100-year-old math teacher is still working
Madelin Scotto 100 Year old Math Teacher
(October 27th, 2014)
A 100-year-old math teacher is still working at
the school she attended as a child. Madeline
Scotto, of Brooklyn, New
York, remains dedicated to her students at
St. Ephrem's elementary
school - where she was part of the first graduating class in 1928.
Madeline Scotto works three days a week as a math coach at St. Ephrem's
elementary school in Brooklyn, New York.
Mrs Scotto says 'retire'
is a 'bad word.' 'I don't ever want to hear that word,' 'Some people like what they're doing, but I have a passion for
what I'm doing, and when you have a passion for something, you never give
up.'
She began teaching in 1954, after a pastor at her
church asked for volunteers to fill in for some sisters who had been in a
bus accident.
Mrs. Scotto has five children. most of whom have retired, nine
grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Her husband, Francis, died
in 1999.
Mrs Scotto, whose 100th birthday was Thursday, will
be honored with a special Mass and student assembly on October 27.
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