clairewait
clairewait
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January 28, 2010
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High School - 12th Grade
Mead Senior High School - Spokane, WA, US (1995 - 1999)
Baylor University - Waco, TX, US (1999 - 2003)
Southern Guilford High - Greensboro, NC, US (2005 - 2009)
The Public Library
Biography
I am a former high school English teacher and writing specialist. I am taking the next several years off teaching to raise my children, but continue to write and edit curriculum as a freelance consultant.
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