My students are the kindest, most determined, hardest working people I know. Many of them face great adversity in their homes, and in their daily lives, yet they come to school each day willing to learn and to do their best.
I love my students more than I can explain, and once they have been in my class they are forever “my kids.”
Because of my love for my students, I’m tough on them, but they rise to each and every challenge set before them. They are tough, strong-willed, and determined, and I’m so lucky to get to spend every day with them!
My Project
This will be my first year teaching AP English Literature. As part of this course, students are required to read multiple novels of “literary merit” to prepare themselves for the AP Literature exam at the end of the course.
The students at my school often don’t have a ton of money to spend on things for their classes, and already they will be paying to take the AP exam at the end of our course; I would like to help them by providing at least one of the novels we will read.
Zora Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God is a classic novel that my class can use to cover so many topics important for the AP exam. Please help me provide this text for my students!
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