Marie Schimke is a tutor in the Seattle/Bellevue area. Marie is a career student who persues knowledge in every aspect of her life. She has a B.A. in Spanish and in French from the University of Oregon. She got her Masters in Teaching from Pacific Lutheran University. From there she attended California State University, Domingeuz Hills where she received a M.A. in Teaching of English as a Second Language. She also has a degree in Visual Arts from Fort Lewis College. However, with all of these degrees, she still says that her favorite subject to learn and teach is history. “We can’t move forward unless we listen to the past.”
The love of history and learning was taught to Marie at a young age. Both of her parents were educators so they talked and taught around the dinner table. “In fact that’s still what we talk about when I go home. We talk about our students and the best ways to teach them.” Marie’s father taught Washington State and Native American History in high school.
“He had a very hands on approach to history.” Marie talks about how once, when teaching about the Bella Coola tribe, her father took his whole class out to the track. He explained about a native test of strength and worthiness where warriors were made to run a distance with their mouths full of water. If the tribe member was able to finish the distance with water still in his mouth then he was proved worthy. Then he brought out a jug of water and told the class that anyone who was able to run a mile with water still in their mouth would receive an automatic A in his class.
Marie currently teaches college classes as well as working with her Pi Plus Students. She enjoys the chance to teach all different age groups. “Fortunately for me, all of my kids have been great. With the younger kids we would play a bit first to help them get ready to learn and to let me get an idea of their mood that day. I love to see them brighten up when I come to teach them. They are so full of innocence and excitement.”
Outside of the classroom, Marie has a different passion, Tennessee Walking Horses. She shows her horses nearly every weekend from April to September.
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