Karen Stear Hometown Hero |
posted by: Cindy Omlin | September 29, 2015, 06:44 PM |
This summer, NWPE member and Kuna, Idaho, 4th grade teacher Karen Stear was joined by the Kuna post master, two police officers, a paramedic and a fireman to tell their stories to children in the Kuna Library’s Hometown Hero Program.
“I love to read! At first I wanted to be a teacher because I liked to write with chalk, but then I found out I was allergic to it! Now we have computers and fancy screens instead of chalk. Things keep changing because people keep learning. I'm also a clown. When my students ask if that's the truth, I tell them I have better things to do than make up stories about things like that!
When I was four, I knew I wanted to be a teacher. One day I got up and brushed my teeth, combed my hair and walked out to the street. A yellow bus stopped and picked me up. When I got to school, I walked in and they asked me what class I was in. I replied ‘I don't care, I just want to be at school, so any class is fine.' They sent me to the principal's office. I wasn't quite sure why, but I knew that that probably wasn't a good thing. They asked me my name and phone number but since t I was only four I said ‘black,’ which was the color of our phone. Then they called the police station and asked if there were any extra parents. Sure enough my mom was missing me. I wasn't missing her, though, because I really wanted to go to school
To learn more about this tremendous educator, please see her district profile here.
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