By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is closing the e-book on her instructing profession at a Virginia neighborhood school.
The primary girl, who has taught in school rooms for 40 years, introduced Monday that she had taught her ultimate class ever at Northern Virginia Group School in Alexandria. The shock announcement got here throughout a digital “thank you” occasion with lecturers tuning in from across the nation.
“Being your first lady has been the honor of my life. But being your colleague has been the work of my life,” she mentioned. “Last Thursday, I taught my last class of the semester and my final class ever at Northern Virginia Community College.”
“I will always love this profession, which is why I continued to teach full time while serving as your first lady,” mentioned Jill Biden, who has taught English and writing at NOVA for 15 years. She was the primary lady to proceed her skilled profession outdoors the White Home whereas serving america as first girl.
The announcement comes as she and President Joe Biden are making ready to depart the White Home in a little bit over 5 weeks after the Democrat dropped his bid for reelection after he carried out poorly in a debate towards Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump over the summer season.
Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris succeeded Biden on the ticket, however misplaced the presidential race to Trump, who is ready to be inaugurated to a second time period on Jan. 20.
Jill Biden began instructing English and writing at Northern Virginia Group School in 2009 after Barack Obama and Joe Biden have been elected president and vp. She continued to show there after he left workplace in 2017, driving the prepare down from their house in Delaware.
She usually mentioned, “teaching isn’t what I do, it’s who I am.”
Initially Revealed: December 16, 2024 at 4:49 PM PST
