Columbia University Teachers College

Does a big sister ever get pay off for accepting the torture and torment of a little brother? In my case maybe yes.  My lil brother is about ten years younger than me and while I was a teenager he was a little boy. For example: he would set off my car alarm over and over until I moved my car so he could play hockey in the drive way. ( that's how we play hockey on SoCal in the driveway on rollerskates). While driving his stinky friends in my car to hockey practice they would stick their heads out the window and scream at strangers. That is just a couple of the fun things that he did to me or with me depending on the perspective. Well, today some of my patience with his ways has paid off. So he is also much cooler  more courageous and adventurous than me so he moved to the big city NYC. I would never be able to do it I am way too shy, a suburb is where I am and probably where I will stay. 

Well, he made friends in the big city and one of his friends was a daughter of a Marjorie Martinelli (consultant and author for teacher's college, Columbia). He ( the bratty lil brother) arranged for us to meet her and take a top secret tour of the teacher's college. It was not really top secret but nothing like what I saw when I attended the institute a few years back. She even gave me a copy of her book. 

Umm this is pretty darn cool for an elementary teacher like me.  We met several other consultants and saw the children's library they use for research. Very cool experience!!! Thanks lil brother  for being cooler than me. I still however think he owes me one more for the time he took all the brushes and combs on a trip leaving me, with not one brush I had to put a hat on and drive to the store before work to buy a brush for my hair!

Happy Teaching!!!