“I came from a school where kids drove their BMWs, not their tractors,” Mr. Guerra said when he first came to Freedom last year. Monday, Jan. 10, 2011 was the first day you would have seen Mr. Guerra, student teaching at Freedom Area High School. Now this is his second year here at Freedom, but only his first as an official employee. Last year, a handful of students knew Mr. Guerra as their student teacher. This year everyone has probably seen him in the halls as one of the new hall monitors. Mr. Guerra graduated from Slippery Rock. He never crammed his studying into all of one night, but rather studied in shifts. An hour of study, an hour of absolutely nothing, he said when talking about his college years. His favorite class at Slippery Rock was Dr. Tom Pearcy’s JFK Assassination. He also said that if it counted, student teaching was his favorite part of his studies. If anyone thinks it is scary being a student teacher, just ask Mr.Guerra. He’ll say, “It’s scary at first, but once you get into the grind of things, it’s not bad.” Mostly, Mr. Guerra was worried about being accepted by his students and the other teacher he was working with, Mr. Hernandez.. Also, Mr. Guerra thought that his real life examples he used in class would be irrelevant to us because he grew up in a completely different place than Freedom. In today’s tough job market, Mr. Guerra is happy with his hall monitoring job. “[I’m the] only person from my graduating class, that I know, with a fixed job at a school,” Mr. Guerra said. That’s why he likes his hall monitoring job. He, unlike most newly graduated teachers from college, has a job at a school that he likes very much. “I cannot believe I get paid to do this.” He said when talking about Freedom. Mr. Guerra is one of the only people you will ever hear say, “I can’t wait for it to be Monday.” Even though people don’t get paid for student teaching, Guerra really feels like he got paid for what he did. One reason he feels this way is because he got to come back this year. Secondly, he really likes teaching/working here. Another reason he feels like he recieved a valuable payment is because of the amount of greeting he received when he came back to Freedom. “I really like all the students, all the faculty, and I think we have some superior role models in this building,” Mr. Guerra said.