Introductions

Hi everyone! My name is Megan Pintus and this is my blog for EDUC 6305. I graduated from WVU in 2007 with a bachelors degree in Marketing and am now in my second semester of the MAT program. I am specializing in Business Education and want to teach business courses at the high school level. In high school, I had one teacher encouraging me to go into education and another encouraging me to go into business. I guess now I'm just combining those two and finally figuring out what I really want to do for the rest of my life.

Outside of school, I work full time as a receptionist in a veterinary clinic. The experience I am receiving there is amazing. I have constant interaction with the clients as well as fellow employees. I have grown both professionally and personally since being in this position and I hope that I will be able to carry some of my experiences on with me into the classroom.

I guess you could call me a newlywed, but it all depends on your opinion. I was married in early May of 2008; however, my husband left for his second deployment to Iraq on Memorial Day. He is in the infantry with the Marine Corps Reserves and will hopefully be returning home before the end of the spring semester. Outside the military, he is a sheriff deputy in Monongalia County and upon returning home will be finishing his bachelors degree in Philosophy. We recently bought a house in Fairmont and live there with our four fur children, two dogs (both of which are pure bred mutts) and two cats.

When we manage to find any free time, we enjoy camping (the real kind with a tent, no running water, a camp fire, etc), hiking, and fixing up the house. I'm not sure if fixing up the house is enjoyable, but the end result is nice and spending the time together is wonderful. When you've gone through deployments or anything similar, you learn to cherish every minute you have with the ones you love.