At Tuscarora High School, there are multiple teachers filling each classroom with a different task at hand. For some that’s teaching core subjects, and others that’s teaching electives. Of our many science teachers, one who has become known as a staple to Tuscarora High School is Ms. Ashley Robinette.

        Robinette received her undergraduate’s degree at Mount St. Mary’s University, and obtained her graduate’s degree at University of Maryland Global Campus, which at the time was named University of Maryland University College. She began her teaching career at Tuscarora with this year being her ninth year teaching. She teaches AP Biology, biology and environmental science, and she has previously taught physics of earth, space and science. When asked why she chose to teach science, she expressed, “I’ve always loved science, experiments, labs and just learning how things work in nature especially.” 

        Teaching students for nine years can bring many enjoyable moments. Robinette shared that her favorite part in teaching is interacting with the students and getting to know them. “Seeing them learn and helping them learn and just seeing those lightbulbs go off. It’s like my favorite thing,” she beamingly mentioned. 

        However, along with these moments, teaching can also bring a few obstacles to the course. A challenge that Robinette has faced being a teacher is getting all students to complete work as well as connecting with all students “because they come from so many different backgrounds and…not every student loves science, and getting them to love science is tricky.” When questioned how she best supports her students who are struggling in the class, she replied, “I love working one-on-one with students and connecting with them…finding real world examples that apply to them in their lives and trying to bring really complex science to their level.”

        Throughout Robinette’s numerous years teaching, it has caused her to view life in a new perspective. She stated that she’s been a teenager before, but now as an adult, she can think like a teenager and predict how students and teenagers are going to react to something. Thinking in this method also helps her to further understand her students and support them in the best way that she can.