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Hi! My name is Ashley Breanne Waggoner. I'm an English teacher and writer from Olney, IL. I teach communications at Olney Central College. I earned an A.A. degree in mass communications from there in 2000. I received my B.A. in English from Eastern Illinois University in 2006. (I took a little detour from 2002-04 to find myself.) My writing is an extension of my being, and my supposed talent earned me various honors in college, including my name on the National Dean's List all four semesters as an undergrad at EIU. My work has appeared in several publications; for example, I write a monthly column for my local newspaper-- The Olney Daily Mail -- in which I enthusiastically support my senator, Barack Obama, for president. At some point, I plan to start grad school and eventually hope to become a full-fledged professor.
Update: As of Jan. 20, 2009, some of the information in the preceding paragraph is obsolete, as Barack Obama has become the 44th President of the United States. I plan to continue writing about past commanders-in-chief and their wives on suite101 and hope to parlay my alleged skills as a possible member of the new president's web outreach team. Ultimately, I aspire to a career in public service.
Update, Pt. 2: Beginning June 15, 2009, I will be a grad student at EIU. I will be pursuing an M.A. in English, with a concentration in composition and rhetoric. Throughout the course of my studies and thesis research, I am going to focus on 19th-century American literature.