About Frau Steed

My sister Corrie and I at the Heidelberg Schloss (castle) in July 2003.

Believe it or not, I wasn't born a teacher.  I began studying German at Center Grove High School in 1991.  After graduating in 1995, I attended the University of Indianapolis where I studied German and English.  Currently, I am working on my masters in German at the Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik organized by Portland State University in Portland, Oregon.   I have been blessed to be able to visit Germany often.  I lived in Heidelberg, Germany for two months during the summer of 1998.  In addition, I was a Fulbright exchange teacher at E.T.A. Hoffmann Gymnasium in Bamberg, Germany during the 2006-07 school year.  As part of the exchange, I traded homes and jobs with my German counterpart.  I have now traveled to Germany eight times (Austria and Switzerland along the way, too), visiting my favorite places and adding more favorites to my list.  Based on my trips, I would name the following German-speaking towns as my "must-sees":  Kassel (of course), Berlin, Leipzig, and Bamberg.     I also have a life outside of my teaching.  I am very close to my family. My younger sister teaches second grade (and looks like my twin, some say), my mom teaches second grade, and my dad was a high school math teacher and school board member.  Teaching is something I have in common with most of my family members.  We also share a love of U of I.  In addition to myself, my grandpa K, grandma K, mom, dad, sister, uncle Dave, uncle John, aunt Kathy, uncle Lorin, and cousin Kurt attended U of I.   Okay, there's even more to me than my teaching, family, and love of U of I.  I enjoy spending time with my friends, listening to music (country, pop, etc.), traveling, and singing in my church praise band.