Latisha Marie Taylor

Laitsha, also known as Tish or Tisha, is my niece. She is now in her junior year at Joel E. Ferris High School, and is also a student in the Running Start Program. This program gives students with exceptional grades the opportunity to attend college while being enrolled in their high school courses and completing those credits also.

Tisha isn’t one to ‘toot her own horn’, is an exceptionally good drawer. This is one of her favorite past times; as well as another being reading.

Although she doesn’t play an instrument, Tisha does sing in the school choir at Ferris. With oceans between us and finally meeting my niece, it wasn’t hard to recognize the sincerity and authenticity of LaTisha’s character. Though she is involved in extracurricular activities and enjoys the company of her friends, she still likes to ‘steal away’ as often as she can for ‘my time’; and what better way to spend it than doing what interest you the most.

Tisha can produce beautiful and detailed drawings in a very short time, or be caught up in the book she might be reading for hours on end.

I asked LaTisha what quality about herself that she possesses makes her a unique individual.

She took a deep breath and replied, “My personality I guess, and my friendliness. I think I am very friendly and I do have a really good personality.” With that being said, I had one final question for LaTisha; “What are your strengths and weaknesses, what makes you the person you are, I asked?”

LaTisha promptly answered, “My honesty; my strength is my honesty. Being shy puts me at a disadvantage sometimes so that would be my weakness.” LaTisha said. Overall, I think LaTisha Marie Taylor is an outstanding individual with qualities about herself that anyone would love to naturally possess as she does. By: Loretta Jones-Tensley 9-26-05

   Ryan Tedrow is an intelligent young man at the ripe old age of 19.  His intelligence is showcased in many areas of his life, although intellectually speaking, computer technology is his first love.   It is with this compulsion towards computers that Ryan intends to garner a network engineering degree so as to be able to provide for his most prized treasure, his famil

His family consists of a vivacious 2 year old son Riley and a pretty girlfriend named Jenifer.   This youthful family has been building a life here in Spokane for a couple of years now.  And unless Ryan’s passion for guitar playing renders him another victim of ‘Rock-n-Roll Superstardom’, he looks forward to someday working as a system administrator in either Portland, OR or California someplace.

When asked how his friends would describe him, Ryan said “loyal, friendship is nothing without loyalty”.  When coaxed for his most memorable life moment or experience, Ryan said completing bootcamp after all those weeks of being told he would fail was very instrumental in building his confidence.   But the most memorable life experience was bringing home Riley from the hospital.  It was then fatherhood became a wonderful reality.

So it is my hope that after reading these few paragraphs, you will see what I have seen in my short acquaintance to him.  That is that Ryan will be a great asset to this English course online as well as a great friend, one more life bonus from higher educaiton..

By Bradley Walling

 Dawn Perkins is a Mother of 6 children aging from 17years to 3 years.  After learning a little about Dawn, I came to the understanding that she has a great love for her family and she would make any type of sacrifice on their behalf.  Dawn is a foster parent who has adopted two of her six children from foster care.  She is a stay at home mother who has home schooled two of her children in the last eight years.  Dawn enjoys teaching her children and has decided to make it her new profession.  Her love for teaching is her motivation for coming back to finish her degree.  She hopes to finish at the Spokane Community College in two years and transfer to Eastern Washington University Downtown Campus.  I find her bravery truly amazing, considering the obstacles she faces of balancing a family life and school work.  Dawn’s example of putting her family first and sacrifice for those she cares for will have a profound influence on her future students.  Henry Brooks Adams gave the following statement, “The great influencing factor in the classroom is the teacher, his personality, what he thinks-not just what he says, but what he is, really and truly, in his heart.  This is what influences his students.”(Favorite Quotations from the Collection of Thomas S. Monson)

            I hope that Dawn Perkins has the opportunity to finish her degree and accomplish her dream of become a school teacher.  By Beau Chandler     

Nicole’s major is Liberal Arts. Her first and only experience is this class. So far she is having a good experience with it. She uses the internet pretty often. She uses it for many things, school, work and entertainment! Nicole is a full time mom with two children, a daughter that is 3 and a 5 year old son. Her extracurricular activities usually involve doing stuff with her family. She always is involved in laboratory stuff such as phlebotomy and histology.

She enjoys writing and especially loves to write poetry and has even had some published. When she was in 5th grade she had her first poem published in Skipping Stones. Her worst writing experience was her sophomore year in high school writing a 5 page history report.
Out of the many memorable historical events that stick out most to Nicole is 9-11.
The last novel she read was Citizenship Now, said it was very informative and interesting and had many different views on the world today.

Nicole is going to school for her RN and IVP. She hopes to gain enough credits to pass the class! Aren’t we all =) by Sara Rosenbaum  

Brad Walling is a compassionate man with a strong faith in his beliefs.  He is of the age of 33 and is currently employed with the Department of Social and Health Services located within Eastern State Hospital.  The most memorable moment of his life is the day he married the woman who saved him from himself.  Between the two of them they have three wonderful daughters and in June they were blessed with the newest addition to the family: their granddaughter Tayler.  His family also sports quite the menagerie of animals with three dogs, two cats, and a guinea pig.

Brad enrolled at SCC to start a new career and begin his professional life anew.  While he has not decided on a major, he has been considering Business/Accounting.  Not being terribly confident with his computer skills Brad didn’t have much of a choice in enrolling in an online course this year.  Between enrolling late, taking care of his family, a full time job and a weekend hobby of rocking out with his band Men in the Making he did not have the luxury of attending a traditional classroom setting.  by Ryan Tedrow
 

  Teinika Elmer is person who likes to spend time with friends and family, but knows how to have fun doing other things as well. At this time, she has her head in the game and is getting to work on her schooling so she can earn a major and make a life for herself. She enjoys taking online classes because she can get her school work done and still have plenty of time for her friends and family. She enjoys reading, working on cars, and plying paintball whenever he can. Along with school, she uses the internet for banking and bill paying; she says that the internet makes it more easily accessible to her without the hassle. She also enjoys shopping and playing with her children. by Jeremy Leppert
 

Teinika is a bright and vivacious woman.  She is back into school to better herself and provide for her children.  On-line classes are a great option for Teinika as she has small children at home and can arrange her class/study time around their schedules and routines.  The Internet is a comfort zone for her and she is able to maneuver around sites with ease.  She loves writing and hopes to improve her skills via this class.  Outside activities include playing paintball and games with her children and spending money.   Life’s memorable moments have been her children.  Family and friends are very important to her and she hopes to continue to make time for them even with a busy school schedule. by Margaret Stalker

 

     Sara Rosenbaum is trying to get into the nursing program, for her R.N. She wants to get it to pediatric nursing. She has taken other on-line courses, but was unable to finish them due to a death in her family. She found it difficult to fit her on-line courses into her schedule, but did. She frequently uses the Internet to stay in touch with news, family and friends. Writing is both pleasure and pain, if she's journaling or writing a letter, something she is familiar with it pleasurable. If it's formatted its more trialling IE. reports or boring things. Her most memorable historicle events are 9-11 and Hurricane Katrina.
     She enjoys in her spare time camping, fishing, and visiting her family. She likes volleyball, cross stitching and crocheting. Shed say she is sincere and spontaneous, open and fun to be around. The last novel she read and enjoyed was 4th of July, by James Patterson, she loved it,"He's a great writer and can keep the audiances attention." She also enjoys works by J.K. Rowling, and the Harry Potter series of books. She hopes to become a better writer.  by Nicole Villegas

Beau Chandler lives in the Spokane Valley with his wife of five years, and their two small children.  Beau learned the value of commitment, dedication, and motivation as he grew up in a family with nine siblings.  Beau oversees a sales department in a prominent national company, and is just coming back to college after a seven-year hiatus. He is pursuing a degree in Business Marketing, and plans to transfer to Eastern next year in order to complete his BA. He enjoys writing if the subject matter interests him. He enjoys reading, but prefers magazines and newspapers, with interest in history as well as current events.  In his spare time, Beau enjoys traveling, hiking, and spending time with his family. By Dawn Perkins

         

Anthony is going to Spokane Community College to obtain a finance degree. He is taking two online classes this quarter which happen to be his first time taking online classes. He feels very frustrated with logging on and maneuvering around the sites.  When the quarter is finished he hopes that the frustration will have diminished with having online classes.

Anthony likes to spend his spare time at the lake. He prefers Lake Couer D' Alene,Id.  He loves all kinds of water sports his favorite is waterskiing. He has been waterskiing for most of his life and even knows how to ski on one ski.

Anthony describes himself as energetic and spontaneous and very passionate about finishing his school.  By Tanya Tyler
 

  

Remember to be nice to Bethany Schaff, she might just save your life one day. Why? Because she going to be a nurse! English 101 is her first online course, she is a little overwhelmed so far but is interested in the outcome of the class. Bethany finds writing more of a pleasure than a pain due to an instructor in high school that made writing a good experience for her. She enjoys writing in honor of her late father, her best writing experience is an in-class assignment about her father and what he had done for Bethany in her lifetime.

When Bethany isn't working at Walmart and doesn't have her nose crammed in a text book she enjoys hanging out with friends and talking to her family on the telephone. Bethany describes herself as friendly, she loves people and has a ton of friends. Another word Bethany describes herself as is strong, she has had the misfortune of losing a parent and the event of this has strengthened her mentally and emotionally. As for this class, Bethany wants to achieve better writing skills and the knowledge of how to make her writing come across to the reader in an easier way. Bethany seems like a nice girl and is headed in the right direction at a young age. Prepared by David Cunnington