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| Photo by Paul Hawkwood |
A bright lit room filled with the faint smell of artificial banana. A handful of students rummaging through their belongings to get out the days materials and wait for their teacher to arrive. Once she does, the class sits up and listens to every word she has to say, patiently waiting for the instructions they are bound to be given, and to start the afternoon. When everything gets started, one student asks about the due date for an assignment and how the recent weather has messed with things. When they get their answer, half the class breathes a sigh of relief and relaxes a little.
This is
the classroom of Karelia Stetz-Waters’ writing 121 class. One of the many
English focused classes she teaches. It is a medium sized class filled with
people who are active and like to be a part of the discussion and enjoy the
person who is teaching them. It’s not very often that you sit in a classroom
and notice that everyone actually enjoys being there, but somehow Karelia has
done it.
Karelia
Stetz-Waters loves English, so it’s not very surprising to find out that she is
Chair of the English Department and teaches tech writing and writing 121. She
is a third generation teacher in her family, the first being her grandmother
and the next her father, and has always taught writing.
When she
started teaching, it was at the University of Oregon and it was mainly writing
121 that she taught. In the 11 years since, she has always been teaching at the
college level and has loved every moment of it. Besides teaching, she is also
an active member of the ROV club and the Open-Source group.
When asked what she’s most proud of
and loves to do, Karelia answered that she loves helping students and also said
“I like being useful anywhere I can, and help whoever I can”. Along with this, she
also said that she loves to write, and was very proud that she has a book
published (The Admirer) and another coming this fall (Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before).
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