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December 05, 2006
Found in the Crowd
Venturing into Walker Field House, we found Erin Doder, a biology major from Somerset, Wis., working at the front desk. Other than a class of elementary schoolers taking a tour, there seemed to be a break in the action, so we decided to stop and chat.
Linda Sjostrom/Oracle: You have a lot of piercings in your ear, when did you get those?
ED: I got them in ninth grade. It was a weird rebellious thing. I just haven’t taken them out. This one [motions] hurt the most out of all of them and it’s not even that bad.
O: Why did you choose biology?
ED: I’m thinking of being a high school biology teacher and also possibly pre-med.
O: How long have you worked at the field house?
ED: Since the beginning of this year.
O: What do you think of it so far?
ED: It’s really nice. I can do my homework and it’s easy. I only work in the afternoons during the week and on Saturdays when I can. It’s stress-releasing, kind of.
O: What do you do when you’re here?
ED: Keep an eye on who’s coming in, ask for IDs and give hand stamps after 4 p.m. Answer the phones and answer any questions that I know the answer to, but otherwise that’s it.
O: What else do you like to do?
ED: I play hockey, that’s what takes up a lot of my time. I volunteer at Hancock with Hand-In-Hand. I also have to work there getting clinical hours for my education classes.
O: Did you play hockey last year, too?
ED: No, I played softball last year. It didn’t go very well. I actually came here to play hockey and softball. In the beginning of my freshman year I was overwhelmed, so I decided that I was just going to play the one sport. It ended up being the wrong choice for me.
O: Do you live in the dorms?
ED: I live off campus, right on Taylor. It’s like a block away.
O: Are you afraid walking here because of the muggings or anything?
ED: Not really, I haven’t had any problems, and... oh! Actually, I have had problems. My car got broken into at the beginning of the year. It got its window broken and the stereo system stolen. So that was sort of a rough introduction to living off campus, but otherwise I don’t usually walk by myself or anything. Also, the escort system is really nice. I’ve used it a bunch of times.
O: Now that it’s nearing the end of the term, do you have any classes that you would recommend? Or advise against?
ED: Well, I think that if anyone is thinking about becoming a teacher or leaning towards that, it’s good to get into the education classes right away because the program includes so many classes, and then you can find out whether that’s something you actually want to do or not.
O: Why do you want to go into teaching high school?
ED: I want to help kids and stuff obviously, but I’m more interested in higher level sciences. I’d like to maybe do research someday. I just like the high school atmosphere and it’s something that I would find rewarding.
Posted by dwright at December 5, 2006 12:09 PM
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