"Why Still Teach French? with Andy Hillier
WarriorEDU
English - April 04, 2021 21:12 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Welcome to Warrior EDU, Episode 13 with Andy Hiller, MCHS French Teacher & Theatre Director
Andy’s Teacher Story
Always wanted to be a teacher
Loved the big steps on the bus - synonymous with being in the school environment
Foreign language in HS, knew he wanted to teach French
Doing music at the same time
Went to France, stayed for a year
Went back to ISU and got his degree -
France - elementary school
Libertyville Middle School
Gets along with stricter teachers
Open up the idea of possibility
Explore after high school!
Leah’s Wedding Dress
Sewing - out of the blue told Leah that if she needed someone to make her wedding dress for her, he would do it.
Almost ruined it attaching the ribbon by hand - pricked his finger, got blood on the ribbon, had to re-do the ribbon!
Theatre
Always enjoyed productions and theatre, studied a lot of opera
Staging of productions
Worked with a theatre group in France, staged productions
Applied here knowing that he could do theatre
Very difficult to do, so much to do
Working with students on a monologue
Challenge Faced in the Trenches
Why still teach French?
Language education is not an extra, shouldn’t be an elective
Opens your mind to see what jobs are out there and possible
We should all experience this as human beings
Break down the barrier of “core vs. elective”
They all have a place at the table
HOPEFUL
Right now - COVID related.
Long Term - A change in education, a broadening of perspectives.
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