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June 20, 2009

PA grad among Scranton’s 3 Fulbright winners

Amy Lee will go to Macau to teach English, take courses in Cantonese and Hong Kong/China studies.

By Andrew M. Seder aseder@timesleader.com
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SCRANTON – A Pittston Area High School graduate is among three members of The University of Scranton’s class of 2009 to be awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships.

Amy Lee, of Duryea, will head to Macau this fall. There she’ll teach English to college students at Macau Polytechnic Institute and take courses in Cantonese and Hong Kong/China studies. She will also research teaching methodologies used by Macanese educators for teaching science and mathematics at the elementary and high school levels.

Lee did her student teaching at North Pocono Middle School in Moscow.

“Macau students did well in international rankings of science and math test scores. I wanted to study the ways in which these subjects are taught to see if improvements can apply to U.S. teaching methodologies for these subjects,” Lee said. She also hopes the Fulbright experience will further hone her English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching skills.

Lee credits her parents Tin and Shuk Lee for setting the foundation of hard work that has allowed her to be successful. “My parents taught me to compare myself to myself, not to others,” said Lee, who has helped at her father’s restaurant since the age of 10. A dean’s list student, Lee earned a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in elementary education with a minor in Spanish.

In addition to Lee, the other University of Scranton graduates that received teaching assistantships are Megan E. LoBue, of Tobyhanna, who will head to Germany; and Cynthia G. David, Bronx, N.Y., who is headed to Cameroon.

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