Self-introductions

[Bin He]

Dear all,

 

大家好！It is a privilege to participate in the Origins to 1800 Online Seminar. 

 

To briefly introduce myself, My Name is Bin He, who is a current Chinese teacher at Harvard Westlake School in Los Angeles. I will teach a new course named 'History's Imprint on Modern Chinese Culture 'this fall and hope to learn more from this seminar regarding East Asia's history and culture.

Prior to coming to Los Angles, I taught Chinese at the U.S. State Department and a public middle school in China for four years each. 

 

I'm so glad to meet you all here and can't wait to start our journey with you all!  

 

 

 

[Deirdre Harris]

Hello fellow students!  It is my honor to participate in this Origins to 1800 Online Seminar.  I have been teaching for 27 years, in both the private and public sector of elementary education.  I am a proud graduate of USC, where I received my BS in Education working with Dr. Sandra Kaplan. I currently teach a 4th grade Gifted Class in Sunland, California, at Apperson Street Elementary.  I hope to teach my students that we here in America need to learn about the rest of the world, instead of just focusing on ourselves.  We are a global community, and the internet has helped bring us all together.  We need to find global solutions to the world's problems, and what better way to do that than teach our future citizens to "Think Globally."  I am excited to learn about this part of the world.  Thank you.

[Daniella Leiato]

Hello everyone!

My name is Daniella Leiato, and I am a 9th and 10th grade English teacher in LAUSD. I am excited to participate in this seminar and have the opportunity to collaborate with other educators from various disciplines and grade levels. I am always working to diversify my curriculum, and I look forward to deepening my cultural and historical knowledge about East Asia in order to help me effectively continue to do that. I look forward to the next few months of learning! 

[Max Batres]

Hello. My name is Max Batres. I teach 4th grade for LAUSD. This is my 5th year teaching and all 5 of my years have been in 4th grade. I was in charge of just the math and science portion for my grade level, prepandemic, but now I get to teach a little bit of everything again. I am excited to expand my knowledge and bring back what I learn into the classroom to pass it down to my students.

[Julie Laguna-Caturegli]

你好 Nǐ hǎo from Anaheim, CA,

My name is Julie, and I am so excited to be part of this seminar. I have longed to learn about China especially its history, art and economy.  I am an elementary teacher and I have a dynamite fourth grade class in Santa Ana Unified. They are little sponges that have this beautiful yearning to learn all I have. I am ready to help them discover this part of the world as part of their social studies, science, literature, and art curriculum. I also chose this seminar at this time because I plan to travel to China one day and my son who is a freshman in high school is learning Mandarin. A final reason, for me joining you in this seminar is my own desire to learn more about Chinese culture and traditions, which stems from a special experience of many seeing the exhibition of the Terracotta Warriors in the Field Museum in Chicago, 2017.

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[Anastasia Brown]

Hello!!

My name is Anastasia Martinez-Brown, adn I teach high school history 9-12, in Aurora Public Schools in Colorado. I have taught for 29 years, 26 in Denver Public Schools and now in Aurora. I have taught everything from Ethnic Studies, U.S., APWH, Geography, and am currently developing an Asian History class for my district. I am looking forward to this seminar and learning more about East Asia to help me create a great curriculum and add more to my current classes that I am teaching. I enjoy showing my students that the world is much more than their neighborhood, state and country. That we all need to understand other cultures, history and how we are interconnected. 

[Hope Watterson]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Hope Watterson, and I am currently teaching second grade at with LAUSD. I've taught all elementary grades throughout my 25 years at the same school in the San Fernando Valley, and I love it! As an undergrad, way back when, I took some Asian Studies classes and I enjoyed them very much. I look forward to what I will learn here and to share what I learn with my students. 

[April Privitera]

Hello, my name is April Privitera and I have been teaching 5th grade at LAUSD for the past 8 years.  Before teaching, I worked in the entertainmet industry for many years in the international area.  I have never taken a class about East Asia, and I am excited to be in this class.  When I am not working, I spend a lot of time with my Pug named Brigitte and my family.  

[Tara Corral]

Hi Everyone, 

My name is Tara and I am a Elementary Visual Arts Itinerant Teacher. This will be my second time participating in a class with USC US-China Institute. I really enjoyed the last session and was able to integrate some of the information I learned into my own classrooms. I hope to gain some more knowledge about other places to add to my own classroom.

[Karina Alonso]

Good Hello!

My name is Karina Alonso and I am excited to be taking this course. I am an Early Childhood Special Education teacher and I can't wait to learn about East Asia!

[Richard Cate]

Hello everyone!

My name is Richard Cate. This is my second go-round with this course. My advise is don't miss a minute, wonderful stuff.

I am a 7th grade History teacher at Sepulveda Gifted Magnet Middle School. I am finishing my 27th year opening eyes and minds to the world that was and shall be.

I spend a great deal of time teaching bith China and japan as the lessons from their history can be used to explain events in any time period or culture. The advantage of a very long history is that it provides its own repetitive lessons. With the coming of COVID I have spent a great deal of time teaching the samurai practice of Zen, for both the calming effects of Mushin (No Mind), and the extrodinary work ethic. Things like there is no menial task there is only that which needs to done, and in all things one should strive for perfection.

I have been to Japan and love it. My favorite city is Kyoto, the old hidden parts of the city especally. I have not been to China yet. I had 2 trips set-up leading a student tour, but outbreaks of SARS caused each to be canceled. I wold like to do an adventure vacation driving the great wall (along its path not on it) from the coast into central China.

I look forward to working along side of you for the next several months.

[Daniel Garcia]

Hello,

My name is Daniel Garcia and I am a high school social studies teacher in South Central Los Angeles. I have taught for 4 years and have taught almost everything in the social studies field. So I am a jack of all trades and master of none. I have a huge gap in historical knowledge about East Asia. I am excited to fill that gap with this course. 

[Johnny Walker]

Hello! My name is Johnny Walker, and I teach 10th grade World History and AP World History in Sylmar, CA. I've just transitioned from AP European History to AP World History this year, and my intention is to de-Westernize my historical narrative. I just finished taking the USC Contemporary China course, and am really looking forward to continuing my studies of East Asia here. I'm looking forward to applying what I learn here to my classroom, and I'm looking forward to learning with and from all of you!

[Sean Lobberecht]

Hello Everyone! My name is Sean Lobberecht and I am A 7th grade geography and ancient civilizations teacher in Waltham, Massachusetts. This year is my first year as A full time history teacher and I am participating in this seminr because East Asia is A part of my curriculum and I would like to have A better understanding of the topic in order to improve the outcomes for my students. In my free time I like to golf, cook, read, and travel. This seminar was introduced to me by one of my colleagues and I am excited to embark on this learning journey with you all!

[Johanna Alvarez]

Hello everyone! My name is Johanna Alvarez and I've been teaching 4th grade for 7 years at LAUSD. I'm excited to be in this class and take this information back to my own class. When I'm not teaching, I spend as much time as possible with my family. We enjoy watching movies and going to concerts. 

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