Student teacher to teach science at Memorial

By RAYCEE THOMPSON
Room 210 Editor

Mr. Steven Garrett has concluded his student teaching duties at South Middle School, but he will remain in the Joplin R-8 School District as a seventh and eighth grade science teacher at Memorial Middle School.
Mr. Garrett was the student teacher for Mr. Mike Wallace's 8th grade science class in 3rd quarter and for Mrs. Barbara Rooker's 7th grade math class in 4th quarter. Mr. Garrett said the difference between 7th and 8th graders was this, "Eighth graders can see the light at the end of the tunnel, so they work harder. Seventh graders on the other had still have a whole other year before they have that ability to see the light at the end of the tunnel."

Steven Garrett's career plans are to go on to get his masters degree and continue teaching.

The students grew to know Mr. Garrett and in the words of the students, he was "cool" or "awesome". His last day was May 15th and all the students miss him a lot.
"I enjoyed student teaching at South and I'm going to miss the students. It was a wonderful experience." said Mr. Garrett.