{"id":4,"date":"2014-08-01T15:14:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T19:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/?p=4"},"modified":"2014-08-01T15:14:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T19:14:08","slug":"more-about-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/2014\/08\/01\/more-about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"More about Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was born in New York City and lived there until I was twenty years old. My true passion was to live in a beautiful, safe and rural place so that I could raise a family in an environment that was very different than the city where I grew up.<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/07\/New_York_City_Empire_State_2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/07\/New_York_City_Empire_State_2010-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"New_York_City_Empire_State_2010\" width=\"47\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/07\/New_York_City_Empire_State_2010-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/07\/New_York_City_Empire_State_2010.jpg 686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 47px) 100vw, 47px\" \/><\/a>So I moved to Bethel, Vermont and built a log cabin from the beginning, no kit for this hippie!!!!\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/07\/Arnold-Park_Log_Home.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/07\/Arnold-Park_Log_Home-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Arnold-Park_Log_Home\" width=\"59\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/07\/Arnold-Park_Log_Home-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/07\/Arnold-Park_Log_Home-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 59px) 100vw, 59px\" \/><\/a>Vermont soon became my home and I have been here since 1971. It is where my two children were born and raised<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/sons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-10\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/sons.jpg\" alt=\"sons\" width=\"51\" height=\"51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/sons.jpg 233w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/sons-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 51px) 100vw, 51px\" \/><\/a>. Although my oldest son now lives in San Francisco, he considers Vermont his home.<\/p>\n<p>Teaching has always been \u00a0my passion. I have always wanted to be like Mrs. Silverman<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/stock-vector-back-to-school-happy-children-at-school-classroom-with-teacher-cartoon-151219358.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/stock-vector-back-to-school-happy-children-at-school-classroom-with-teacher-cartoon-151219358-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"stock-vector-back-to-school-happy-children-at-school-classroom-with-teacher-cartoon-151219358\" width=\"68\" height=\"67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/stock-vector-back-to-school-happy-children-at-school-classroom-with-teacher-cartoon-151219358-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/stock-vector-back-to-school-happy-children-at-school-classroom-with-teacher-cartoon-151219358-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/stock-vector-back-to-school-happy-children-at-school-classroom-with-teacher-cartoon-151219358.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 68px) 100vw, 68px\" \/><\/a> who was my fourth grade teacher. In her classroom for the first time, we were not sitting in rows, we were allowed to read books of our choice, went on field trips, were allowed to communicate with others during class time and even learned how to knit from a disabled World War II veteran<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/knitting_needles3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-8\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/knitting_needles3-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"knitting_needles3\" width=\"39\" height=\"34\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/knitting_needles3-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/knitting_needles3.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 39px) 100vw, 39px\" \/><\/a>. This all seems ordinary for all of you but when I went to school in the cave man<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/cavewoman_roasting_a_pig_on_a_spit_over_an_open_fire_royalty_free_080720-152167-230033.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-9\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/cavewoman_roasting_a_pig_on_a_spit_over_an_open_fire_royalty_free_080720-152167-230033.jpg\" alt=\"cavewoman_roasting_a_pig_on_a_spit_over_an_open_fire_royalty_free_080720-152167-230033\" width=\"47\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a> days, these practices were very unique.<\/p>\n<p>I taught 3rd and 4th grade for 34 years and it was the joy of my life. After years in the classroom I came to UVM<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/large_university_row.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-11\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/large_university_row-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"large_university_row\" width=\"32\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/large_university_row-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/large_university_row.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 32px) 100vw, 32px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0because I wanted to share \u00a0my love and knowledge of teaching to young people who wish to go into this wonderful profession. Here you will have the opportunity to change the lives of your students and make an impact on our state<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/VermontStateCountyMap.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/VermontStateCountyMap-186x300.gif\" alt=\"VermontStateCountyMap\" width=\"29\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a>, country<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/us500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-13\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/us500-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"us500\" width=\"71\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/us500-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/us500.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 71px) 100vw, 71px\" \/><\/a> and the world.<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/Children-Holding-Hands-Around-Globe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-14\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/Children-Holding-Hands-Around-Globe-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"Children Holding Hands Around Globe\" width=\"58\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/Children-Holding-Hands-Around-Globe-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/files\/2014\/08\/Children-Holding-Hands-Around-Globe.jpg 773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 58px) 100vw, 58px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to EDEL 178<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was born in New York City and lived there until I was twenty years old. My true passion was to live in a beautiful, safe and rural place so that I could raise a family in an environment that was very different than the city where I grew up.So I moved to Bethel, Vermont [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebaker2-introduction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}