Blair Begley
What I love most about teaching is building a class family each year that I cherish, even for years after the students leave my classroom.
What I love most about teaching is building a class family each year that I cherish, even for years after the students leave my classroom.
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All throughout elementary school, I would immediately come home, sit all my dolls out on the floor, and teach them whatever I learned at school that day. (So basically I’ve been teaching since age five). I’ve always known this was my calling! Even as an adult, I still love learning new things and want to instill that drive in my students as well.
Tell us about your most memorable teaching experienceMy most memorable teaching experience is playing “Fear Factor” with my fourth graders as a form of test review. The students had to eat jalapeños, black licorice, lemon juice, and olives. Some students cried, most laughed, and it made a great memory for us all. They are currently in high school and still talk about it!
What would you do with the $25,000?I have no idea! 25,000 sounds like a million dollars to me and I can’t even imagine what I would do with it all, but I do know that I would donate to a Cocker Spaniel rescue and probably splurge on a large supply of Ticonderoga pencils.
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