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and techniques, and to participate in professional growth
activities. Some of petitioner's additional duties and
responsibilities as English department chair were to assist in
establishing department curriculum objectives and develop a plan
for the implementation and evaluation of these objectives, to
develop innovative or experimental work and articulate
instruction with various grade levels, to assist department
teachers with day-to-day problems of instruction, to act as a
resource person for department teachers on curriculum questions,
and to be able to relate successfully with diverse groups of
students and adults.
In 1995 petitioner enrolled in a summer course sponsored by
the University of California, Berkeley Extension Program (U.C.
Extension) entitled "Legendary Greece: Minoans, Mycenaeans, and
Classical Athens" (Legendary Greece) in order to study how legend
grew out of historical events. The course took place in Greece
from June 20 to July 8, 1995. Petitioner paid the following
amounts for the Legendary Greece course and deducted the total
amount on her 1995 Federal income tax return as an employee
business expense:
U.C. Extension:
Tuition, lodging, meals $4,140
Airfare 1,117
Miscellaneous:
Two extra nights at hotel $240
Books and airport shuttle 77 317
Total 5,574
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