There’s a teacher in North Plainfield, New Jersey named Agnes Zhelesnik who turned 102 on Tuesday. That makes her the oldest teacher in America. (North Plainfield is in central Jersey, near New York.)
She works at a private elementary school called The Sundance School, for 35 hours a week, teaching kids from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade how to cook and sew. And she’s been there for 21 years.
Yeah, she only STARTED teaching when she was 81. Before that she was a homemaker. Her daughter is 72, also named Agnes, and ALSO teaches at the school.
The older Agnes almost never misses a day of work, and doesn’t plan on quitting anytime soon. “I am going to stay as long as I can, make them happy as good as I can. Who could get it better?” Hey, no one said she was an English teacher.
She thinks home-ec still has a place in today’s schools. Naturally, her students and co-workers call her “Granny.”
(Here are a couple photos of Granny in action.)
Posted by The Sundance School on Tuesday, October 20, 2015
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