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I became a teacher because I love to learn. My joy of science is helping others see and understand the intricacies and delights of the scientific world. Many people are taught early on that science is hard and complicated; that science is for the elite and the most intelligent. I am lucky because I have been oblivious. Now, as a high school teacher, I work hard to erase this erroneous idea from my student’s heads. Just as I have been taught to love science by many amazing teachers, I endeavor to have my students see the simple beauty of science. My parents have nurtured my interest in all things since I was a little girl. Buying books, explaining all manners of things, was always the reward for a hard day, for a new idea, and just because. Even now, every room in my house has books. When I go to the bookstore they know me by name. My parents have taught me that there is always more room for bookshelves and all books can teach something. Visiting museums was a weekly excursion. Going fossil hunting with my father was our weekend tradition. My parents have taught me to love learning, and I feel very lucky that I have had such amazing teachers. As a child I was diagnosed with Dyslexia. I got help from wonderful teachers and tutors. They helped me by teaching me how to learn, not what to learn. They helped me figure out what works for me. They never let me give up and leave a project half finished. One of the many reasons I teach is to pass this unwavering commitment onto my own students, many of whom don’t have supportive parents. My greatest achievement is when one of my students can finally understand something they just couldn’t get; something they had to work really hard at. Last year, one of my students from the previous year was able to pass all of her exit level TAKS tests the first time around. Even though she was no longer my student, I knew her struggle. I know that all of her success is because she figured out what was going to help her through ADHD, special education, and a variety of issues. I know that her success in biology helped her along and her feeling of happiness and relief carries me forward. The teachers of my life have pushed me up many difficult hills, helping along the way, but mostly making me do the work. Through high school and college I have found teachers who could see my interests and who knew how to help me just enough so that the stories made sense. Often these were not science teachers, rather people who had a passion for learning and knew how to pass it on to those around them. They were enthusiastic and knew how to tell a story that made sense. They knew when to show the path with neon letters and when to let their students find it themselves. This is the teacher that I work to be every day. My parents tell me that they knew I loved science from the first time I touched horseshoe crabs and sea squirts at the local nature center. They have gone out of their way to give me opportunities to expand my understanding and try new things. I want to give my students new and untried experiences. In my class this is not difficult, since many of my kids have under-developed passions for anything, let alone science. I have to find the right story and the right experience to hook them. This is my challenge. I teach the way I learn, which is “every which way”. Mrs. Tosto, my high school biology teacher was widely known to use every trick in the book from traditional labs to less conventional methods. I loved learning in her class and felt lucky that I had her for two years. She always had a creative way to approach even the most difficult material. I work each day to be that kind of teacher. I want my students to remember me as one of my students described me: the teacher with the closet “that looks like Hobby Lobby threw up in it.” I teach with play-doh, beeds, magnets, white-boards, and other junk. My students should be able to express themselves creatively. When I worked in research I loved the Professional Biography Claire Salier-Hellendag

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Did you get a nasty call last week attacking me?

A lot of your neighbors did...

Richard Pombo’s Conservative Agenda for Our Futurel Cut taxes to create jobs. Elimine of the so-called “death taxes” that

wipe out family businesses and farms. l Reduce job-killing regulations. Support of tort reform. l Turn the pumbs back on and bring water to our district. l Expand American energy production, increase drilling and reduce

dependence upon foreign oil.

l Repeal ObamaCare and fight health care rationing. l Protect private property rights. Reform the Endangered Species Act

to restore common sense land management practices.

“Richard Pombo was fearless in fighting the

environmental extremists who’ve devastated the

central valley’s economy. He’ll fight the left, and he won’t back down. And they know it.”

Congressman Tom McClintock

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Learn more about Richard Pombo at PomboforCongress.com

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Did you get a nasty phone call attacking Richard Pombo? A lot of your neighbors did…

So who exactly is this so-called “Defenders of Wildlife”?

“Richard Pombo is a tremendous threat

to our issues.” William Lutz, Senior Director

Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund(The Modesto Bee, 4/7/10)

It turns out they’re one of the extreme environmental groups fighting to cut off water to our farms. They’re funded by socialist billionaire George Soros.

So fanatical are these liberal groups that when Richard Pombo

called for increased oil drilling, more water for the Central Valley,

and reform of the Endangered Species Act they called him an

“eco-thug.” Rolling Stone Magazine called him an “Enemy of

the Earth.”

And the Sierra Club said Pombo’s so conservative his campaign

must be “a sign of the apocalypse.”

So why are these extremely liberal environmental groups really attacking Richard Pombo?

Because Richard Pombo wants to grow the economy, and all they want to grow is Big Government.

Who is George Soros?

Soros is a billionaire who was convicted of insider trading.* He has poured tens of millions of dollars into left-wing political groups, including MoveOn.org, CREW and Defenders of Wildlife.In his book, “The Age of Fallibility,” Soros writes, “The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.”

*Frontpage Magazine, 11/13/04

Radical environmental extremists have launched a deceptive, full-scale attack on Richard Pombo.

Congressman Devin Nunes calls what the Defenders of Wildlife is doing “...dirty, dirty, dirty campaigning.”

All over the 19th District, voters are receiving nasty phone calls saying Richard Pombo was “accused of bribery.”

The Fresno Bee exposed that charge as a vicious lie, stating that “No law enforcement agency or legislative ethics committee accused Pombo of violating federal bribery statutes, or any other laws...”

The Modesto Bee agreed, unequivocally stating that Richard Pombo “never was identified as a target of a law enforcement investigation.”

Never.

The old saying says “tell the truth and shame the devil,” but the so-called “Defenders of Wildlife” have no shame – just an extremist agenda and a hatred for our way of life.