Rylee Pippin wants her fourth-grade students at Memorial Day School in Savannah to believe they can work through difficult lessons.
Pippin said her mother, who is a teacher, inspired her interest in the profession. Growing up around educators, she said, made her want to teach in a classroom herself.
She said one of the most rewarding parts of teaching is watching students understand something that had not clicked before. Pippin sees those moments as a shared success built on the work of both students and teacher.
When students do not understand something immediately, Pippin encourages them to keep trying. “You just don’t know it yet,” she said. She also wants her class to know that she loves and cares about them.
Yolonda Harris
News Now Georgia
