Random Thoughts

       I am not sure what to say really.  That's the trouble with freedom.  Once you get it, you have to figure out what you will do with it.  I will start with an introduction of my self.  Hello. My name is Tammy, not Tamara.  My last name is Long soon to be Gambill.  I always wondered about that when I was younger.  You see my name is one of those that you have to be careful who you marry.  For instance, I did not want to have the "Long-Johnson" wedding, or the "Long-Cox" wedding.  Better to stray from anything falic.  (though I suppose long is better than short) And since my middle name is Lee, most people assume I am Asian.  Yes, Tammy Lee Long.  I am asked often if I am part Asian.  I am not sure how to respond to this.  Gambill is something I can live with, although Long Gambill is still kinda funny.
    I just stepped out of this blog for an emergency fire evacuation.  Apparantly an eigth grade science experiment went horrible wrong...But, besides a lot of smoke, everthing turned out okay.   The kids will just be wild for the rest of the day and now I am short on time to finish this post.
          I am looking forward to this class.  I have taken a few courses where I had to write about myself such as Autobiography and a class with Dr. Jackson, but this is my first graduate experinece in doing this.  For my paper, I am looking at the thread of ESL papers I have written while examining a book my great-grandmother wrote to help children learn English.  I have a special passion for working with students who are just learning English and I wander where it stems from.  Is it nature or nuture or both? My great grandma was an English teacher and had and advanced degree in English.  How strong is the connection between what I am doing and what she did?  What will her book tell me? All of these questions hang in the air, as they have for many years. 
  For now, that is what I have to say.  My name is Tammy and I am looking at my past and present and future through the assignment.