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Good evening fellow classmates. I'd like to introduce you all to Joy Nehr. She is presently teaching 7th grade Language Arts in England but has taught both 6th and 7th grade in a number of states here in the US. As a student she had a memorable experience in the 2nd grade. She attended a DoDDS school in the Phillipines where even the young students changed classes. Her social studies teacher blamed her for everything that went wrong (once even when she was absent!) and so Joy used that experience to her students' advantage. She makes a real effort to go out of her way to listen to students' points of view. Joy enjoys the flexibility of being able to take online classes anywhere because her husband is often moved to new stations as an active duty member of the military.On a personal note, Joy really loved the Laura Ingalls Wilder books that made the world retreat as she read them. Her 2 pet peeves are people whistling indoors and rudeness. Like most of us, the rudeness is defined in our own terms. I'd also like to add that Joy is generous, volunteering to work with 2 partners for this interview.