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My name is Alma Waskey and I have lived in Bedford, VA, since March, 1988. Even though I am of an older generation than most college students, I have always enjoyed learning about new technologies. Some of my favorites are my laptop and my iPhone, but I also have a Kindle Fire that I am learning to use and appreciate. On my laptop, I mostly check e-mail, complete schoolwork, and try to keep up with my many friends on Facebook, but I also like to play games. I have been married to Dave for the last thirty-eight years. We have three adult children, all married with children of their own. It is a pleasure and a privilege for me to spend time with my grandchildren. I live on a small farm and love taking care of the animals we raise. Right now we have cows and chickens, but we have raised sheep and even kept a goat for milk for a short time. I love to teach and have taught in a variety of contexts throughout my life. I started teaching Sunday School when I was sixteen and have continued teaching off and on (mostly on) ever since. I decided to teach my children at home until they started high school, so that kept me very busy during their early years. When the youngest started eighth grade, she and I started school (I as a teacher for seventh and eighth grade) at a newly begun classical Christian school in Bedford. I taught there for eleven years, eventually teaching every subject taught at the school. Since I was trained as a math teacher, I was the principal math and logic teacher for the older students, no matter what else I taught. I resigned when the school eliminated seventh and eighth grades, and now I keep busy with volunteer work at the local pregnancy center, watching four of my grandchildren one day a week, substituting occasionally in the local public schools, teaching AWANA and Sunday School, and helping care for my parents who both have Alzheimer’s. Dave and I are trained treatment foster parents, so even though we don’t have any foster children right now, that could change on short notice.