Teacher Spotlight?: Brandee Wheeler
1.What subject/classes/clubs do you teach/coach/advise: Biology and Cheerleading
- How long have you been teaching?: 2 years
- What would you like to share about your family?: My husband is from Mooreville. We met at ICC our freshman year. I am originally from Oxford, MS in a community called Taylor.
- What is your favorite thing about teaching?: I love sharing my funny, quirky, random facts with my students. I always relate to the lesson to make it more memorable.
- What is your least favorite thing about teaching?: I really don’t like testing. It stresses the students out because we have to test so much. However the class does rely on testing to prepare for the state test.
- What is your hobby outside of school?: I love spending time with my dogs. They are my favorites!
- What special talent(s) do you have outside school?: No special talents, just an ordinary person.
- What would people be surprised to know about you?: I was the first in my family to go to college.
- What is your most memorable moment as a teacher?: My first semester as a teacher, I lost my father unexpectedly. When I came back to school after a week, my students had made giant posters with encouraging sentiments. This was so special! So many tears were shed.
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