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: > 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 > > > * > **************************************************************** > Priscilla L. Griffith > Ruth G. Hardman Chair in Education > Director of the Oklahoma Writing Project > The University of Oklahoma/The Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education > 338 Cate Center Drive, Room 190 > Norman, Ok 73019 > TEL 405-325-3534 > FAX 405-325-7841 > [log in to unmask]* <mailto:[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> > *http://education.ou.edu/hardman/* <http://education.ou.edu/hardman/> > *http://owp.ou.edu* <http://owp.ou.edu/> > > -- *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* * *