Crusader Q&A


Tompson Tells Students Teir


‘Voice Is Valuable’


MY NAME IS . . . Dr. Becky Louise Tompson.


I’VE BEEN TEACHING AT NGU SINCE . . . 2002.


MY JOB IS . . . the coordinator for English language arts secondary education and the coordinator for freshman English and sophomore litera- ture. And then, of course, I teach. But most of all, I’m almost like a counselor. I can get students from all majors, and it gives me an oppor- tunity to teach them to be good communicators. I want to teach them that their voice is valuable.


WHEN I’M NOT GRADING PAPERS . . . a lot of it is reading! I do know it seems very typical. I’d like to say, “Oh, I love waterskiing!” Or, I don’t know, “Oh, I make cornhusk dolls!” (I don’t know where that just came from. See, I’m already known for the weird dolls and puppets, but if I knew how to make cornhusk dolls, I could make all my own dolls.)


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INTERESTING PLACES I’VE TRAVELLED TO ARE . . . all of the author homes I’ve visited, from Connecticut with Mark Twain’s house to Stephen King’s house in Maine.


MY FAVORITE AUTHOR IS . . . Oh, my stars! [It] would have to be Emily Dickinson.


ONE OF MY FUN CLASSROOM TRADITIONS IS . . . I always take pictures of my classes. Teaching is my ministry. And in those three or four months, that’s my chance to make an impact. I take the picture because I would love to think that, when a student leaves my classroom, he or she is different because of knowing me — not just because of me, but seeing Christ in me. And I want to have a memento of sorts.


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