Liz Nodia & Josie Anderson, Interns

November 9th, 2015

Teachers. We see them every day. How well do we actually know them? Did they always want to be teachers? How did their interests develop? How did they change? That’s what we set out to find, we interviewed four teachers to answer these questions.

Sara Klosterboer teaches remedial language arts. When she was younger she wanted to be involved in marine biology, the interest came to her after her trip to San Francisco, California. There she had visited an aquarium, “It was really, WOW!” Klosterboer said. When she was in school, she admits that the only wrong she had done was chewing gum in choir. We asked what Klosterboer liked about teaching,“Every day is different… Everyday is a challenge,”

Katy Nahra teaches English and theatre. Her response to our question, “What do you want to be when you’re older?” she answered, “A famous actress.” We asked Nahra how her interest changed, “I’m living it every day,” Nahra said, “I enjoy working with students.” Narah admits that teaching had always come back to her as a job.

Mitch Gross teaches AP History and American Government. His interests transitioning into adulthood changed a bit more. “I wanted to be the president,” he said. “If not that, then a pro athlete.” However he then realized he wasn’t good enough. When he was younger, Mitch says, he was a lot like the average student. He crammed work, procrastinated, and studied the night before

a test. Now being a teacher, his favorite part is  getting to interact and laugh with the students. “My least favorite part is probably the workload,” Gross said “It takes a lot of time outside of the

school day.”

Melissa Nies teaches AP human geography. When she was younger she wasn’t sure of what she wanted to do, public justice and law were a couple things she had thought of. In

college she had gotten the chance to tutor children and really enjoyed it. She admits that when she was younger she talked a lot during school and studied last minute, but does say she enjoyed going to school. “I know we all worry about the grade, but I want students in my class more for learning,” Nies said. When we asked her what she loved about her job she responded,

“I love it so much! You guys are the best part of my job.”