Cathy Cartier Teacher

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Cathy Cartier is a teacher at Affton High School. She teaches both English II and Honors English II. These classes are meant for high school sophomores. English is meant to be a class where wrong answers are welcome, and new words are taught. It's meant to be a learning environment in which students can express their creative side by strengthening their reading and writing skills. Good English teachers are forgiving, and willing to help their students understand how to improve their writing. However, Cathy Cartier is not a good English teacher.
She constantly brags about the title given to her years ago, "Teacher of the Year of 2012". While this is a high achievement, this does not mean that her words are the only words that matter. She also

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