Something yesterday really made my day and will probably start a good relationship for me with another staff member. I am currently in my 3rd week at my new job doing technology support for a large school district and just recently started going out on my own now that I am getting familiar with the area. So anyway yesterday I was in the middle school working on a software issue in a special education classroom. I usually stay pretty focused on the task at hand but a few key words drew my attention to subject the teacher was going into...REPTILES!! They where learning about reptiles, snakes, constrictors, etc. They where reviewing and then had a quiz/test. I thought that was so cool, and I later emailed the teacher giving her a little about my background. She was very excited and said she would love it if I could come in and talk to her class and possibly bring in some of my animals. I gave her a link to my online gallery and I guess she was showing the students and they where very excited and had lots of questions.

I most definitely will show them some animals but because of the distance between home and work and the time of year I told her that I am leary about transporting the reptiles right now. Anyway it gets me a little excited when I can "work in" my love of reptiles into my "day job".

Go forth and educate!