Interview: MRs. Ramos
Interview By: Desirae S. and Destiny P..
Staff Members, Grade 8 and 7
What do we know about Ms. Ramos? We know that she is an excellent 8th grade science teacher. However;
do you know about her spectacular hobby or about her astonishing college journey. To even on how she is
extremely similar to us students. Well, if you want to learn more; them continue reading
1)
College Journey:
At a very young age she was an extremely talented and gifted girl. She skipped over a total of 3
grades; first, third, and seventh. She stated that, “Learning was always easy” for her. Therefore,
at the young age of 15 she was given a full scholarship to USC. Her parents accepted that she
could go to the school not because it was one of the best universities in California; but rather
because they did not have to worry about paying tuition. Surprisingly she was not the only
young one in the college. There were 15,16, and 17 year olds living on the campus as well. Her
closest college friend was her roommate of three years. They were compatible as friends
because they were around the same age, both nerdy and intelligent. She completed her
bachelor's degree from 87-91, and her masters in 97. She basically graduated college the age that
the average student would have started.
2)
Teaching Journey:
Soon after she graduated she started to teach at Mesa Elementary, then to Manzanita
Elementary, and finally Merwin Elementary. For eight complete years she taught elementary.
She said; “They don’t get my humor!” So later on she started to teach here; at Traweek Middle
School, since 1997. Which states that she has been teaching at Traweek for about 20 years. She
praises that the teachers at Traweek are being themselves. “You could be wearing a clown
costume, and no one would care!” she claims.
3)
Her Awe Worthy Hobby + Inspiration :
Since she was a young child, she would watch her grandmother paint oil paintings. At the age of
six she started to attend classes with her sister at a department store ‘club’. She recalls that her
first complete painting was a Raggedy Ann doll. She would try to ‘copy’ the paintings of her
grandma and the artist; De Grazia. She would try to interpret his type of art into her own
because it was hard to fail, for he did not put much detail into the faces and placed more
emphasis into the ‘event’. Her grandmother inspired her to paint. Mrs.Ramos said, “My
grandma was me but without the education.” Her grandmother would say, “ never sell your
work” and “ there is more value in a collection than separate”. Therefore; when her dear
incredible grandmother passed, she left behind hundreds paintings. Thus, during the funeral
they gave away her paintings. She described that they lined up all of the paintings in a row, and
whatever ‘spoke’ to the person they would go on and keep it. When she has time, Ms. Ramos
finds her inner artists and starts to create marvelous oil paintings.
4)
Interesting Facts;
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She does not draw what she is about to paint
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She is adopted and her biological mother, herself, and her sister look completely alike
except for their color
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She was originally studying to become a doctor, but then changed her major to
education because of the USC commutative outreach.
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Has taught Honors, ELD, regular classes
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In a student she looks for their true self. “It doesn’t matter if you have the best
manners, or the highest grades. What matters is that you are yourself.”
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She would tell her students to; “Be you. Figure out who you are and be it.”
Here is some of
Mrs. Ramos’s art:
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