Internship Day 14!

Linda Dreyfuss, Teacher, Myron B. Green Elementary School, San Carlos

Why do you enjoy your job?
I've been teaching for 33 years...and its just...like to work with kids, like to see the lightbulb go on.

Why did you decide on 2nd grade?
I didn't, I was in special ed and just decided a change and my principal at the school I was at hand picked Green as a job for me to try and that was the opening that was avalible. I had been teaching special ed for 10 years in San Diego and just decided to look at the general ed perspective. So this was the job opening.

Whats the hardest part about being a second grade teacher?
Preparing for a substitute. Because you can never walk out the door, shut the door and say the works gonna be there tomorrow. You always have to be prepared for a sub or the long hours to prepair the plan especialy in elementary, its minunet by minunet not subject where it would be in high school where you might be teaching multiple classes but you have the same subject, with the same lesson plan. This is munent by minunet for the 7 hours. So...and I cant personaly leave it with a skeleton lesson plan, i've got to make sure that for me im planned or over planned so that if something falls apart its not becuase I wasn't prepared but that just fell apart because.

Would you ever teach a different grade?
Yeah! yeah, I taught special ed which was kindergarden through 8th grade, so yeah I wouldn't mind teaching another grade, but right now this is comfortable and im probley only gonna teach about 5 more years them i'll retire!

Did you ever think you would be a teacher in high school?
No, I wanted to be a dental hygenist!(hahahaha) Too much science!