On a CLASSIC Teachers’ Lounge, we're revisiting our 2022 conversation with Kathy Berberet! She's a retired elementary school teacher from Freeport. Kathy started her teaching career in 1965 and…to say they threw her right into the deep end…oof.
"When I started teaching, as a teacher, you were extremely isolated," she said. "You were closed in this room with them. In my second year of teaching, I had 50 3rd graders!"
We talk about how in the world you teach that many kids at once, how she evolved as a teacher as she got older and adapted to new teaching styles and technology. We hear some of her favorite stories from over the years and much more.
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