{"id":13327,"date":"2017-02-01T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=13327"},"modified":"2017-02-07T14:35:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T22:35:14","slug":"know-your-profs-camosuns-ada-barker-knows-the-future-is-bright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2017\/02\/01\/know-your-profs-camosuns-ada-barker-knows-the-future-is-bright\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Profs<\/em>: Camosun\u2019s Ada Barker knows the future is bright"},"content":{"rendered":"

Know Your Profs <\/i>is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. If you have an instructor you\u2019d like to know more about, but perhaps you\u2019re too busy to ask them yourself, email editor@nexusnewspaper.com and we\u2019ll add them to our list of teachers to talk to.<\/p>\n

This issue we caught up with Dental Hygiene prof Ada Barker to talk about being a samurai, yeast-covered popcorn, and how teaching is good for her heart and soul.<\/p>\n

1. What do you teach and how long have you been at Camosun?<\/i><\/p>\n

Professional practice and clinical theory and practice in Dental Hygiene. 25 years.<\/p>\n

2. What do you personally get out of teaching?<\/i><\/p>\n

The fact that I get to work, learn, and explore with colleagues and students on a daily basis is a real privilege. It\u2019s good for my heart and soul.<\/p>\n

3. What\u2019s one thing you wish your students knew about you?<\/i><\/p>\n

That I\u2019m a samurai re-incarnate.<\/p>\n

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Camosun Dental Hygiene prof Ada Barker and friend (photo by Jill Westby\/Nexus<\/em>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

4. What\u2019s one thing you wish they didn\u2019t know about you?<\/i><\/p>\n

That I watch The Voice<\/i> religiously. #TeamBlake<\/p>\n

5. What\u2019s the best thing that\u2019s ever happened to you as a teacher here?<\/i><\/p>\n

I love being in the classroom and in clinic and working with students who want to learn.<\/p>\n

6. What\u2019s the worst thing that\u2019s happened to you as a teacher here?<\/i><\/p>\n

When it\u2019s Thursday and you think the food truck is coming and it doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

7. What do you see in the future of post-secondary education?<\/i><\/p>\n

I am hopeful, and in being with my students I know that our future is bright.<\/p>\n

8. What do you do to relax on the weekends?<\/i><\/p>\n

I like to cook. Friday night cheap dates with my husband means Netflix and Engevita yeast-covered popcorn with butter.<\/p>\n

9. What is your favourite meal?<\/i><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never met a meal I didn\u2019t like.<\/p>\n

10. What\u2019s your biggest pet peeve?<\/i><\/p>\n

Restaurants who charge extra for guacamole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Know Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. If you have an instructor you\u2019d like to know more about, but perhaps you\u2019re too busy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus","category-february-1-2017"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t