Andrea Adams teaches digital media and considers herself an extrovert. She loves meeting new people, which is also a big reason why she loves being a teacher.
Her students are also a big reason she goes to school every day with a smile, even when she might not feel like it.
“The reason why it’s important to stay positive and be friendly with everyone is that you never know in what mood someone is or what days someone has, and I want to be the person helping them out of that mood and not making it worse,” Adams said.
Some people might not know Adams was on the local TV news for a year, and according to her, she really liked that job.
“I am someone who loves storytelling or talking to people in general, so that job really was something for me, but I’m still doing that now just as a teacher,” Adams said.
The best part of her job is seeing her students grow and achieve things they didn’t think they could.
“I just love motivating my students and seeing how surprised they are about the things they can do if they really work for it.
Adams’ former students have had all sorts of success in the digital media field.
I love all of my students, but one of them really stays in my mind. It is someone who has a job for the ACC network,” Adams said.
She shared the job details, and the student didn’t think he had the qualifications.
“He is currently at Ole Miss, and he is doing really well while still obtaining this position at the ACC network, and that is just one of my proud moments, to be able to inspire someone,” Adams said.
Her students say she sometimes goes hard on them, but that is because she sees the potential in them and the bright future they can’t see yet. When she pushes her students, she does so out of a desire to see them achieve.
Adams wants her students to know that they can do whatever they put their mind to. They just need someone to push them to believe it.
“I want to be that inspiring person for my students,” Adams said.
A big problem for Miss Adams is the phone situation. In her opinion, students are still too focused on their phones, and it’s hard to bring their minds back to the class.
“Many students already don’t like school that much, so they, of course, think that whatever is going on on Snapchat is more important than what the teachers are teaching. And even if you get their attention, they only need one new text message to lose their focus. I just think that technology is such a good invention, but if I could put up one rule for the school time, it would be that students leave their phones at home,” Adams said.
