Q&A: Marley Middle School Teacher Wayne Edwards

Patch caught up with technology education teacher Wayne Edwards last month. , according to a document from Anne Arundel County Public Schools.

Patch stopped him to ask .

Glen Burnie Patch: How long have you been in education?
Wayne Edwards: 32 years. All 32 [at Marley].

Glen Burnie Patch: How did you decide to go into education?
Edwards: It's kind of like fate. My mother and my aunts, they were all teachers. And I shared with my students that back in 1980, I was always told I had to go to college. So I was like, "OK, I'll go to college." Then I got there and I was told, "You have to choose a major." So I just kind of looked in the book and chose industrial arts—I didn't really know what that was. And I ended up being a teacher. That's why I say it was kind of like fate. That's what I'm doing with my students now, is careers. And trying to help them know that there's all kinds of things to choose from.

Glen Burnie Patch: How did you decide to teach at the middle school level?
Edwards: I kind of started out in middle school. And I just enjoy this age group. I never had the desire to do elementary or high school. I just enjoy working with the middle school group. I've never done anything else and never had the desire to do any other grade level.

Glen Burnie Patch: Where did you go to high school? College? What degree do you hold?
Edwards: Oscar Smith High School [in Chesapeake, VA]. I went to North Carolina A&T State University [and have a degree in] industrial arts.

Glen Burnie Patch: What do you do in your free time?
Edwards: I love to travel with family and friends. I like doing home improvements around my house. And working in the yard.