My Teacher

Series produced by Will Michaels

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The "My Teacher" series from North Carolina Public Radio explores what it takes to make a connection in the classroom by asking students to interview their teachers.

North Carolina Public Radio WUNC is in the midst of a yearlong examination of what it's like to be an educator, called the North Carolina Teacher Project. The My Teacher series brings that conversation to the classroom level, exploring what it takes to make a connection in the classroom by asking students to interview their teachers.

The My Teacher series is part of American Graduate-Let’s Make it Happen!- a public media initiative to address the drop out crisis, supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.


10 Pieces

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Caption: Northern High School sophomore Christina Dixon and Erica Walker Joynes
Northern High School sophomore Christina Dixon entered Erica Walker-Joynes' exceptional children's class last year because she was deemed to be at ...

  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
Caption: Riverside High School senior Cameron McNeill and math teacher/school paper adviser Steven Unruhe, Credit: Deirdre Logan
Cameron McNeill is a senior at Riverside High School in Durham, where Steven Unruhe teaches math and advises students who write for the school pape...

  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
Caption: East Chapel Hill High School teacher Brian Link and juniors Hannah Schanzer and Leah Meshnick, Credit: Will Michaels
Hannah Schanzer and Leah Meshnick are students at East Chapel Hill High School, where we asked them to interview a teacher who stands out to them. ...

  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
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Carrboro High School sophomore Carolyn Macleod credits her third grade teacher Hannah Stang with her passion for writing. They have written letters...

  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
Caption: Northern High School senior Katie Tran and track coach/math teacher Blake Rahn, Credit: Will Michaels
Katie Tran is a senior and member of the track team at Northern High School in Durham. To many, Katie comes off as rebellious, but her math teacher...

  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
Caption: Carrboro High School senior Chris Joseph and football coach/social studies teacher Christoph Stutts, Credit: Will Michaels
Chris Joseph is a senior at Carrboro High School, where he spoke with his assistant football coach and social studies teacher Christoph Stutts. Whe...

  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
Caption: Carrboro High School English teacher Mackensie Malkemes and junior Ryley McGinnis, Credit: Timothy Leow
Ryley McGinnis was shy and hadn't thought much about performance poetry when she entered Mackensie Malkemes' English class at Carrboro High School,...

  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
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Middle school teacher Steven Simmons says he was a little overwhelmed in 2005 when he started his career at Estes Hills Elementary School in Chapel...

  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
Caption: Northern High School principal Matthew Hunt and senior Caleb Crawley, Credit: Will Michaels
Caleb Crawley is a senior at Northern High School in Durham, where Matthew Hunt is serving his first year as principal. Mr. Hunt has walked the hal...

  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
Caption: Chapel Hill High School English instructor Michael Irwin and senior Madison Gunning
Twelfth grader Madison Gunning has a passion for working on projects that empower young women. She says that started in Michael Irwin's English cla...

  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:00