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 * [[image:Whitney_close_up.jpg width="268" height="198" caption="On top of Mt. Whitney"]] || Hi, my name is Michael Carothers and I am fairly new to South Carolina. My wife, daughter, and I moved here from California in July of 2007. I began as a non-degree seeking student because I didn’t have a chance to get everything in on time. My first semester consisted of EDET 722 and EDET 603. This semester, I am an official graduate student at USC and I am taking EDET 703 and EDET 709. My goal for my Master’s is to improve my student’s accessibility to the material.I teach 6th grade science at CrossRoads Middle School in Irmo. Many of my students struggle with the concepts and the vocabulary that they run across. I want to teach my students to take what we do in class and reorganize it into formats that make sense to them.

As I mentioned, I am teaching 6th grade science at CrossRoads in Lex-Rich 5. This is my second year at CrossRoads and I am enjoying it here! Before landing my current position, I taught 7th and 8th grade science at Harden Middle School in Salinas, California. I worked there for ten years and enjoyed working with children from all walks of life. ||
 *  I began working at Harden Middle School after I earned my teaching credentials at Sonoma State University (which is about an hour north of San Francisco). I earned B.A.s and teaching credentials in Biology and English  .

This summer I was able to take a short backpacking trip while I was visiting family in California. My buddy Eric and I spent three days in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains (a bit north of Yosemite). We had a great camp near a lake and spent some time wandering around the “granite planet.” We were treated to incredible views of soaring peaks and roaring rivers. My other favorite thing to do is to cook (mainly food with a Mexican flavor) although I think my wife might have to do more of that now that I’m taking these two classes. The best sport on the planet, by the way, is hockey - //Go Sharks!// I hope that the Columbia Inferno (our local minor league team) are really only taking a year off as they are a lot of fun to watch. thinks of when they think of California).

Please feel free to email me if you have any questions: carother@mailbox.sc.edu ||

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