Page 2, ALVIN SUN, December 8, 2019 This page is recyclable UHCL student attends job fair, gets job in lobby Take these five steps Ashley Shed did not think job Channelview. I am so excited.” She finally graduated from I did ask for a lot of support and fairs were a place where you Shed said she decided to be a San Jacinto College after eight I got it from my professors. I let actually got hired. Shed, who is teacher back in middle school, years, then enrolled at UH-Clear them know what was going on to avoid getting the graduating in a few weeks from when she had a math teacher in Lake. “(Associate Professors of in my life, and once I did, it University of Houston-Clear sixth and seventh grade. Curriculum and Instruction) helped me get through. It only Lake with her bachelor’s in “That teacher was emotionally Debra Shulsky and Sandra took me 2½ years to get through flu this year interdisciplinary studies with supportive of me because she Browning helped me through,” UHCL, and I know I will remain Flu season is officially here, early childhood-6 certification, knew I had some problems at she said. “(Director of the Center supported through the Kappa but there are ways to limit your “The holiday season planned to attend a job fair home and she didn’t make me for Professional Development Delta Pi program.” exposure to the dreaded sickness. is a hot time for flu earlier in November and simply feel singled out,” Shed said. of Teachers) Kelly Ann Moore Kappa Delta Pi, she explained, The Centers for Disease distribute her resume to school “She was just there for me, and talked me into staying in school, is an international honor society season because people Control and Prevention estimates districts, then go home and wait that’s what I want to bring to the because I was about to stop. She for educators. are spending more the flu sickened 37 million to be contacted. kids in my classroom.” motivated me to keep going. I “It offers a great support time indoors together people during the 2018-19 flu “That’s not what happened at As a single parent of three needed people to push me system, and I’ll also go through season and is blamed for at least whether it be at a this job fair,” she said. “I had children, Shed said that because I was almost there, but the Teacher Induction Ceremony 36,000 deaths. social gathering or quite a 30 minutes.” completing her education had without them, I wouldn’t have at UHCL. My professors will The easiest and best way to She said she arrived early to not been easy. made it.” stay in touch with me in my first because it is just too protect yourself is with a flu the job fair at University of “I had my oldest child when I The best thing she learned at year of teaching,” she said. cold to go outside. shot. It’s never too late to get a Houston and waited in the lobby. was 18, then another at 19. It UHCL, she said, was As for job fairs, Shed said flu shot. It will not make you Getting the flu shot “A lady started talking to me was hard having two kids so differentiating instruction to fit she’s now a believer. sick, it is a booster that helps and following a few just because I was sitting there, young, and it was really hard to all students’ needs. “I never knew anyone who your body fight off possible and it turned out she was the keep up with school and keep an “Every professor taught this actually got hired at the job fair, habits to avoid flu infection. The flu vaccine head of human resources at income to support the kids by in a different way, and it all but it happened to me,” she said. germs can keep you prevents death. Channelview Independent myself,” she said. She had came together,” she said. “I highly recommend going. I “Flu is a very contagious healthy throughout School District,” she said. “She worked many years as a server For others who are struggling was so happy, I cried. I have a illness that we all should take the peak of the then spoke with the principal at in a restaurant, and had to stop with the decision to stay in job now, I’ve signed a contract. very seriously this time of year," season.” McMullan Elementary School. I school because it was too college, Shed said, just take one My life has changed.” says Dr. Benjamin Barlow, chief got hired as a kindergarten difficult, and then became the step at a time. For information about medical officer of American teacher on the spot! I didn’t mother of a 3-year-old daughter “You can do it,” she said. UHCL’s College of Education, Dr. Benjamin Barlow Family Care, the nation’s leading even have an application in to as well. “Don’t be afraid to ask for help. visit www.uhcl.edu/education. healthcare network with a local Chief Medical Officer, clinic. “The holiday season is a American Family Care hot time for flu season because people are spending more time germ killing” sanitizing wipe indoors together whether it be at before you sit down for take-off. a social gathering or because it 3. Stop Vaping! We’ve heard is just too cold to go outside. the stories about the hundreds of Getting the flu shot and respiratory illnesses related to following a few habits to avoid vaping this year. New research flu germs can keep you healthy published in the American throughout the peak of the Journal of Respiratory and season.” Critical Care Medicine reveals Barlow recommends five puffing on an e-cigarette also ways to stay healthy and avoid disrupts your normal immune getting the flu during the holiday response to viral infections, like season. flu. 1. Knuckle it. When using a 4. Play it safe at the pump. debit card machine while Drivers must get gas for their shopping for holiday gifts, get vehicles no matter what, sick or into the habit of punching in not. Protect yourself at the pump your card pin with a knuckle and grab a paper towel before instead of a fingertip. This way picking up the gas nozzle. You if you rub your eye or mouth can also use the paper towel as a with your fingertip, you’re not barrier when punching in your transferring germs. debit/credit card info. 2. Taking a flight to 5. Hang up your Superman or grandmas? Pack sanitizing Supergirl cape. If you are wipes. Our nation’s airports are starting to feel sick, don't try to covered in germs over the be a superhero and do it all. No holidays. A study by a one wants to be exposed to your microbiologist with travelmath. germs. Stay home from either com found the plane seatbelt work or school and don't even buckle, seat tray table and the run errands like to the drug store toilet flush button among the top to get medicine. When you have After persevering just to get her college degree, Ashley Shed got a big surprise when she decided to attend a job fair. Before even spots coated with germs on a a fever, you should always stay entering the fair, she was offered a job as a teacher with Channelview Independent School District, and she accepted the job. plane. Your best defense, wipe home at least 24 hours AFTER (Courtesy photo) down your space with a “flu- your fever is gone.

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