PHOTO Nicholaus Jeffrey

“I like being a teacher a lot. It’s always a pleasure to see everyone grow throughout the year. My students have not just grown physically but also have grown mature-wise, I like being able to see everyone just grow into better people throughout the year. I believe that I will still continue to be a teacher, the only thing I can foresee myself doing differently is being in some sort of administrative role, but I also see myself staying in physical science or physics and continuing to build that program. I really want to see people succeed in their sciences because a lot of people think science is really hard, but I think from an outside perspective, science is also fun, and it is something you can enjoy and something that’s not just learning the content, it’s a process of being able to think.” – Physical science teacher Nicholaus Jeffrey