Staff Profile - Maggie Owens (November-2009)
What is your favourite subject to teach?Mathematics If you had a superpower, what would it be?
Invisibility- it would give me the ammunition to get all the little secrets around the school and to catch the students in the act! LOL What would you do with an unexpected day off school?
Ultimate Spa Day - Treat myself to a full body pampering! Where did you go to school?
St.Mary's School for Deaf Girls, Cabra! Tell us about your first day teaching in St. Marys School.
Was VERY nervous coming back to work with my teachers, now some of us are great mates! 1st Day Teaching My first class were 1A and 1B. They were a lovely group of students and made it very easy for me to settle in! What is the worst job you have ever had?
Turning turf out in bog all day - I only got €2.50 for one days work! My boss was a slave driver! Have you always wanted to be a teacher?
No I wanted to be a NUN. What is your motto for life?
'A smile is a curve that sets everything straight',so always smile.
If you were stranded on a desert island, which 3 people would you choose to bring with you (one must be a staff member at St. Mary's School)?
- Peadar - my Husband
- My best mate.
- Shirley - She has great survival instinct! She'd protect me.
- Unlimited supply of chocolate
- Vaseline
- Mascara
Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown What is your favourite film?
Gone with the WInd What is the trait you dislike most in other people? People who tell lies Who is your favourite artist? Michaelangelo - I love the painting of 'Creation of Adam' I remember Marie Feeney getting all passionate teaching us about that painting, she states that when God touches Adam's finger he is giving him a 'spark of life'! In our Transition Year we went to Rome and I saw the Sistine Chapel ceiling- it was amazing. I now have that picture up in my sitting room. What do you like most about St. Marys School for Deaf Girls? Its warm friendly family atmosphere and the students. Who are your heroes in life?
- My Mum
- Eimear O Rourke
