Who's Who Among American Teachers. Advisory committee, Facing History and Ourselves. Neighborhood Christian Center volunteer. Sustaining member of Subsidium, the support group of Memphis Oral School for the Deaf. Academically-gifted seventh and eighth graders can be a tough audience to win over, but Sue Harrison is up to the test.
Every day is an adventure.
When the class was reading Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird , Harrison planned a Southern Luncheon. Students researched old recipes, raiding their grandmothers' cookbooks for items to prepare for class. Scenes from Shakespeare are staged in full costume. Field trips are frequent. Harrison's grandmother taught in a one-room school.