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Teacher Interview Research Paper

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Interview a Teacher

This past week, I was honored to interview my teacher, Professor Lysaught. He is a outstanding math instructor at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois. It was a wonderful motivational experience to hear his career change journey. Without a doubt, he instantly became one of my mentors.
Initially, Professor Lysaught started his career as a trucking company owner. Although, his job was great and saved enough for retirement, he pursued a further career by continuing college education. He wanted to try something new and exciting in a different industry.
Unlike many freshmen college students at 18 years old, Professor Lysaught began his college education in his late 30’s. At 38 years old, he earned his bachelor’s in Math from Circle Campus, now known as, University of Illinois at Chicago. After earning his degree, he wanted to become a teacher therefore, he went back to college. In 1994, he attended Chicago State University, and was certified as a teacher instructor. …show more content…

After a few years, he left that high school and began teaching at Richard’s High School. A few months later, he realized teaching high school was not right fit for him. Although, things did not go smooth the first few years, that did not stop him from continuing his search for the right job in teaching.
It was on a random day throughout the week, Lysaught was browsing the morning newspaper and found something wonderful. On the back of the newspaper, in the ad section, there was a job advertisement for Moraine Valley Community College as a math instructor. Without hesitation, he immediately called the school, was interviewed and got the

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