Guest Blog!
Hello all! My name is Adam Bermudez and I’m one of Eve’s classmates or “cohorteers” as I call us in the Elementary Education. And yes, I am a man. (How many female teachers did you have in elementary school? And how many male? Yes, we’re rather underrepresented and I encourage all the gents out there to come into the profession. It’s great.) And yes, my name is actually Adam and I’m writing on Eve’s blog. Now that all of that is out of the way, a little about myself. I was raised in Bronx, NY (the Bronx, as we say) and attended Wesleyan University in Middletown CT. I majored in Sociology and African American Studies which I see was a great preparation for this program. If you went to a small liberal arts college and studied what I might call “social justicey” things, you will feel right at home in our program. Which is not to say that our cohort of 28 isn’t diverse with respect to folks’ life and educational experiences. Vassar, Purdue, Temple, Ursinus, U of Colorado, Cornell, Haverford, UMass Amherst, West Chester, GWU, Messiah, Oberlin, Virginia Tech…just to name a few colleges represented. Pastry chef, day care professional, law student, marketing assistant, after school teacher, car wash supplies salesperson/small business owner, real estate salesperson…to name a few former work experiences of our group. But, as our money says, E Pluribus Unum…out of many, one. (We have a former Latin student as well.) I just wanted to stress the most unique aspect of the program, which is the tight knit cohort aspect. Many of us socialize out of class…we laugh, we cry, we teach. So…its crunch time at the end of the semester and I have much work to do so I’ll sign off now. Feel free to hit me up with any questions if you’re interested in taking a look at our program. Seacrest out.
PS I think American Idol is destroying America. But that’s fine if you love it. We’re a tolerant bunch.
adambermudez@yahoo.com
