“I don’t think I would change anything…I would live it the same way. I am quite satisfied with my life and service to humanity and I am trying very much now to serve God in the right way.”By Leon SuseranAs a little girl, she would assist her mother with preparation of various dishes which the family would sell at the dances. It was perhaps while partaking in such activities that the young lady fell head over heels in love with the various aspects of life that dealt with Home Economics.As the years went by, she nurtured her talent in the kitchen and home and furthered her studies in the much-loved field and even represented Guyana at Home Economics Conferences around the world.Catherine ArcherMoreover, she has been a well-recognized educator, especially in her capacity as District Education Officer in several parts of the country.Catherine Doreen Archer was born at Lot 36 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, to Mary and Samuel Archer (both deceased). She attended the All Saints’ Anglican School, Berbice High and later, Victoria High School. She subsequently did a few commercial subjects and opted to teach at the Mission Chapel Congregational School.Catherine then enrolled at the Teachers’ Training College and chose to pursue Home Economics as her specialist subject, which she was later assigned to teach at the St. Francis Xavier R.C. School (present- day Port Mourant Secondary), under the headship of Mr. Lionel Solomon. She worked there until she was transferred to Berbice High. She later migrated to Toronto, Canada, after being chosen to become familiarised with and trained in preparation for the introduction of a multilateral programme that was to have been instituted countrywide by the then education ministry. This training took place at a Canadian university.When asked what made her enter teaching, Ms. Archer related that it “was the thing to do at the time”. “I opted for Home Economics because my mother was always doing something related to that. She did catering—those were the days when you sold at dances. She would sell whether at the police dance or lodge dance. From the day before there was lots of activity in the house.”“You’re baking patties,Cheap NFL Jerseys, making stuffed eggs—and you, as a child,Wholesale Jerseys, you’re part of it—you’re helping to put the pepper on the stuffed eggs… so you’re doing things, you’re learning, and I thought when I entered Training College and opted for that, that was most fulfilling.”Ms. Archer briefly recalled that during her Home Economics stint at Training College, she told her lecturer that she [her lecturer] didn’t really teach her anything new, except for the fact that “she taught me the correct names for the things”.“I learnt the correct terms, but the actual things we did were things I learnt from my mother. Those skills benefitted me for life…And you’re willing to pass them on,Wholesale Jerseys Cheap, because you feel, if you die, you die with those invaluable skills, so Home Economics is [for] life”.Ms. Archer worked at the Hopetown Home Economics Centre in West Berbice until 1981 after which she was assigned as Education Supervisor in Region Three. She also pursued her Bachelor of Education Degree in Home Economics, after which she returned to Region Six and took up her position as District Education Officer (DEdO). A number of schools in the region fell under her purview, during which she was responsible for overseeing the administering of technical education.District Education OfficerMs. Archer reminisced about her many years working as DEdO in Georgetown, Regions Three, Five, and Six.“It gave you an opportunity to learn different administrative styles because you worked under different persons and to each one, you saw managerial approaches that were different,” she reflected.Displaying some of her creative handiwork.She reminisced about going into the various areas, and particularly remembered the Canals Polder “…it was striking that people were willing to learn. But don’t go to the Canals Polder on a Friday because they have to reap for market on a Saturday”.The lifestyle and culture of the diverse locales, she noted, made a difference.“In Region 5, I never got to go in to the riverain areas because it was always difficult in terms of transportation. But in Region 3, people would come out and you would arrange this. Early in the morning, a small boat would take you into the Parika Backdam, Saxacalli or Lanaballi. Sometimes you don’t know what you’re going to eat, where you going to sleep or when you coming out, but you’re going because there are schools you need to visit. It helped that the residents were very friendly.”She related that it was not really hard being away from home for long periods, because “there was a focus”. Her father was alive, she stated, thus her mother had company back at hom