To All the Schools I

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To All the Schools Ive Loved Before

• Tina Sherlock
• LIBR500
• 
  Foundations of Information
• February 3, 2006
• st-sherlock_at_shaw.ca

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Just how many, you ask? Take a look!
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South Delta Senior Secondary Tsawwassen, BC
My house was up here
This was my elementary school (South Park)
S.D.S.S.
This was my junior high (its now a bunch of
condos)
This was where all the cool kids hung out and
smoked cigarettes.
(permission was sought to use this photo)
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I could have been a very small- minded girl,
growing up in the same house in the same town my
whole life IF it werent for
our weekly trips to Whistler!
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University of Whistler

• Okay not a real university,
• but I learned a lot about life here
• Weekends, summer holidays,
• and school breaks were spent
• teaching kids how to ski, working
• in retail, and being a friendly lift
• operator.
• One particularly useful pre-university
• skill I learned here was from
• Partying 101 How to Stay up All
• Night and Still Make it to Work on
• Time.

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Out of 7 universities I applied to, only

• YORK UNIVERSITY accepted me!

I was happy to leave lotus land for a change, but
unhappy to discover the peculiar sensation of
nostrils sticking together when you breathe in
-30 degree weather!
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(permission sought to use this photo)
Restored 15th Century Castle in SE
Sussex, England- my home for 8 months! Click the
picture to find out more
Herstmonceux Castle International Study
Centre Queen's University
Here I studied Art History from the originals,
studied English Literature in Virginia Woolfs
homeland, and went on fieldtrips throughout the
UK and Europe. During my spare time, I enjoyed
going for walks on the grounds, playing croquet
in the garden, and sipping tea in the courtyard!
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Back Home to CAPILANO COLLEGE in North Vancouver,
BC

• Oh how I missed the Cedar and Douglas
• Fir trees this college in the rainforest
• was the perfect welcome home!
• My nostalgia for teaching kids
• how to ski inspired me to pursue
• teaching.
• I worked hard to obtain my
• prerequisite courses so I was
• able to apply to teachers
• college.
• I really enjoyed the small
• class sizes and
• personable atmosphere.

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Simon Fraser University

• I was elated when the letter came in the mail I
  got accepted to the Professional Development
  Program (PDP)!
• I was going to be a teacher! However,
• It was probably the most insane year of my life
  I had a very difficult class during my practicum
  and I cried on my way to school every morning.
• I persevered and obtained certification to teach
  public schools in British Columbia.

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During the next five school-less years, I
experienced many wonderful things
I taught in many different types of classrooms.
We bought our first house!
I got married!
We renovated our house!
I gave birth to a boy (now 3 1/2) and a girl (now
10 months)!
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I never knew work to be quite so enjoyable until
I got my job as Teacher Librarian!
SLAIS at UBC!
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Of all the schools Ive loved before,
SLAIS is definitely one of my favourites!
(Although, its tough to beat a 15th
Century moated castle)
U of T
York
SFU
SDSS
Whistler
Cap College
UBC
Queens
Queens