Teacher of the Week

JOE COLLINS

Collins began teaching in Atlanta. After Atlanta he continued on to Motlow, MTSU, Bledsoe County and then he began at the middle school in 1991. He began as a math teacher and ended up teaching science.

He says teaching science is fun and he also enjoys watching the TV show ?Jeopardy.? During one science experiment, a plastic bottle of a mixture erupted. It made a big mess and the smell was terrible. The smell stunk up the end of the hallway.

?I told them that those bottles won?t break because they are almost indestructible,? said Collins. ?I said. ?You can run them over with a car and they won?t break,? and then it did.?

In teaching science, hands-on experiments help keep the students involved.

?Some students like science and some don?t,? said Collins. ?The more exciting you can make it, the more they like it. It?s not exciting every day but it can be interesting. I try and do a variety of things. I like to use the Internet. There are some interesting sites you can pull off of that.?

Collins has been married to his wife, Marsha, for 38 years. He has two children, Andrew and Alan, and a granddaughter Grace.