The Chemist By Mrs. Isbell

The Chemist

“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think” - Albert Einstein

Many teachers, when asked a question, automatically give the answer. However, Mrs. Isbell is a different sort of teacher. When asked a question, she replies with a question. If she is asked what something is, she will give minor details about the object to make the person think about the answer. By pursuing this course of education, her students are well educated in her field of teaching. Instead of memorizing facts and equations, they are forced to learn the material, and apply it to their work.

Mrs. Isbell does a fantastic job of making students apply their knowledge and understanding of the subject. She makes the students use previous

Isbell is a short lady, with gray hair, and glasses. She has a natural love of life, people, and knowledge. She grew up in Peoria. After she graduated high-school, she wanted to be an OBGYN; Mrs. Isbell went to Bradley University. There, she met her husband; and ended up never taking her MCAT. “I decided that I would fall back on chemistry” Isbell said in an interview. After, she went into subbing; having 4 kids during this time. She fell in love with teaching after seeing kids learn and think. “That’s when I decided to go back and get my teaching certificate.” She graduated from the University of Missouri with her masters degree after teaching for a few years. She now teaches college chemistry in the morning, as well as high school chemistry in the day time. She is one of the few teachers who are qualified to teach collegiate level courses throughout the high school; though her class requires two hours to

We forget that they are just people trying to teach us the skills we will need in the future. Mrs. Isbell has taught at Canton High School for 9 years. She has experienced first hand what the students behaviors are like towards educators, and how it affects them. She has a special way of dealing with the attitudes of other students.

Mrs. Isbell does a great job of handing out her homework. When I was able to observe her class, she generally gave them their homework at the end of the hour, with more than enough time to get most to all of it done. Many times, her book work would range from a variety of problems, varying in difficulty, but she would never give them too many problems. When she asks for the homework, she will walk down the aisle and collect them from the center of the table. After she collects them, she grades them as fast as a racehorse. She hands them back, most times the next day, or sometimes