LaMaestraKate

About Me

I grew up in a small town in Oregon, flew to Italy one day and got married. The language school I was taking Italian from offered me a job teaching English to Adults but after substituting for another teacher's kindergarden class I fell in love with teaching children. Now I'm everyone's favorite teacher!

Profile

Location: Modena, Italia
Hometown: Talent, Oregon
Occupation: I teach English in Italy to children under 10
Gender: Female
Birthday: 09-17-1986
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Years Teaching: My first time.
Favorite Age Group: 7-8-9
Family: Married, love kids but not for me, thanks...

Teaching & Education

Education Background

I went to Southern Oregon University as a Theatre major with a minor in Percussion Education. I didn't finish because my family didn't pay for my schooling, I did, and I literally couldn't work enough to keep up on tuition. I finished 5 semesters. I'll go back if things lead me in the right direction, just NEVER back home in the USA. Its useless.

Countries Visited

The USA, Canada, Mexico, Italy, UK, Croatia, and Austria.

Favorites

Music

I'm the most versatile English teacher in Italy when it comes to music... I've even taught my 5 year old classes The Time Warp from Rocky Horror Picture Show! I like Incubus, Bjork, Subsonica, The Modena City Ramblers, Sublime, and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. In my opinion, Country Music is the reason why the United States should be a member of the Third World...

Movies

The Boondock Saints, Princess Mononoke, Thank You For Smoking, The Shawshank Redemption, Kung Fu Panda, Some Like it Hot, The Great Escape, Full Metal Jacket, Finding Nemo, To Wong Foo: With Love Julie Newmar, All 4 Alien movies, The 7th Samurai... so many more...

Books

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Dark Tower Series, Anything by Tim O'Brien or Chuck Palaniuk or Ray Bradbury... I'd be here all day if I said them all.

Websites

www.homestarrunner.com
www.time.com
www.mentalfloss.com
www.cnn.com
www.pbs.com
www.penny-arcade.com
www.wikihow.com and www.wikipedia.com

Life Philosophy

Your family does NOT know whats best for you no matter how much you tell yourself they do. Your parental units should have given you the tools to strike out on your own and make good choices, not make them for you your entire life.