French teacher Emmanuel Nguifeu-Kamla, commonly known as Monsieur to his students, is leaving his position to teach closer to home.
The students really appreciate Monsieur and will miss Nguifeu-Kamla’s presence.
Sophomore Addison Weeks, a French II student who has had Monsieur as a teacher for two years, feels that Nguifeu-Kamla provides a solid environment for learning.
“My favorite part about having Mr. Emmanuel as my teacher is that he’s very lively, and he has a very good energy while in the classroom,” Weeks said.
Freshman French II student Tre Oliver feels like he built a strong connection with Nguifeu-Kamla. With this personal connection, Oliver feels he can talk more openly with monsieur.
“You know, considering who I am, I’m an African American… and the fact that he is as well… I can kind of…have personal one-on-one conversations with him… and I’m blessed for that opportunity,” Oliver said.
And not only does Oliver have a good connection with Nguifeu-Kamla, but everyone finds that Nguifeu-Kamla is a kind, energetic and very helpful teacher.
Freshman French I student Lydia Mills-Robertson finds that learning French is very interesting and that Nguifeu-Kamla teaches the subject well. Nguifeu-Kamla is a teacher that works a lot with projects in order to have the students engaged in learning French, while still having fun.
“It’s a very different language from English, so it’s interesting,” Mills-Robertson said. “I think Mr. Emmanuel is very nice. He’s very easy to joke with, yet he’s serious and helps us learn better by [making sure we stay] on task.”
It is helpful to have a teacher who is not only willing to assist, but that is kind and approachable, which makes what teachers do very special.
French II student freshman Meredith Boldt has some fantastic memories of her time in French. Not only do the students find the class and the teacher interesting, but, as stated by Boldt, they do really engaging projects.
“I really liked the food project we did because we got to eat all the yummy French foods,” Boldt said.
While Nguifeu-Kamla is leaving Susquehannock, he did not take this decision lightly, and he will miss his students and colleagues. He has spent a while making this decision and has officially decided to move closer to home while desiring to continue teaching in schools to follow his passion.
“It’s not an easy decision being here for four years, and that creates a connection that I built with not only my colleagues, but most importantly with the students,” Nguifeu-Kamla said. “It’s not really, really easy for me. I feel like, you know, that something will be missing in my life… I’m gonna miss a lot of my students, a lot of good [memories] that I share with them, we share together, all the stuff. And how it was great to meet them.”
This special connection with students allowed Nguifeu-Kamla to teach them French, a discipline just as special to him as his students.
