Surrounded by Love
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My first real teaching experience was when Mr. Sam Iaquinta called me to substitute at Mt. Clare Elementary. I told him I had no idea how to get there, and he graciously agreed to take me to school. I met him at Krogers Grocery Store, and off we went.
When we arrived, he showed me the inside of the school and the first-grade classroom. I walked into the classroom, and he closed the door behind me. There I was, first time out, first week of school and the first grade. Oh dear God, what was I to do? I had only achieved sixty-three actual hours of college instruction, no teaching skills. But I was allowed to carry out substitute teaching. Was this a mistake?
Think, think, think! Well, every teacher has a plan book, right? Wrong! This teacher had very little of anything in her desk drawers. She would certainly have a list of students, right? Wrong!
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For author Meva J. Scarff, love groomed her from childhood, and it has always been a big part of her life. With a large extended family, she experienced it from all directions. In Surrounded by Love, Scarff shares her life story and provides insight and background into the family that enveloped her warmly. This memoir narrates the key elements of Scarff’s life beginning with her birth in January of 1936 to her parents Glenn and Frances Johnson. She tells of carefree days growing up as the oldest of four children and of her marriage, raising her own children, and graduating from college in 1970. Scarff discusses her passion for teaching, an enjoyable career that spanned thirty years in West Virginia. With her personal works of poetry included, Surrounded by Love offers insight into Scarff’s life and all of the wonderful years that were filled with fun and laughter.
About the Author
Meva J. Scarff is a writer, an artist, and a singer. She has written a book for teenagers and another for elementary school children. Now retired, Scarff has worked as secretary for a judge and an Episcopal minister and taught school for thirty years. She has eight children.