Thu Ngo

Late to the party, as usual! :)

My name is Thu Ngo, and I'm wrapping up my second year at Milpitas High School. I taught freshman English this year (isn't it weird to be talking in past tense??? I can't believe it's summer!), and will be teaching freshmen and sophomores next year. I'm also the advisor for the class of 2011, and that takes up a fairly large amount of my time (but I completely love it). You can tell I spend way too much time around teenagers when the only photo I have to show you is a self-posed Myspace photo.

I grew up in the Bay Area and spent a good portion of my life in private school. I graduated from Notre Dame High School in San Jose in 2001 and promptly moved to Portland, OR to attend Lewis & Clark College, where I majored in English, with an emphasis on 19th-century Brit lit. I graduated in three years, and then moved ALL the way down the coast to attend UC Irvine to get my Master's in English. Finally I settled back at home to get my teaching credential from Santa Clara University. I student-taught at MHS, and I haven't left since.

Things you should know about me:
- I'm quite shy in person.
- However, I have five tattoos and lots of piercings that I'm not that shy about showing.
- I'm a music snob. (My three great passions are Radiohead, Elliott Smith, and John Lennon.)
- I'm a bit of a movie snob, but not nearly as much as Michael Cummins.
- I love the San Francisco Giants, for better or for worse. I occasionally follow the A's.
- I'm an avid knitter, as if to contrast with my tech-iness. (If you've ever wanted to learn how to knit, I can totally teach you!) I'm part of that new wave of punk/indie knitters. That said, yes, I can crochet a granny square. Blog: http://web.mac.com/thungo
- I'm a literature geek. Austen is my hero.
- I wish I could call myself a runner, but I'm really a runner-slash-hobbler. I am, however, training for my first marathon in October through San Jose Fit.
- Oh... In case you couldn't tell, I'm a major Mac supporter. I can't live without my Macbook.

I'm looking forward to an awesome three weeks with KCI! I am working with Michael and Frank Castro on a collaborative project to span our respective grade levels and subject areas.