New Faculty Q&A: Ms. Nightingale
Ms. Nightingale is a former Jesuit student who will begin teaching English to sophomores and juniors this year.
Hanna Nightingale is teaching English to sophomores and juniors at Jesuit this year. She has spent her last four years teaching around the world, and is a former student who has always dreamed of returning to Jesuit.
Ms. Nightingale taught in Germany for a year, and also in Meridian, Mississippi as well as the small town of and Byhalia for three years.
She is very familiar with Jesuit and shows great warmth and love for the community. When she was a high school student here, she would tell people that she would one day return to Jesuit’s grounds as an English teacher, and she is proud to say that she’s fulfilled that dream.
“I love my job and I love Jesuit and I’m just so happy to be here and I appreciate the warm welcome I’ve received from faculty, students, and parents,” Nightingale said.
Nightingale has been influenced by Maya Angelou.
“[A] quote on my wall [from her says] that people will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.’ And that’s something I tried to carry with me.”
Full Interview Transcript:
How long have you been in teaching?
“So this is my fourth year teaching in the US. And then I did teach for a year in Germany, so I guess five in total”
Where have you taught prior to Jesuit?
“I have been teaching in Mississippi for the last three years at public schools in Meridian, Mississippi, and then up north by Memphis in Byhalia, Mississippi.”
What classes will you teach this year?
“I’ve got sophomore English and then juniors as well.”
What excites you about teaching at Jesuit?
“I graduated from Jesuit so I’m really excited to be back. It was actually a dream of mine. When I was a student here, I was like, tell people I’m gonna come back and teach English here Sunday. So when I came back this year it was really a dream come true.”
What is something the community should know about you?
“Oh, gosh, I guess just that I love my job and I love Jesuit and I’m just so happy to be here and I appreciate the warm welcome I’ve received from faculty, students, parents, everyone.”
What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
“Okay, so I guess the best piece of advice, it’s not like personal advice, but a quote, and I have it on my wall. It’s a Maya Angelou quote, and it’s ‘People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.’ And that’s something I tried to carry with me.”
running Track and Cross Country. Some other hobbies of his include boating, swimming, cooking, and spending time with friends and family. Sam also really enjoys traveling to and exploring different cities and countries, some of his favorites being Switzerland, Bora Bora, and
Italy. His favorite subject has always been English, as he enjoys sharing his opinions and thoughts through writing. Sam’s favorite things to write and read about are global issues and current events. He enjoys writing about these topics to shed light on problems going on around the world and how we can do our job to fix them. Nordean hopes to bring positivity and good change to the Jesuit community through forms of media.