Marcellus Ballard (NCSU) [Walker]

What are you majoring in?

Business and Marketing Education.

What prompted you to become a teacher?

I wanted to have a positive influence on other people’s lives.

How has this experience affected your desire to teach?

This experience has affected my desire to teach greatly because I like seeing that the kids are learning and bettering themselves.

What’s your favorite experience with the students here at Wakefield?

When that light bulb goes off and I know that they have learned something new is my favorite part of teaching.

Amie Bero (NCSU) [Krassy]

What are you majoring in?

Double major in math and math education for high school.

What prompted you to become a teacher?

One of the reasons is my teachers in high schools and I like math.

How has this experience affected your desire to teach?

It’s made me more confident in my decision and I love it.

What’s your favorite experience with the students here at Wakefield?

Seeing myself get through to others and being able to help.

Wesley Bradford (NCSU) [Schock]

What are you majoring in?

Masters in Teaching (a program) and for undergrad I majored in psychology and history.

What prompted you to become a teacher?

I’ve always wanted to be one because my teachers were very influential on me.

How has this experience affected your desire to teach?

It’s made me want to teach even more because I’ve really liked it.

What’s your favorite experience with the students here at Wakefield?

I like when students ask questions because I get to interact with them and it means they actually care.

Erin Cauley (NCSU) [Eller]

What are you majoring in?

I graduated with a history degree and now I’m getting my masters in secondary social studies.

What prompted you to become a teacher?

Both of my parents were teachers and I’ve been around education my entire life. I see the value of education and teachers, especially in North Carolina, so I wanted to give back everything that’s been given to me from public education.

How has this experience affected your desire to teach?

It strengthens it and gives an actual feel for what I’m doing rather than jumping into it without practice.

What’s your favorite experience with the students here at Wakefield?

I really like when students ask questions because I feel like they actually care to learn.

Alexander Demeyer (NCSU) [Mills]

What are you majoring in?

Technology engineering and design education.

What prompted you to become a teacher?

I really wanted to help the kids that get looked over either because they don’t perform as well.

How has this experience affected your desire to teach?

I enjoy working with the kids on the content I know. I have to constantly teach myself new things everyday, which keeps it interesting.

What’s your favorite experience with the students here at Wakefield?

Being able to actually help guide the kids through the different activities that we are doing and I have learned just as much from them as they have from me answering their questions. Also having Mr. Mills here has been a huge help.

Rebecca Gay (NCSU) [Chappell]

What are you majoring in?

Math education for high school.

What prompted you to become a teacher?

I love math, I love being able to see students actually understand and I just wanted to make a difference in people’s lives.

How has this experience affected your desire to teach?

It’s made it more realistic and it helps me understand what I’m doing better.

What’s your favorite experience with the students here at Wakefield?

The other day, in Mrs. Plant’s class, she [Plant] said raise your hand if you’re a boy, and one student said ‘I’m not a boy, I’m a man.’
Greg Key (NCSU) [Dunn]

What are you majoring in?

Math education.

What prompted you to become a teacher? I really like being around people and I enjoyed math through school. I figured teaching math would be a great way to make an impact on kids and be involved with math at the same time.

How has this experience affected your desire to teach?

It’s given me an opportunity to see what teaching really is like. It’s a lot harder than I thought it would be. You have a ton of different things to think about, what you want to teach, your lessons, what the students will ask, make sure you’re doing the problems on the board correctly, and it’s really tiring. It’s fun though, and I like being here.

What’s your favorite experience with the students here at Wakefield?

Having students come in during SMART lunch and just helping students individually.

Angela Lassiter (Meredith) [Bode]

What are you majoring in?

Family and Consumer Science Education.

What prompted you to become a teacher?

Taking Family and Consumer Science classes in high school because I had really great teachers.

How has this experience affected your desire to teach?

It’s unique because you can try out your job before you commit to it.

What’s your favorite experience with the students here at Wakefield?

I love it when students say hi to me in the hallway, it’s so sweet.