My own sister teaches math in inner city Baltimore at a somewhat elite magnet school. She is 69 years old and has never been a starry-eyed liberal kook. She’s as conservative and practical as they come. She uses tried and true old fashioned methods to teach math and gets real results. This is her last year of teaching. That old breed of math teachers who got results are almost gone now
I pray for the safety of your niece. I totally understand the dangers she faces. The average duration of a teacher these days is under five years. The turnover in the education business is absolutely horrendous. How long has she been at it?
This is her second year.
She got a late start as right out of HS she had the Travel Bug and she went all over the world, working along the way to pay for it all. She’s a hard worker, smart and very dedicated to whatever she wants to do at any given time. She was a great athlete all throughout school, too.
She has a really nice boyfriend (I forget what he does, but it’s productive) and we’re hoping for a RING. Also hoping she loses interest in this particular quest that she’s on. She was offered many teaching positions, but this one appeared to be the biggest challenge to her, so of course, that’s what she picked.
She is a different breed than I am, for sure!