About the Teacher

NAME: Mrs. Marti K. Giffin

SCHOOL: Durham Intermediate School

CLASS: 6th Grade Language Arts

EMAIL: Marti.Giffin@southlakecarroll.edu


Hometown: Waco, Texas
Education: Baylor University B.A.(71) M.A.(72) Ed.D.(76)
Certification: 6-12 Spanish/English; K-12 Developmentally Delayed, Learning 
       Disabled, Emotionally Disturbed; Professional Supervisor; Special  
       Education Supervisor
Classroom Experience: 11th grade English; 5th and 6th resource math/LA; 6th LA
Years at Durham: 9
Other Experience in Education: Director of Education - Waco Center for Youth; 
       Educational Psychologist at the Vernon Adolescent Drug Treatment 
       Center; Consultant at Region XII Education Service Center
Years Alive: many, many years
Hobbies: Pets, vocabulary, and grammar (in that order)
Weird but absolutely true facts: I had a leopard from birth to 4 months (he 
      was 4 months old, not I.) I was in a rock band (in a much younger,
      thinner time in a galaxy far, far away.)
Pets: Max and Jack (Miss Jackson) - 4 year old Turkish angora cats

It's just a thought...

Do not train children to learn by force or harshness, but direct them to it 
by what amuses their minds so that you may be better able to discover with 
accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.       Plato