I live mostly in New York, but I teach in both New York and L.A.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else.
I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.
I taught for 17 years in an inner city comprehensive schools.
When I first came to Los Angeles, I was a teacher in Compton. I know how in need schools are around the country.
I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif.
I come from a working-class background in Queens, New York.
I would come to L.A. for a job, but I love New York.
I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach.
I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia.
I haven't taught since 2004, but I taught high school English for seven years, primarily at a place called Haddonfield Memorial, which is in a very well-to-do-community in Southern New Jersey.