After college, she taught first grade three years, then dedicated 14 years to raising two daughters. I observed firsthand the joy and satisfaction my parents derived from teaching. Education was not only valued in my home, but it also was viewed as one of the most influential professions, and I grew up associating teaching with pride. My teaching energies are directed at what each child can do. Just try to work with young children and not smile.
Young children guarantee an active, talkative, and inquisitive day.
I may have held the hand of a future president, or tied the shoes of the next Larry Bird or a Nobel Prize winner. Having parents accept me as a partner in their child's education is an exceptionally rewarding experience. Mrs. Politz began teaching in 1970 at Rankin Elementary School and moved in 1972 to Rio Grande Elementary School before taking time off for her family. She returned to classroom instruction in 1987, planning and organizing the First Baptist Church preschool before taking an assignment to the full-day kindergarten program at Warren. She has been a facilitator three times during the past year at Indiana Department of Education Kindergarten Conferences and at the Governor's Conference on Early Childhood Education, and she was invited by the governor to attend his State of the State Address.