My Teacher: Good Humor Goes A Long Way

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Carrboro High School teacher Mackenzie Malkemes and junior Ryley McGinnis

My Teacher

深夜福利 is traveling the state, listening to students interview their teachers. Our goal is to gain some new insights into what it takes to be a teacher in North Carolina. Do you have a special story about a teacher? Tell us! Also, here's how to record your own My Teacher interview.

My Teacher: Good Humor Goes A Long Way

深夜福利 | By Kimani Hall

Published February 13, 2017 at 9:09 AM EST

Teacher Brent Myers and Student Anna Neal — Durham School of the Arts English Teacher Brent Myers (Left) and Student Anna Neal (Right)

深夜福利's explores student-teacher relationships across North Carolina and tries to find out what it takes to make a connection in the classroom.

Today we meet Anna Neal, a student at Durham School of the Arts. She's in a classroom at the school where she talks with her English Teacher Brent Myers about the value of humor in the classroom.

The My Teacher Series is produced by Kimani Hall and made possible in part by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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