{"id":1,"date":"2018-04-23T17:38:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T17:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/?p=1"},"modified":"2018-05-03T04:48:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T04:48:00","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"All About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey all,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/files\/2018\/04\/screen-shot-2017-09-03-at-8-29-58-pm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"260\" \/>Thanks for joining me on my walk through the woods and my educational journey of self-discovery. \u00a0I can&#8217;t wait to get started!<\/p>\n<p>A good place to get started, would be introducing myself! I get called a few things these days; \u00a0&#8216;Mom&#8217; (usually hollered from one level of the house to another), \u00a0&#8216;Ms.Lacroix&#8217; and &#8216;Lara&#8217;. \u00a0My pet peeve is being referred to as &#8216;Laura&#8217; when people respond to emails and my name is RIGHT THERE in front of them. \u00a0Sigh. The book\/movie Dr. Zhivago was big when I was born and that&#8217;s where my name originates from. \u00a0Truth: I actually have never read the book nor watched the movie. \u00a0 I probably should one of these days.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/files\/2018\/04\/Dr.-Zhivago-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/files\/2018\/04\/Dr.-Zhivago-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/files\/2018\/04\/Dr.-Zhivago-768x936.jpg 768w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/files\/2018\/04\/Dr.-Zhivago-840x1024.jpg 840w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/files\/2018\/04\/Dr.-Zhivago.jpg 1231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Professionally, I&#8217;m a proud teacher. \u00a0It&#8217;s something I have wanted to do since I was 5 years old. To say that I love my vocation would be a massive understatement! I currently teach Grade 12 Work Experience and Grad Transitions and am also the Career Education Department Head and Facilitator for Grades 9-12 at my school. \u00a0Before that, I taught Grade 8 for several years and had the privilege of getting to know and work with at risk students. That experience has helped transform me to become the teacher I am today. \u00a0I have been blessed to have had the opportunity to teach in several elementary schools, a middle school and most recently a high school. \u00a0It is nice to know the background and skill set knowledge that aids in scaffolding of material which helps enable student transition from one level to the next.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I&#8217;m the proud mom of 2 amazing kids (20 and 17 years old), a floppy eared German Shepherd dog and 2 hamsters. \u00a0I love to camp, hike, read, explore new places, be outdoors, eat and laugh (not necessarily in that order)!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/files\/2018\/04\/Luna-e1524776565668-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/files\/2018\/04\/Luna-e1524776565668-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/files\/2018\/04\/Luna-e1524776565668-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey all, Thanks for joining me on my walk through the woods and my educational journey of self-discovery. \u00a0I can&#8217;t wait to get started! A good place to get started, would be introducing myself! I get called a few things these days; \u00a0&#8216;Mom&#8217; (usually hollered from one level of the house to another), \u00a0&#8216;Ms.Lacroix&#8217; and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-me","category-ldrs500","category-twu-online","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}