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Mrs. Clark’s opinion on teaching at Iselin Middle School

Elvis Rodriguez-Abreu, Aryan S, and Eithan Montellanos

June 11, 2026

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Panther Press: What subject do you teach?

Clark: Math.

Panther Press: How long have you been teaching at IMS?

Clark: 17 years.

Panther Press: How much longer do you think you will teach at IMS?

Clark: 18 more years.

Panther Press: What inspired you to be a teacher?

Clark: The love of learning and being around the youth of America.

Panther Press: What is your favorite thing to teach in math and why?

Clark: I love equations because there is a concrete single answer.

Panther Press: What period is the best behaved?

Clark: Oh that’s a tricky question! It depends on the day.

Panther Press: What did you have to go through to be a teacher?

Clark: Four years of college and half a year of student teaching.

Panther Press: What are your plans after the school year ends?

Clark: Two vacations and to go to the beach.

Panther Press: Has this year been good?

Clark: Yes.

Panther Press: Would you stop teaching for a million dollars?

Clark: Oh that’s a good one. Yes, with a million dollars I can do a lot of things. Because I can be at home with my kids, not that I don’t love you guys but because I have my own kids too

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About the Contributors

Elvis Rodriguez-Abreu, Reporter

Elvis Rodriguez is a student from Iselin Middle School. Rodriguez lives with his mom, brother (Liam), sister (Ziana), and dog while visiting his dad once in a while. He grew up in New York then moved to New Jersey to start 2nd grade in Indiana Avenue School 18. Rodriguez loves to have memories with his dad and having a fun time. His favorite teams in professional soccer are Real Madrid and Barcelona. He also loves to play video games with friends.

Aryan S, Reporter

Aryan S. is an 11 year old kid. He is from India and moved from Canada to the U.S. and currently lives in Iselin and goes to Iselin Middle School. His hobbies are playing soccer and hypixel bedwars. He is very good at sports like cricket, basketball and soccer. He likes games like Pubg which is a Battle Royale and Minecraft.

Eithan Montellanos, Reporter

Eithan Montellanos is a student of Iselin Middle School. He was born in Peru, when he was little he was supposed to have long hair, but when he was 2 or 3 years old his family cut his hair because it was so long. Montellanos likes to play almost every sport. He has 2 brothers and 2 sisters. Montellanos is a good son. He always wash his dishes when he finishes his food or his drink. Every time he sees trash on the floor he always picks it up.When he comes back from school the first thing he does is do homework. After doing the homework he goes to shower and he takes like more than 1 hour to shower.