“I don’t come out here and sit enough. I am a social studies teacher and coach. This is my tenured year. It will be nice to have job security. Social studies and history was my thing in school. I didn’t apply myself or make good grades in other subjects. I think struggling through school makes me a better teacher and it helps me relate to students, especially boys. No matter how bad your grades are, you can turn them around. I never dreamed I could be a teacher. One high school teacher told me I would answer to the pearly gates for not trying in school. I went blindly through life ages 14 through 21 without a purpose. My oldest cousins never turned it around and one died a few months ago. Their bad examples are a strong influence with me, but I also had a strong support system my parents. I try to prepare my students for life, not just content. I got my master’s degree in education. That is the highest degree anyone in my family has gotten. I was not the smartest person there, but I got through it because I am tough and worked hard. My dream is to be teacher of the year one day.
I played in enough clubs–I never wanted to have my own
“I'm from Dauphin Island, so my family goes way back. My mother was the oldest girl of 13 children, and all of her...
A very inspiring story & am so proud of the person that this is written about. He happens to be my son. His Will to work hard & excel in College achieving his Bachelors & Masters Degrees made me so proud. He was taught that he could be anything that he wanted to be! I feel that helped encourage him…..because parents are supposed to be encouragers & supportive as well as teachers are. I know that his life story will help children be encouraged that they can achieve in life whatever they want to achieve as long as they work hard & believe in themselves. As well as having teachers such as this teacher to encourage, support & teach them life lessons as well.