Interview with Mrs. Bolivar
By Pierce Roach
Who is Mrs. Bolivar
Mrs. Bolivar, a spanish teacher at Tomball high school, is a good and caring teacher. She always wants what is best for her students and helps them to succeed in her class. She works almost everyday of the week. She attended college at the University of Houston where she obtained her bachelor's degree and She has a husband and a very young daughter. She has worked at Tomball for a long time and will be teaching for years to come.
Teacher
Teachers are like Generals keeping their soldiers in line
Interactive
Mrs. Bolivar is very interactive with her class and has them speak spanish to each other to help them learn
Haiku
Teachers love to help students
They want what is best for them
And help them when needed
- Grades taught: 9th - 12th
- Classes taught: Spanish 1, 2, and 3
- Classroom Environment: She keeps her classroom very colorful and not judgemental
- Classroom management: She takes role everyday and makes sure that her students don't get too loud
- Teaching Strategies: Quizzes, tests, Classroom games, Projects, etc.
- Hours worked per week: 50-60
- Biggest challenge: The fact that students think they should get good grades for trying
- Biggest reward: being able to change kids' lives
- Self motivation- When asked, on a scale of 1-10, how much motivation was needed for the job, she said 20