Mr. W's Fifth Grade English Class

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Hello and welcome to my website.  My name is Eric Wolffersdorff and I am a twenty year old sophomore in the School of Education at Marquette University.  I was born and raised in the same home on suburban Milwaukee’s south-side where I attended St. Gregory the Great Parochial Grade School and Marquette University High School before becoming a Golden Eagle.   

I believe English holds priceless value that students must master in order to be successful in future schooling, business, and day-to-day leisure.  Learning to read, write, and articulate well will inevitably give students a leg up in all three vital categories.  Therefore, my mission is to refine, tweak, strengthen, and hone these abilities—whether one enjoys English yet or not—so all of my students will possess these life skills and be well prepared for sixth grade.


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Cass and I at the park...

Hobbies and Interests:

I LOVE to read and write.  I hope to one day write some fiction novels or be a sports columnist for a newspaper.
 
I also enjoy playing guitar and writing songs.  I long to make a CD of all my originals and submit a couple of songs to a couple radio stations.
 
Sports were my first love growing up.  I played basketball, football, soccer, golf, and baseball competitively growing up and I plan on coaching some of them in the future.  My favorite sport is baseball with college basketball and football a close second and third respectively.  A number of my examples in class stem from recent sports occurances. 
 
My second love was and is my girlfriend Cass (pictured with me to the left).  We enjoy spending time together,  going to the park, hiking, watching movies, playing basketball and baseball, and going out to eat. 

Credentials

“Attitude is Everything” Award Recipient (2003)

 

National Honor Society Member (2007)

 

Dean’s List First Honors at Marquette University (2008)

 

Half year experience as a fifth grade teacher’s aide at Milwaukee College Prep School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2008)

 

I also currently work as a receptionist at Marquette University's Financial Aid Office and a worker in the Book Marq Book Store on campus.

Family
 
My mother and father (Joan and Jeff) live in suburban Milwaukee.  My oldest brother, Paul, is an enguineer at a solar energy power plant outside of Toledo Ohio.  Kevin, my younger brother by one year, is a freshman at Marquette University.
 
Favorite
 
BOOK: Chronicles by Bob Dylan
 
SPORT: Baseball
 
SPORTS TEAM: Milwaukee Brewers
 
GAME: Poker
 
FOOD: Chocolate (not apples, kids)
 
RESTAURANT: Noodles
 
ADVICE: Don't think about what thinking can't change