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Kelly, Jean Oesterle 8073 Hansom Drive Oakland, CA. 94605 (510) 531-7582 Husband: Carlton W. Garske Children: 4 (his biological, but our children) Grandchildren: 3 Colleges: Monmouth College, 1957 - 1961, BA University of Chicago, 1969 - 1971 MST: Reading Consultant University of California, 1973 - 1982 Advanced to Candidacy PhD in Language and Literacy Greetings to my classmates: While growing up in U.City I often vowed I would never teach, but what am I now - a teacher. After graduation from UCHS, I graduated from Monmouth College and taught for the next eight years in Webster Groves (elementary school), the International School in Lahore, West Pakistan (prior to Bangladesh), and Ladue (grades 7 - 12 English and Reading). This was followed by a two year clinical degree Master of Science: Reading Consultant from the University of Chicago. Then in 1971 I suffered severe head trauma and multiple broken bones in an automobile accident on Interstate 55. My face is rebuilt, part plastic and part stainless steel. I spent the next two years healing my body and I struggled to find what I could do in life. Almost everything you knew about me, singing and sports for example, had to be given up because I could no longer participate in those activities. Now, everything is dated: BA (before the accident) and AA (after the accident.) In 1973 I began attending the University of California, Berkeley, where I worked on a PhD in Language and Literacy. After completing four chapters of my dissertation, I walked away from Berkeley for personal reasons. During my years at Berkeley, I began teaching at the graduate level, first at Mills College and then at National University. Although I loved this work, for physical reasons I was forced to retire from National University in 2001. |