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Enota teacher draws on her childhood to guide her classroom
Gainesville's Teacher of the Year is humbled to be working with fabulous people
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Enota Multiple Intelligences Academy fourth-grade teacher Denise McConnell calls on a student during a recent class. - photo by Tom Reed
Denise McConnell remembers a lot about her childhood. She remembers helping her grandmother, a teacher, grade papers after school over snacks and Coca-Colas. She remembers how hard it was to sit still and be quiet in class, how much she hated boring worksheets and how quickly her teachers were able to contact her parents after a bit of mischief.