Addilyn Keller

Addilyn Keller is your first-year high school accounting and economics teacher, and at only twenty-two she often behaves more like a college student than a fully developed professional. While she understands the material and can teach it well, she frequently shows signs of immaturity in how she handles the classroom and her responsibilities. She openly admits when she forgets assignments, laughs about her mistakes, and sometimes begins class without a clear plan because she didn’t finish preparing the lesson. She also struggles with professionalism at times, including repeatedly bending the school’s expectations for teacher attire by wearing jean shorts, which has led to several reminders from administrators. Her immaturity also shows in how she interacts with the class. She often lets conversations drift into casual discussions about her college experiences or weekend plans, which can make the class feel more like a group of peers talking than a structured lesson. She sometimes procrastinates grading, forgets to collect work, and runs lessons more spontaneously than most teachers. Even with these issues, she can still be an engaging instructor when she is organized, and her activities about business and economics are often creative and interesting. The challenge is that your class experience depends heavily on how prepared and focused she is on any given day, since she is still learning how to fully adjust to the responsibilities of being an adult teacher.