If nothing else, I can bring the ability to bridge the gap between academia and Appalachia. With my maternal grandparents being from the hills, and my father's family coming from farming communities, I have always maintained two sets of vocabulary that I regularly work from on a daily basis. This allows me to speak with students whose word pool could be on the smaller side, and help them expand their choices or explain what a professor is looking for in a paper.
I have no hangups about race, religion, gender, or sexual preference. I suppose this could be a good thing, as there aren't many subjects that would offend me or make my job more difficult.
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