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Two Years a Teacher: Q&As

2025-06-07
by Olivier Cleynen

[part of a series: Two Years a Teacher]

At the start of the school year I would hand my stu­dents a ques­tion­naire with a few per­son­al ques­tions, then answer the same ques­tions for them. I did this because it helped me under­stand who they were. Some chose not to answer, some trust­ed me right away with big secrets. Just so you get an idea how intense, thrilling, and uplift­ing it can be to work with teenagers, I share here a few answers giv­en my my 9th graders.

Is there some­thing you would like me to know about you?

I like to learn new stuff about life and make sense of stuff.

I like your jokes 🙂

I am always tired

I have a sister

I’m bi

I don’t real­ly like physics

I don’t like physics, but I give you a chance

What is some­thing you are good at?

I’m good at scor­ing high in Just Dance and analyse, as well as inter­pret, things. If you’d ask my mom she’d also say play­ing piano.

mak­ing peo­ple laugh

rec­og­niz­ing songs

swim­ming, sleeping

being here for oth­ers, help­ing them by lis­ten­ing to them

I am very ambi­tious, but when things don’t work right away, I lose motivation

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