Sharon Gordon Role Model

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Mrs. Sharon Gordon

My role model is Mrs. Sharon Gordon. Sharon Gordon is an English teacher at Georgetown High school located in Georgetown, South Carolina. She has been teaching at Georgetown High school since its opening in 1985. Mrs. Gordon has taught at three other high schools and has been teaching for nearly forty years. Mrs. Gordon was my English III teacher. At this point in time, she also teaches a "Grammar Slammer" or a grammar teaching class which I was a part of.

She is not only intelligent, but kind and dedicated to teaching. Mrs. Gordon has already retired once from education, but has come back to Georgetown High school to teach again. Mrs. Gordon is also one of the advisors of the National Honor Society at Georgetown

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