Teacher Salute Deanna Dee

Melissa Forman salutes Teacher Deanna Dee.

Episode Transcript

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But listen, it is Friday,which means it is time with our friends
at visit Florida. Honor a teacherwith our teacher salute. It is so
easy. Go to ninety three nineLIGHTFM dot com nominate your favorite teachers.
You gotta do this. They wintwo hundred and fifty dollars every Friday,
and then also they qualify for thistrip to the Florida Keys next summer with
us. Cannot wait, all right, right now? She has no idea,

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But I'm calling Deanna D's. She'sat Lombard School District forty four.
She ready, Jim, She's noidea. Why I'm calling? All right?
Is this d D Deanna D's.Yeah, Hi, it's Melissa Forman
from nine two. Oh my god, no, it's not. What are
you doing right? I'm driving towork right now? Get there, we
get kids off the bus. Soyeah, you're a teacher then, huh

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yeah, Tickling, I'm a certifiedteacher, but I'm a teacher assistant.
Huh So my background is art andtheater and stuff like that. So specialist
kids for special needs kids. Ah, and you're Lombard right at Lombard District
four. Yes, but a fieldelementary school. Yeah, oh, so

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let's see here. I hear thatyou go away above your job duties as
an instructional assistant. Like you know, there's some days you don't even take
a lunch. Yeah, it's soshort haired and stuff like that. So
we can technically get like a twentyminute break. And sometimes we don't have
enough staff or we have a crisisthe kids. We don't eat, right,
So I would keep some cookies inmy pocket. That's how I would

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tell. And I keep the crackersand said, mom, well you get
for a snap. I'm like,Oh, I had raisins ears, I
don chocolate bar. Said mom,that's not tasty. It's that's my girl.
That's my girl, and I loveI love this. So you had
a background in theater. I cantell now that you're speaking like the kids.
Probably well, I know the kidslove you because we heard about you,

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but they have to love that,right. If I didn't have the
background in theater, I don't thinkI can do this job. Well,
listen, we do this thing everyweek. It's called a teacher salute where
we find out about an awesome teacher. And you know, it's pretty cool.
And guess what Miss Diana, De'swhat you're this week's teachers. Oh
my god, you're kidding me.No, no way, happy, happy

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me, happy me. Oh mygod, you are so fun. I
love you. I kind of wantto come over and help you with lunch
duties. Is that Belle? It'sHilaire is so loud? One key and
like, where's my headphone? Becauseyou know they're screaming, they jumping around,
but they eat it. Sometimes You'relike, okay, it could be
worse. Oh I know. Oncein sixth grade, I accidentally twerked when

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I was a lunch mom. Iwas never invited invited back by my kids,
and I'm like, I said,it was like a dad's party in
there. I had to do it. I love. They look at me
crazy, but I'm like, okay, so listen, you're gonna get two
hundred and fifty dollars yeay, ohmy god, yeah, just for me,
just for you from our friends atVisit Florida. And then you are

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also qualified for this this year's triphawks K Resort in the Florida Keys.
You're qualified. What I have neverbeen that far away. Yeah, it's
gonna be fun and I'm going withyou guys that's the best. Berkad.
I'm gonna show you my dad's movesto tell you I'm not showing you mine.
No, do you know what Iread? I went all right?

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I love you. D you arethe best? Am I saying it right?
Is it? Danna D's And asyou say it right? See my
mom was gonna be a school star. Soace you put the d D.
But I live it happen. It'sadorable. Dna D's from line. Thank
you so much. I love youso much. I love you right back.
Thank you for what you do,and congratulations for me this week's teacher
slords. Thanks again, thanks somuch the bottom of my heart. Thank

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you so much.