My Bio---

Hi, my name is Diana Moore. I am a single mother of a 15-year-old daughter who is dyslexic. I work for Daymar College where I am the lead computer science instructor and IT Coordinator. I have been teaching computer science for over 12 years. The classes that I teach cover everything from software such as MS-Office to web design, e-commerce to repair and networking.

I have an Associates Degree in Computer Programming, a BA in Business Administration, Master's in Education, and I am a Micro-soft Certified Professional (MCP) and A+ Certified. I occasionally do some independent consulting, which can consist of building/repairing PC’s, training, networking or web design. I have 21 years of computer experience. I started out on keypunch machines and 8-inch floppies. (Boy those were the days!! LOL ;-))

In dealing with the issues my daughter faces on a day to day basis, I am aware that there is a need out there for high school level classes for children with high IQ's and a learning difference. As a teacher I frequently encounter adult students who suffer from these learning differences who were either never diagnosed or did not receive the proper assistance. I don't understand why more resources are not made available to these students. In my years as an educator, I have taught various age groups from elementary school to adult. I have taught average students as well as handicapped students and I have found great joy in teaching. I am currently trying to find funding to open a high school for children with learning differences. It is very difficult to find "seed money" for such a venture, but I truly believe it would be successful and there would be more funding opportunities after it got off the ground. Statistics say juvenile crime is increasing, female juvenile crime is increasing, and students are not prepared for life upon graduation. statistics also say that at minimum 50% maybe 75% or more of the current adult inmate population have a learning disability, that was either never diagnosed or never addressed. It makes sense to me that we develop more programs to address it before it becomes a problem as opposed to spending tax dollars for more prisons. As a single mother, I know the burden that special education through private schools put on parents. I work 78 hours a week between two jobs: one job pays the bills and the other pays private school tuition. I want the opportunity to show children and their families there is a better way. I have the passion and the tenancity to found such an environment to help our teens, all I need now is the funding. Please if anyone who visits knows of a way to fund such a project, please email me.

I live my life based on a few things my father taught me. My father, due to the financial burdens of the Great Depression, had only a fourth grade education. Even though my father had little formal education, he was one of the most intellectual men I have ever known. He had two primary principles of wisdom, learn everything you can, for what you learn can never be taken away, and learn something new everyday, for a day in which you learn nothing is a day wasted that you can’t get back. I find myself imparting these same principles to my dyslexic daughter, as well as to my students.

I currently own 3 web domain names, please feel free to visit any or all of them.

• learningdifferences.net
• homelisterz.com
• open-sunday.com