Mrs. Coronis is a third grade teacher at Harriet Bishop Elementary School in Savage, Minnesota. I know Mrs. Coronis because I went to elementary school at Harriet Bishop and had Mrs. Coronis for a club advisor in sixth grade. I wanted to interview her because she has been a teacher for many years and I had a good relationship with her through the club. The interview with Mrs. Coronis was on Friday September 18th, 2015.
Mrs. Coronis attended the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire for two years and Concordia in St. Paul for two years to get her Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education. Later she went on to get her Masters Degree from St. Mary’s University. Mrs. Coronis actually started out at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire as an accounting major, but soon realized that she did not like accounting. She switched her major to Elementary Education because the classes looked much more fun. Mrs. Coronis comes from a long list of family members that are teachers which also persuaded her to go into Elementary Education.
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Teachers put in many extra hours to create the lessons they want to teach or finish the projects they need to complete. Mrs. Coronis says her least favorite thing about teaching is all the “extras” involved. She also dislikes the standards teachers are required to cover, and the mandatory testing. But Mrs. Coronis says that the good parts of teaching far outweigh the bad. Watching students understand a concept that you have taught them and seeing their excitement for learning is among her favorite parts of being a teacher. She also enjoys the school atmosphere and working with her peers. Seeing her students’ personalities develop throughout the school year also brings her great happiness. And one of her favorite things to do, weirdly enough, is to correct papers. She enjoys using a pen and marking papers! Which is one of my least favorite things to do so this seems crazy to