If Denice Laws wasn’t a teacher today, she would be a Broadway actress.
“[A] failing Broadway actress,” Laws clarified.
Laws would have liked to be a Broadway actress, but she was afraid of failing and working at a fast food place for the rest of her life.
“I didn’t want to say ‘Would you like fries with that?’ for the rest of my life,” Laws said.
Laws recently started teaching special education math at McKinley High School.
“I wanted to work a little closer to where I was living. So that was why I chose McKinley High School,” Laws said.
Laws said she likes the traditions and pride at McKinley.
“My favorite things so far have been the history of the buildings and knowing that there’s a lot of pride in the traditions here,” she said.
Laws said she likes to teach special education.
“Sometimes the challenge of getting students to learn something they’re struggling with can take really interesting paths,” Laws said. “It’s fun to get people where they’re learning a skill they didn’t think they could learn.”
