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. Karen emphasized how each person could read no matter how young. She told them that if they could recognize the golden arches, they probably knew it was McDonalds and that was like reading. She talked about wanting to be a teacher when she was a child and that one of the things she’s likes most about teaching is sharing cute stories about things her students have shared or asked her.
“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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