Goodbye, 8th Graders! It has been an honor to know you! Best wishes in your future endeavors!
"I am still learning."
---Michelangelo
To my 7th graders: Looking forward to seeing you guys next year! Have a great summer!
Welcome and FYI...
Mrs. Nancy Duncan
Pre-AP English 8, English 8, Pre-AP Language Arts 7
Name: Nancy Duncan
Birthday: September 20, 1956 (yikes!)
School: Colleyville Middle School
Hobbies: Yoga, gardening, reading, traveling, singing in the St. Francis Choir in Grapevine, attending art exhibits (especially at the Kimball Art Museum)
Favorites
Music/Genres: Opera, classical, Spanish guitar, classic rock
Reading Tastes: To Kill a Mockingbird, 1984, anything by Ray Bradbury, and translations of novels from other countries, all kinds of nonfiction (currently reading The Moon and Sixpence by William Somerset Maugham), The Agony and the Ecstasy, Lust for Life (both biographical novels of Michelangelo and Van Gogh), history, travel books
Movies: The Painted Veil (as of right now...), To Kill a Mockingbird, and Cinema Paradiso (always!)
Food: Mexican, Italian, salmon!
Quote: "Kindness is just about the best we can do" (Nancy Duncan) and "I am still learning" (Michelangelo)
A bit more about me...
I am privileged to have been born an Army Brat. My father was a colonel in the U.S. Army and served in the military for 26 years. As a result, we have lived and traveled all over the world: Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Maryland, Colorado, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, to name a few. I am now convinced that I have a gypsy's soul and love to travel to this day. I have visited Ireland, Italy, Canada, Mexico, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Estonia, Denmark...and I long to visit Prague and the Provence region of France! Maybe even see the Great Wall of China and the ruins of Greece! So many places, so many wonderful people and cultures, and so little time (and money!).
As for my profession, this is my 31st year to teach. I have taught grades 6 through 12, all levels, and have found through my years of experience that, while imparting knowledge to kids is, of course, my job, my mission and greatest joy is helping them find the gifts that reside in themselves...this, in fact, is what they remember. It is what they take with them when they leave a classroom...
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