Name: Ellen Surprises Inspiring Baltimore Teacher Mr. O
Uploaded: 2019-03-24T15:02:50.000Z
Duration: 8 min 17 s
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What would make someone want to move from California to become

The superlative

a middle school teacher in one of the poorest

Can you read that question up at the top nice and loud for us?

My name is Wyatt Oroke, but my kids call me Mr. O.

And I'm the humanities teacher at City Springs Elementary

that have been under-resourced and underserved

for centuries based on political decisions made,

And so what that has led to is that our students

come from the highest poverty rates out of any school

students who have been homeless every single year.

I've had a couple students give birth to children.

One of them went into labor in my classroom.

And so for me, it's trying to show as much empathy

Growing up in Baltimore has been very challenging.

And my mother always told me to be independent.

Baltimore has a lot of people with big dreams.

Our principal, our school staff, all our teachers really

And having them function from that strong place of love

has meant that our students get a lot of support

I buy a lot of independent reading books for my students.

I believe that the smartest people in the world

So anytime a kid asks me if they can get a book,

I'm always like, yeah, I can go on Amazon right now

There are so many times where I wish I could do more.

You know, I wish I could say that all my middle schoolers

asked me for help I've been able to provide that help for.

think so much about my students and what they're going through,

and whether I did enough for them that day.

I know that my community here in Baltimore

has given me the responsibility to educate their children.

And that is something I don't take lightly at all.

I want to go to my dream college, UCLA, and be a doctor.

I want to become a photographer and video editor.

From Baltimore, Maryland, please welcome Mr. O.

You didn't know you were gonna be on the show.

And you say that teaching there has changed you.

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Ellen Surprises Inspiring Baltimore Teacher Mr. O

access

resilience

empathy

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