Denise Hamby
My students make teaching worthwhile and they are my reason for getting out of bed early and getting to work early every morning.
My students make teaching worthwhile and they are my reason for getting out of bed early and getting to work early every morning.
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I chose to get my degree in education after working in my local school system for about 10 years in different capacities. My children were in elementary school and I was barely making end meet. I took a free class at a local college and I was hooked on education and becoming an elementary school teacher.
Tell us about your most memorable teaching experienceI was teaching science in the after school program. I plan several station activities about gravity. One of the stations led the students to create a catapult that would launch a miniature marshmallow with items like popsicle sticks, rubber bands, cardboard, etc. After the construction, the students asked to see which catapults would launch the marshmallows the fartherest. Later in a parent called to say her son was outside building a life sized catapult. This made my heart happy.
What would you do with the $25,000?Use some of it to pay on my student loan and give a portion of it to the CTAE department at my school for the food science class and science department.
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