It takes 84 steps to get from Room 224 to Room 212. At the end of those 84 steps, you are greeted with a caring smile and a “WELCOME!” to start your day from Ms. Gordon, the teacher in Room 212. Many of us may think that we know the woman behind the energetic attitude, but how many of us know what happens behind the scenes after the bell rings at 2:55?

“Someone was pranking me and they were putting Justin Bieber stuff in my room, so I opened the door and there was a Justin Beiber poster on my blackboard and I don’t remember if they wrote a note or something but the next day there was a pin, a toothbrush, and then more posters and eventually accumulated to a life-size cutout of Justin Bieber in my classroom. I still, to this day, don’t know who did it…” Ms. Gordon said, illustrating some of the shenanigans that happen in the history hall.

Ms. Gordon is an eagle through and through, straight outta college, New Ulm High School was her first job. “…I got offered a couple of other jobs, but I turned them down…but yeah, it was my first job out of college and it kind of stuck,” said Ms. Gordon.

Mr. Bute states that one thing that really gets her blood pressure going is the curriculum. “She may even use some choice words when she answers that.”

Now that we have discussed a little bit about Ms. Gordon, let’s hear what her fellow history buffs think about her.

Mrs. Gordon lends this piece of advice to future teachers, “Make sure it is something that you want to do because it is challenging but it is rewarding in different ways. We do need good and passionate teachers but you need to be able to go with the flow and be able to roll with changes and be dedicated to teaching as a career.”