Mary Pettoruto
I love being creative with my history lessons and building relationships with students. We have fun together.
I love being creative with my history lessons and building relationships with students. We have fun together.
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I wanted to be who I needed when I was my students’ age.
Tell us about your most memorable teaching experienceMy most memorable teaching experience was having so many students want to stay after school in my classroom. This was when I was a newer teacher, when it was “cool” to stay after. Now, after Covid, students rarely stay after. I remember a few didn’t want to go home. We got work done and played games. We formed a safe community. Great memories.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would pay down some of my debt to have a feeling of financial freedom. I would also book a trip because I love to travel, but it is so expensive.
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