A Bit About Me
My name is Henryetta Alexander-Wheaten. I am a prospective Secondary Education-Language Arts Teacher. I currently hold a B. A. Degree in English from the University of South Alabama. I am presently working towards my teaching certification. I have been writing for for nearly thirty years and my genres include nature poetry, essays, and mystery prose. I am an outreach evangelist at Christians united Church. I also work with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. in the Delta Academy with girls ages 11 to 14. I enjoy working with young people and instilling in them a love of literature and lifelong learning. I have been married for 6 years to the Reverend Leonard E. Wheaten and we have two beautiful sons, Leonard Jr. who is 5, and Malcolm Maurice, who is 1.
More About Me
I am a senior at the University of South Alabama where I am majoring in both Secondary Education and English/ Language Arts. I want to become a teacher of English because I love literature and was raised with it as my mother was also an English teacher. I believe in instilling in young people a love of both literature and lifelong learning. I believe that every child can learn and that it is our responsibility as teachers to build their self-esteem and academic confidence through sound teaching.
I am a senior at the University of South Alabama where I am majoring in both Secondary Education and English/ Language Arts. I want to become a teacher of English because I love literature and was raised with it as my mother was also an English teacher. I believe in instilling in young people a love of both literature and lifelong learning. I believe that every child can learn and that it is our responsibility as teachers to build their self-esteem and academic confidence through sound teaching.
My Teaching Philosophy
Why Teaching English is Important to Me
Eversince I was a young child, I knew what I wanted to be. My mother taught English at St. Elmo from 1958 to 1968. She instilled in me early a love of literature and learning. I became interested in the literary history of the language we speak and wanted to teach others to appreciate our literary heritage as well. My mother was a writer of poetry and prose, and I found my own voice in the fifth grade and have been writintg eversince. In our fast paced world of the here and now, we can sometimes lose the appreciation of our literary culture.. It is the influence of the written word that can often reintroduce us to ourselves and help us appreciate and understand each other even across cultural divides. Through literature, we often find similarities in the ways that we think and reason and believe. It is through this shared literary heritage that we can break down divides of misunderstanding, ignorance, and indifference and begin to understand one another.
