Dr. Sawsan Jaber - Teachers Make a Difference - Sommeih Uddin and Hasan Jabar

The speaker reflects on their 24-year teaching career, emphasizing the profound impact teachers can have on students. They highlight two influential figures: their 6th-grade English teacher, Samaya Odeen, who helped them find identity and belonging through literature, and their grandfather, Hassan Jabed, who instilled the importance of education and literacy. These experiences shaped the speaker's teaching philosophy, aiming to create a classroom where every student feels they belong and can discover themselves.

What did the narrator learn from their 6th grade English teacher, Samaya Odeen?

• The importance of mathematics

• A sense of belonging and identity through literature

• How to play a musical instrument

• The history of New York and New Jersey

What was one of the narrator's goals as a young teacher?

• To become a principal

• To write a novel

• To make students feel they belong in the classroom

• To teach only advanced students

Who is the second influential figure mentioned by the narrator?

• Their grandfather, Hassan Jabed

• Their uncle

• Their grandmother

• Their father

What did Hassan Jabed emphasize as crucial for liberation?

• Art and music

• Wealth and power

• Literacy and education

• Travel and exploration

What did the narrator's grandfather teach about understanding history?

• It is only important for historians

• It should be ignored

• It is essential to preserve and understand one's own and global history

• It is irrelevant in modern times