This is really amazing.

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Claudia Swisher <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>You know, Sanda Effinger is teaching in Europe right now...I THOUGHT in
>Germany, tho...what an awesome story...
>
>On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Angelotti, Michael <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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>> Thanks for the send. Cool, indeed. Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/17/12 12:28 PM, "Griffith, Priscilla L." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>  I just received this message from Mikely Williams, one of our OWP TCs
>> living in Europe.  Mikela and I attended the 2004 ISI together.
>>
>>
>>
>> We just celebrated our two year anniversary of living in Europe. We have
>> been blessed with so many opportunities over the past two years. The reason
>> I am writing is to tell you about an interesting event that happened to me
>> and that is related to OWP. I don't know if you are aware or not, but I
>> have spent the last four years staying home with my little boy. He recently
>> started going full time to an International School in the Netherlands. It
>> is an amazing school academically and otherwise. Since Kaden is in school
>> full time I have started back by substitute teaching. The other day I
>> substituted for one of the high school English teachers. She was so
>> impressed with the job that I did that she has requested me to be her sub
>> while she has to be gone for a few weeks. Anyway, I think what really
>> sealed the deal was when she asked me where I was from and I told her
>> Oklahoma. She asked if I had ever been involved with OWP or NWP and of
>> course I was very proud to tell her that I was indeed a TC and an attendee.
>> That actually made her feel more confident about the job that I would do. I
>> was absolutely floored that someone all the way in Brunssum, Netherlands
>> would not only know about the NWP, but also the OWP and be impressed that I
>> was part of it. I guess there is no end to the connections made in OWP.
>> Hope all is well with you and the dogs. I will be back a year from this
>> August..  I look forward to seeing you all again.
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Mikela Williams
>>
>>
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>> Priscilla L. Griffith
>> Ruth G. Hardman Chair in Education
>> Director of the Oklahoma Writing Project
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>*Claudia Swisher*
>*Norman North High School*
>*National Board Certified Teacher
>
>**"The great words of teaching are the one-syllable ones: read, write,
>teach, learn, work, skill, care, help, hope, trust, faith, love. And the
>greatest of these, of course, is love." ~ Susan Ohanian, ONE SIZE FITS FEW*
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