Teacher of the Week: Shawn Culbreth
ON WRAL DOT COM. ASHLEY ROWE ON
YOUR SIDE MAKING THAT SHOPPING
LIST AND CHECKING IT TWICE.
>> A TEACHER OF THE WEEK COULD
BE TEACHING OR DO THE RESEARCH
AND THE COLLEGE LEVEL. THE
CHILL IS HIGH SCHOOL WHERE
ENLOE HIGH SCHOOL TO SURPRISE A
PHYSICS TEACHER WHO FLIES AND
EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION
OF SCIENTISTS.
>> SO THIS IS THE INTEGRAL
NATURE OF WORK AND KINETIC
ENERGY. SEAN COPE WITH HAS A
MASTER'S IN APPLIED PHYSICS
SITE AND A PHD IN BIOMEDICAL
PHYSICS. WHAT DID WE TALK ABOUT
THAT INVOLVES FORTSON DISTANCE.
HE IS OPTING TO USE HIS
EXPERTISE AT ENLOE HIGH SCHOOL
BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THIS IS
WHERE HE COULD MAKE A
DIFFERENCE AND INSPIRE THE NEXT
GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS.
IF I WERE AN EDGE AND PROFESSOR
SOMEWHERE MAYBE TEACHING IT TO
CLASS OF 100. AND HERE I GET
TO TEACH TOO, YOU KNOW, CLASS
OF 30. SO I GET TO KNOW THE
STUDENTS A LOT BETTER AND BUILD
THOSE KIND OF RELATIONSHIPS AND
SOME OF MY STUDENTS THAT MAKE
TEACHING REALLY SPECIAL THE
SPECIAL BONDS AND SHARES IN
SOME OF HIS STUDENTS. IT'S PART
OF THE SO-CALLED WITH SUPPORT
SYSTEM EVERY DAY ALL THE TIME.
THAT'S HOW OFTEN MISS A COVID
THAT HIS WIFE, LAURA, THINK
ABOUT CANCER. THEY'RE CURRENTLY
GOING THROUGH A SECOND ROUND
OF CANCER TREATMENT JOB THAT,
YOU KNOW, THAT THAT PART OF THE
BOUNCE IS GETTING REAL WORK AT
THE COVE, WHICH WERE RECENTLY
FEATURED IN A WRAL HEALTH
REPORT ABOUT THE GROWING NUMBER
OF YOUNG WOMEN WITH CANCER,
SOMETIMES WITH CANCER
TREATMENT. YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE. YOU'RE UNDERGOING SO
MUCH TROUBLE, YOU KNOW, BUT
YOU CAN'T SEE THE HEADWAY THAT
YOU'RE MAKING. WE HAVE A FORCE
THAT VARIES WITH DISTANCE HERE
IN HIS CLASSROOM, THOUGH YOU
SEE THESE TANGIBLE PROGRESS
IN HIS 2. THAT GIVES ME THAT
INCREMENTAL
STEPS OF THE POSITIVITY THAT
I NEED IN MY LIFE TO KEEP GOING
ON BOTH THAT IT'S NOT JUST
HERE, BUT ALSO AT HOME.
>> THAT THE COVER OF I LOVE
YOU AND WRAL'S TEACHER OF THE
WEEK. ALL GIVEN A BIG ROUND
OF APPLAUSE
>> SUCH A TREAT MEETING HIM.
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