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Kathy Bouchard
Teacher of the Month
By Crystal Patriache
"One of the main reasons I became a teacher was because I love to be around kids," she says. "As I got into my education classes, I found that I enjoyed middle school ages the most because of the drama and the turmoil that they go through in the growing up process. It's exciting to watch such significant changes in a person."
Teaching can be a challenge and students may be challenging for a moment or two, but Bouchard truly believes that her biggest challenge lies within myself, making sure that she is doing all she can do for each student. She says it's a struggle to find the time, patience and resources sometimes, and still be able to live her life the way she wants to and that there are times when she considered leaving teaching in search of something better or less frustrating.
"When I begin to think about that, something happens to remind me why I became a teacher in the first place," say says. For instance, last year she was struggling with staying in the teaching profession when she received a few e-mails out of the blue. "Two of them arrived on the same day, from two completely different students. Those e-mails that I received over a week's time all expressed their thanks for being 'one of those teachers I will never forget.' They touched me in a way that I have never felt before and right then, I realized that I was in the right profession. I would have never guessed that I had impacted those particular students in any way. Receiving this award has also made me feel so good about being a teacher! It's always the little things that happen that make you feel good about the profession."
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