I've been teaching English here since the winter of 2011. If you choose me to help you with English, you gain a teacher with experience owning a small business and a teacher with experience working in an actual classroom. I substitute taught in elementary, middle school and high school for over 4 years in Indiana, Colorado and Oregon. I am the mother of two grown sons.. I enjoy knowing people all over the world. Us people live on this planet and I think we should know each other. I'm a bicyclist in the warm months. I live in snow country in the cold months, so then use public transit. I like nature and the environment. I sometimes use tools to teach English. I buy these items at hardware stores. You will be making sentences using words or phrases such as light switch, electrical outlet, paint, stain (as a verb and as a noun), pour, splatter, drain, grip, adhesive, edge, stick, sand the wood, wallpaper, climb the ladder, climb the mountain, shift the gears on your bike, shift gears in your car, plant vegetables, feeling drained, feeling wiped out, knot, Knott's Berry Farm, tortilla, burrito, free-range chicken, organic vegetables.. All of these words are from my experiences and you can gain knowledge of many words and expressions from me.