. Looking forward to the last two days of the seminar and all that's to follow.

[Anonymous]

Well, better late than never. Antonio Nunez and I am one of the oddball math teachers here. I teach at Sylmar HS for LAUSD. As previously mentioned in one of the sessions, my students loved talking to the very few Asian students that have recently enrolled and I have found a great deal of information to take back to the class. Look forward to getting some more ideas these last couple of days.

[Anonymous]

Hi, I'm Arno Madathian and I teach math at Sylmar High School. I heard about this seminar from a former colleague and thought it would be a good opportunity to meet other teachers, learn new things, and get to know the USC campus.

[Anonymous]

Charles Donelan here. I teach in Santa Barbara at Laguna Blanca School. I am also the Arts Editor of the Santa Barbara Independent . I'm enjoying this sudden immersion in all things East Asian.

[clay dube]

Hi Folks - Most have yet to post to the forum, but hopefully all are visiting and downloading the readings for the seminar. We start in just 12 hours. Over the next day or so, please take a moment to post a short hello and self-introduction. Nothing elaborate is needed, just some info to help us know who you are and what you teach.

I'm Clay Dube and I'm from San Diego by way of Beijing, Los Angeles, Kentucky, and Shanghai. I was at UCLA for 9 years and am starting my 9th year at USC. I'm pleased to have this opportunity to link up with educators willing to devote time to exploring ways to bring Asia alive for their students. I taught history, social studies, and English in San Diego secondary schools before returning to grad school and studying Chinese history.

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