Teacher of the Month: Mr. Solis
Manual Arts High School | 4-28-2011 | Comments |
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This story appeared in The Toiler Times, the student newspaper of Manual Arts High School. By Jovana Urrutia
This month’s choice for the teacher of the month is Mr. Solis, a World History teacher. Mr. Solis is a dedicated teacher who wants changes for students to change their lives with education.
I met him in September 2010 when I took his class intersession to make up World History. From the start, I knew I was going to learn a lot from him, and I did.
One question I asked him was, “What inspires you to teach high school students?” He responded he wanted to be a football coach but then he decided to be a history teacher and to teach students to motivate their minds.
Mr. Solis wants every student to have a better education then he did. The reason why he says this is that doesn’t want them to go through what he went through. He grew up in East Los Angeles where there is violence, gangs, drugs, and death. When he was in high school, he was with the wrong people and did stuff that he wasn’t supposed to do. Then he finished high school and college and now he is a teacher. Mr. Solis inspired me when I had him for a class he said to me and the other students in his class. “Go to college don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t. Prove them wrong.”
Since that day I knew that I can go to college and be successful in my life and follow my dreams. Mr. Solis went through the same thing when he was in high school and he told me that people doubted that he would go to college and he proved them wrong he went to college got a degree.
I would like to thank Mr. Solis for telling me that I can go to college and never give up my dreams.
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