Name: New Jersey School Gets Two Big Surprises from Ellen
Uploaded: 2019-04-04T01:37:08.000Z
Duration: 7 min 20 s
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Every morning the first person I see when I walk in the office

Past simple

So I am in North Bergen New Jersey and an amazing title I

school that is full of some of your biggest, biggest,

So I am with some of the students and faculty

OK, so today we are surprising two teachers

from McKinley elementary school that are actually

And what do you teach what grade, and what do you teach.

I teach-- I'm a Title I teacher, so I teach fourth, fifth,

or English, kids who are at risk of failing.

So how did you end up how did you end up working there?

And then I got phone calls from north Bergen,

and I jumped at the opportunity, of course.

I instantly fell in love with these kids.

I found out that they needed me more than--

Because the difference between the kids you were teaching

I mean, I came from a place where, you know,

And now I had these kids who they didn't have much.

had a student who didn't have a backpack.

And how do you not have a backpack, you know?

I went with my mom every summer and I picked it up.

And Susan, you've always wanted to be a teacher.

I mean honestly since I was a little kid,

the teachers were just the best people in my life.

And the only way I was able to raise my children

And it really is what changes your situation in life.

So I understand you make sure that those kids never

Because sometimes they get there late, and they miss breakfast.

But that's where most of them get their meals, right?

you come in you're like, I'm going to teach math,

And you have these kids and they're coming in,

And you're like hey, buddy what's going on?

And then you realize some of them come to school

And it's not because they don't have loving parents.

A lot of them come from single family homes.

Maybe were dropped off at the babysitter 6 o'clock.

not going to learn how to read and write.

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