Marisa Rae
I love learning from my students. I love their fire. I love their curiosity. I’m thrilled that that light that in me too. They call me BTB.
I love learning from my students. I love their fire. I love their curiosity. I’m thrilled that that light that in me too. They call me BTB.
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I became a teacher at 29 after years in finance. I wanted more meaning. I wanted a deeper impact where it mattered. I was a foster child as a teen and neglected as a kid. I wanted to learn how to relate to children and convey magic in learning about the world. I love when they raise questions I haven’t thought of yet. They inspire me to be better.
Tell us about your most memorable teaching experienceI had a child elope once from my science class on the first day of school. He ran to the basement and hid and I crawled into the boiler room with him. We figured out he had dyslexia that year together. Supporting his curiosity and seeing him jump into science throughout the year was such a
What would you do with the $25,000?I’d fund the community closet at our high school for a year and our wetland restoration project.
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