Ms. Seyfried: An Interview With A Math Teacher

I entered the empty classroom illuminated by those gross fluorescent lights, decorated with the usual motivational posters, and I was greeted by the sunny presence of my math teacher, Ms.Seyfried. She was wearing a red scarf and a light blue sweater, she’s a really young teacher and was fairly new to the school. I decided to interview this introverted math nerd to learn how she became the intelligent adult she is today. The interview was more like an interrogation at first as I awkwardly asked predisposed questions, but when we got to talking it became more like having a conversation, other than the part where I struggled to type at the speed of light to get down everything she said.
She didn’t have a very challenging upbringing, it was primarily centralized around family. Growing up, there was animosity between the students at her school. She lived near a reservation and was the minority among the students. At home she says, “my parents …show more content…
The loss of pets was actually probably the hardest.” She tells me she’s very fortunate for that and is grateful everyday, but although having a fairly painless home life, she’s “never been a person where making friends came easily.” Seyfried has always been a more withdrawn person which surprised me because teaching is like one of those jobs where you’re in front of people everyday. I asked her what strong memories she had of her childhood and learned her “family did a lot to make family moments a priority” she tells me, “Anything with nature and my family leads to a strong memory. The smell of the trees will even bring back memories.” When she looks back she says,“Being a grownup now I appreciate the simplicity.”
Into Mrs.Seyfried’s high school years, school was a main priority, and she had many influences growing up. One of the most important influences she told me about was a biology teacher named Mr.Johnston that encouraged her to become a teacher. He was a