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"To teach is to learn twice over." --Joseph Joubert

About Me.... I have been a Chemistry teacher since starting my career at Cresskill High School in September of 2003.  I am deeply indebted to NJ's alternate route certification program and to CHS for allowing me the opportunity to get into a profession which I love and which continues to challenge me. Why did I choose teaching?  I chose teaching because 1) I wanted to get rich as quickly as possible.  Ha! Joking... Seriously, though... 2) I determined, fairly quickly, that doing lots of solitary research and being a lab grunt was not meant for me!  I enjoy the challenge of working with different types of people, and I welcome the fact that one needs to continually improve and evolve to meet the needs of one's students.  It can be hard at times, and it's certainly a job (ask me about this on a Friday in the school year), but it is fulfilling. 3) I LOVE Chemistry, and I think I'm fairly good (relatively speaking) at understanding and explaining it. 4) C'mon... aren't high school students (i.e. gangly adolescents who think they know everything) so fun?  I definitely have a good belly laugh at least once a day.

Contact Info: CHS 1 Lincoln Dr. Cresskill, NJ 07626 (201) 227-7791 ext. 1033 kimg@sas.upenn.edu

Recent Job Experience: -Chemistry teacher, Cresskill HS, NJ; alternate route certified (2003-present) -Lab technician, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, NY (2002-2003) Education: -Columbia College, Columbia University.  B.A.* in Environmental Chemistry, magna cum laude, 2002. -School of Arts and Science, University of Pennsylvania, M.S. in Chemical Education, expected 2010, *Columbia College does not confer any B.S. degrees, even for the physical sciences.