Follet embarks on new adventures after 38 years
Thera Follet
Thera Follet has been a teacher for over 39 years, 38 of those years were spent teaching at Lewiston High School. She graduated at the University of Colorado and earned her graduate degree at the University of Idaho.
Follet says she has always known that she wanted teaching to be her profession. According to Follet, the best part of her job are the students and being active. On the other hand, the hardest part of her job is dealing with disgruntled parents that are upset over something.
After her many years of teaching, she has decided to retire. Though she enjoys teaching, “there are things that I want to do,” she says. Her son is having a child and she is becoming a grandmother for the first time. She and her husband plan on playing tennis, going on hikes and travelling to the Alps to go skiing.
For her, the hardest part about leaving is going from being busy to not doing as much as she does while teaching. She will be missing all the students that she has enjoyed teaching. “I just want them to decide to do the hard work, because the hard work really pays off,” she says. “I want them to be happy and do their best.”
