Anne Beus - Teacher

As a child, I always wanted to be a teacher. My mother and father were both educators, Dad in math (though a history major) and mother a home economics major who went back later for an endorsement in Special Education. Mother stayed at home until my youngest sister entered school, then went back to teaching – this time in Special Education. Dad taught mathematics for as long as I can remember, though I am told that he had an excellent job with the railroads before I was born. He gave up the job to go back to teaching at approximately ½ the pay. The word was out among our friends that he was a superb math teacher – I guess that's why he never got to teach history.

I received a B.A. in Spanish teaching from BYU in 1966, but didn't teach full-time until much later. I was a “stay-at-home mom” with my 12 children until about a year after my husband was injured in a bad car accident. In the spring of 1990, I took over as permanent substitute at Wasatch Jr. High, finishing the year there. I taught at Hunter Jr. High the next year, then came to Cyprus , where I teach Spanish. I also taught a year of Orchestra.

I really like Cyprus High. The teachers are caring, the administration excellent to work with. The students are, for the most part, very accepting of other races and backgrounds. There is little emphasis on money and possessions: what you are counts much more than what you have.