A passion for teaching | De Kinderen resident committed to educating young minds
Abigail Warner
Abigail Warner

By Michel Outridge

ABIGAIL Warner is a hard-working young woman who is fully involved in her family-run business and is a full-time school teacher at the Vergenoegen Secondary School.

She teaches English A and Reading for Grades Seven to Nine.

The 22-year-old has been in the profession for the past three years, having completed her studies at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE).

She gravitated to teaching as a Sunday school teacher at her church and developed a liking for it when she realised that she had a way with children and it was a fun time for her.

“I used to look forward to Sunday school time because I like children and I felt good being able to impart knowledge; and I thought I should make it a career, something I like doing,” she said.

Warner added that since she wasn’t too creative in her teaching skills, she opted to teach on a secondary level and it was a good choice, because she is loving the interactive classroom sessions with the students.

“I do well in a controlled environment such as a classroom, where I can relate to the students both on a one-on-one platform and collectively,” she said.

With school being closed for more than nine weeks now, Warner would assist her students with online teaching via WhatsApp and Zoom.

Daily, she tutors a group of 15 to 20 students and deems it fun interacting with the bunch who are willing to learn.

“My students would call me every day to talk and for me to help them with the school work, but I miss the classroom exercise where I have a more hands-on technique,” she said.

These days, Warner would go to Vergenoegen Secondary School three days a week to assist students who are writing the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams.

“I am helping with basically the supervision aspect of it and it is done on Mondays and Wednesdays; and it is no big deal because I miss the students and the school,” she said.

Warner added that when students ask questions it means that they want to learn and they want to fully understand what is being taught and it gives her great joy to be a part of that.

This young woman sees herself opening her own school in the future. It is her wish to utilise retired teachers as supervisors and managers, because a lot of them are not doing anything as is and they have a wealth of knowledge.

“At the same time, my school must have a lovely canteen where my family products will be sold and I might as well kick-start my catering service, since I am versed in making pizza,” she said.

Warner is considered the family’s chef and they love the home-made pizzas she would make and they have been encouraging her to start a small business in that field.

This teacher also aspires to venture into hair-styling and makeups, since she is talented in that line of work and would often practis ALe on her siblings.

 

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