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continued from page 2 second time,” she said. “You’ll fail, you’ll make mistakes. But, you have to pick yourself up and keep going.”
Rierson’s advice to her fellow teachers and students is that it’s truly loved living in the area ever since.
“I am more of an outdoors person so I like the ruralness of it, I am not a ‘big city’ fan so I enjoy that,” said Remley. “I love the people that I work with and the people I serve, which is very helpful as well. It’s a unique experience working in a rural area instead of a big city or even in urban program or a half-day program prior to coming into kindergarten, it’s always a huge adjustment for everyone, including me,” she said.
Maurer said she fully supports Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposal to make pre-K standard for all public school students in the state by the time she leaves office in January of 2027.
The Bad Axe teacher said she knows kids need a solid base when they start school, and she also understands that parents have countless financial and time demands placed an educational system that makes and shapes the future.
“As a teacher, we help students realize their dreams,” she said. “We give them the foundation to go off and be whatever they want to be in their lives. If they areas, which I (have worked in) both, so I have enjoyed being (in the Thumb) with everybody and working with the community and it has become a part of my home.”
Over the years Remley has transitioned into many different roles while with McLaren Thumb Region while being focused and working out of the emergency upon them. Making pre-K standard for all kids would put students ahead of the game while making her job easier at the same time, she said. can get a solid foundation, they can achieve anything they want.”
Currently, spots in good programs can come at a premium, and parents who aren’t welloff yet earn too much to qualify for certain programs sometimes fall through the cracks.
“They’re sort of stuck in the middle,” she said.
Maurer, a Bad Axe High School graduate, attended Michigan State University and taught in Cass City for 13 years before “coming home” to Bad Axe.
“We have a great school system, and I work with great people,” she added. “We have great students, and I’m very happy to be at USA Schools.”
“That is kind of the thrill and excitement of the emergency department, you never know what is going to come through the door,” said Remley. “You can have someone having a heart attack or someone having trouble breathing or you can have a toothache or sore throat, or you could have a bad car accident or, where we are at, a bad farming accident. You have anything and everything and there is no set schedule for it, some days you don’t have nearly as much, and some days you have people in the waiting rooms because there are so many people
Being in this small community, however, makes the personable connection for him easier to have with his patients. Despite some of the regional challenges (though easier to handle thanks to collaborations with other McLaren hospitals), the community is close enough to where he is able to work closer to his patients than if he were in a larger city.
“The biggest thrills are when you have a patient who is very sick and you are able to turn them around and get them stabilized, and then hear about their return to the community later on,” said Remley. “That is one of the unique things
“I love the outdoors and I love hunting and fishing and having the lake around is pleasant, (it is not the ocean like I am used to on the east coast but I enjoy that aspect),” said Remley. “Just knowing the community and knowing the other providers in the area makes it a lot more enjoyable to work together because we like to work together as a family. Like I said I know that a lot of times when I am working with a patient, it is a relative of someone in the hospital or they know them through marriage or other things, you feel a lot more involved in the care that you are giving to the people and it makes you want to give them the best care possible because you know it is going to people that you know and trust. “ work they will be doing in the middle of the year, starting off with smaller periods of learning and larger play times.
