Help   |   Contact Us

 

A Day in the Life: Judi Freeman

 

MIT Glass Lab
The Lost Sock - Lonely Laundromat
What Scuba Divers Do on Easter
Todd Farm Antique Show and Flea Market

 

Photo of a woman walking from her car. Judi Freeman walking across a lobby at Boston Latin School. Judi Freeman, a history teacher at BLS, is easy to spot in the morning rush. Toting a large leather purse, a handful of binders and stuffed folders, and dangling a janitor-sized keychain around her hands, she marches into the school building. Credit: Image courtesy of an anonymous MIT student. Photograph of Ms. Freeman entering the classroom and setting down her pile of graded papers and reading assignments. Photograph of Ms. Freeman navigating her way back to her classroom through a hallway of students. Photograph of the homeroom students gradually entering and lowering their assigned chairs down from their resting spots on top of the tables. Photograph of Ms. Freeman starting her class with current events. Photograph of Ms. Freeman discussing the Turkish government. Photograph of Ms. Freeman continuuing her discussion about Turkey. Photograph of Ms. Freeman continuing onto the next topic of discussion. Photograph of Ms. Freeman dividing her class into groups of four and handing each group a packet of reading material. Photograph of students reading their materials intently. Photograph of the next period of students slowly making its way into the classroom. Photograph of Ms. Freeman continuing teaching to the next group of students. She tailors the material to suit the personality of each class. Photograph of Ms. Freeman in the school’s library for a faculty senate meeting at the end of the school day at 2:15 p.m. Photograph of Ms. Freeman discussing school politics: the impact of recent budget cuts, how the faculty will change next year, and how colleagues are spending their April vacations. Photograph of meeting continuing in the library. Photograph of Ms. Freeman in her classroom after the meeting. She works on grading and research for her next few days of class. Photograph of Ms. Freeman heading to her car at the end of a long day.