Tell us why you became a teacher

Both of my parents were teachers, so education was a very important part of my household. I did not go to college thinking I would become a teacher. When the President of my college hired me to tutor his daughter for math, I realized I had a calling for being an educator and that is where my natural skill set fell.

Tell us about your most memorable teaching experience

One time, on a March 31st, I had assigned only 1 problem for homework… for students just to try the technique we had learned during the class. The next day, as I walked around checking the attempt, not one student would open their notebooks because they didn’t try it. I was so disappointed that I went to the front of the room to lament to them. As I started to declare my disappointment, one student yells out “April Fools!” To which they ALL opened their notebooks to show me 100% HW attempts.

What would you do with the $25,000?

Pay off some debt and help fix some areas of my house. My husband and I are both public school teachers. We live a comfortable life, but there is not a lot of extra money. This would help considerably.