{"id":1881,"date":"2022-03-24T20:14:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T20:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2022-03-24T20:14:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T20:14:58","slug":"welcoming-ms-turcot-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/welcoming-ms-turcot-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming Ms. Turcot! "},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Brendan McGonegal\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We recently gained a new member of the Wayland Middle School community, and we decided to do a welcome interview for her. Ms. Turcot is a 6th\/7th grade English teacher, and we asked her the important questions about her and her work. Welcome to the WMS community, Ms. Turcot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: <\/strong>How long have you been teaching?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Turcot: <\/strong>\u201cI\u2019ve been working in schools for a while, probably about five years. I worked in 5th grade, I worked with 7 year olds, I worked with 10 year olds, all different ages and grades. I did my student teaching last year, for the full year, in Amherst Massachusetts, and this is my first official teaching year in the classroom on my own. I started the year in Natick, doing 6th grade English. Then, I moved here to Wayland, and I\u2019ve been here for 2 months.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: <\/strong>What\u2019s your favorite part about teaching?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Turcot: <\/strong>\u201cThe students, of course. I think that middle schoolers are hilarious, first of all, and very smart. I love it when the whole class laughs together about something. I really just like being with all the students, hearing what you have to say, and having fun together! That\u2019s my favorite. I also really like it when I am teaching something and the students don\u2019t understand at first, and then they slowly start getting it, and I love when students have that \u2018Ah ha!\u2019<\/em> moment, and they\u2019re like \u2018Oh, I know how to do something now!\u2019. That\u2019s a great moment as a teacher, it\u2019s really powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: <\/strong>Do you only teach middle school kids, or do you also teach adults or high-school students?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Turcot: <\/strong>\u201cNo, I just teach kids, but one day, what I really would love to do is move abroad, and teach adults in Europe English. I\u2019d love to go to Spain or Italy and teach older people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: <\/strong>What is the most fun grade to teach?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Turcot: <\/strong>\u201cThat\u2019s hard, I think it depends on what content you\u2019re teaching. I’ve had more experience teaching 6th grade, but I\u2019m starting to really like teaching 7th grade, so I don\u2019t know. Follow up with me in a couple months and I\u2019ll have an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: <\/strong>What is your opinion on playing music while kids work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Turcot: <\/strong>\u201cMusic is something that I want to dabble with more. I find it hard because of the open room that we are in here; I don\u2019t want to distract other classes. Whenever I ask for songs, nobody can think of a song to play. I want to play something, but I\u2019m not going to force you to listen to my music! So if people suggested songs and wanted to hear them, I absolutely would play them. It needs to be appropriate, too. A lot of the songs kids suggest have swears, so I can\u2019t play that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: <\/strong>What is your favorite English subject to teach?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Turcot: <\/strong>\u201cI like teaching the Hero\u2019s Journey. That\u2019s one of my favorite things to teach. You can see it in so many fantasy adventure books kids read, and that helps because you can see the patterns in your book, or relate it to movies you may have seen. I also really like talking about books kids are reading, any conversation about independent reading makes me happy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me:<\/strong> Do you prefer Pop-tarts warm, or cold?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Turcot: <\/strong>\u201cThis is a tough one to answer. I feel like there\u2019s a right answer to this, and I don\u2019t want to get it wrong. I haven\u2019t had one in forever, but they\u2019re so good! I\u2019m gonna go for cold.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me:<\/strong> What is your favorite band?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Turcot: <\/strong>\u201cMy favorite band? Lake Street Dive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: <\/strong>What is your favorite ice cream flavor?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Turcot: <\/strong>\u201cBen & Jerry\u2019s cookie dough. In a cone, not a cup.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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