English Teacher Reaches Through Student's Haze

John Burnett:

Christine Eastus was a double major in English and chemistry with plans to go to medical school. Instead -- to the chagrin of her parents -- she became a teacher.

In the 1970s, she taught English at Greenhill School in Addison, Texas.

"Once I started teaching, it was a completely new world, sort of frightening in a sense, because you're dealing with students who are so impressionable, but it's heady stuff particularly when people like you, catch the bug and become writers and let you know about it," she tells NPR's John Burnett. "That is a real high, to hear from someone who's your age still remembering me and I'm sure many of them curse me because I guess I was a bit demanding."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 29, 2011 2:16 AM
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