BEN MEYER

Geometry teacher, football coach and assistant girls soccer coach W.T. White High School, class of 2006

THE JOURNEY BACK: Meyer attended Yale University and studied economics and mathematics. “I knew I wanted to teach for a little bit after college,” he says. “I wanted to come back and work at Dallas ISD or at least in an urban school district.” After enrolling in the Dallas ISD alternative certification program, he applied for positions at several Dallas high schools. W.T. White was one of the few high schools with jobs available.

“I just kind of jumped on that,” he says. “It’s fun coming back and teaching people who grew up in the same area you did.”

WHAT’SCHANGED: Not much in five years, Meyer says. “Maybe half the teachers I had are still here, and the other half have retired or gone to different schools. The student body is pretty much the same,” he says.

WORKING WITH FORMER TEACHERS: “It’s a little weird because I’m teaching with some of the teachers who taught me,” he says. “It’s not as weird as I expected because it’s a totally different group of students. I’m not teaching people I actually know.”

STUDENT REACTIONS: “They’re kind of taken aback when I say, a, that I went to school here, and b, that someone from here ended up going to Yale,” he says. “It’s kind of neat for them. It’s good not only for my students but also for the kids I coach.”

FUTURE OUTLOOK: Meyer began as a freshmen football coach and then was moved up to varsity. Still, he remains close to the freshmen football players. “It would be nice, because I’m really close with those freshmen, to see them go through high school and hopefully succeed and go to college. That’s kind of what I’m shooting for.”

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