Pat's Favourites!

Quotations: "The most beautiful adventures are not those we go to seek." (Robert Louis Stevenson) "Certain books come to meet one, as do people." (Elizabeth Bowen)

Authors: Hermann Hesse, Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen

Food: Italian, Chinese

Travel Destinations: Portugal, Greece, Bali, Costa Rica

Leisure Activities: reading, hiking, walking, travelling, bicycling, playing bridge, listening to music, going to the theatre, dancing, gardening

Music: modern, Latin, classical

Musical: Les Miserables

Art: watercolours, pottery, weavings

Oldies but Goodies: Television Show—The Honeymooners. Book—Wuthering Heights. Film: Gone With the Wind

Teaching Background

Originally, I taught high school in Ontario. In 1989, I began teaching night school here in the Adult Learning Centre which, at the time, consisted of only one room with no computers. For several years, I enjoyed teaching both in the Adult Learning Centre and in the International Education Program. Currently, I am a teacher in the Adult Learning Centre three days a week.

Personal Sketch

I was born in Toronto, Ontario, where I grew up and attended elementary and high school. Our family spent the summer holidays at our cottage on Georgian Bay. After completing high school, I graduated from University of Western Ontario and University of Toronto.