Students are the reason for my being a teacher.

I have been teaching for 37 years now. I tell my students that they are the best part of my job. While other things have worn me down and made me decide to retire in June from my public school job, I love my students and the art of teaching as much now as I did in September, 1985, my first year of teaching. To become a good or great teacher, one must love not only their subject matter but, even more importantly, the students that one teaches. My being a foreign language teacher provides... Read More >>