Hope Academy West teacher Sami Roman writes on the chalkboard during a class at the summer Esperanza program at Hope Academy Lincoln Park in Cleveland.
Teacher aims to lift students up
By GLENN WOJCIAK
White Hat Marketing/Publications
Teachers can lead the way to a brighter future.
That’s the belief of Sami Roman, a teacher at Hope Academy West in Cleveland.
Roman looks at the teaching profession from a unique perspective. He was a middle and high school teacher in his native Egypt for six years before immigrating to Cleveland 11 years ago.
His inspiration to become a teacher springs from his experience as a student of foreign cultures. Besides English, he speaks Arabic, Coptic, and a little French and Spanish.
He’s seen education lift people up.
“I believe teaching is one of the most important and critical jobs,” Roman said. “A teacher is a person who can help a nation to a brighter future.”
His observation is that many other countries are doing a better job of educating children than is done in the United States.
Roman believes a more rigorous curriculum in Egypt and other countries enables students there to learn more than their American counterparts, especially in social studies, math and science.
“What middle school students learn overseas is what is required from high school students in the USA. We must improve our curriculum to enable USA students more educated than others,” he said.
However, Roman enjoys teaching at Hope Academy West where he believes there is an effective plan to maintain discipline, security and teacher aides as well as the hardware and software needed to give students an effective learning experience.
