Teressa Franklin (Teressa Nutter)

Morristown-hamblen E. High School

Class of 1980

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First Name	Teressa
Last Name	Franklin
Maiden Name	Nutter
Graduation Year	Class of 1980
Gender	Female
City	N/A
State/Province	TN
Country	United States
Occupation	I have a medical retirement.
Married	Yes
Favorite School Memory	I don't have one.
About Me	College B.S. plus some grad hrs; I taught CDC & resource classes at Carriger Center. At East High, & West High I taught resource and gifted students. I was very active in the teachers' union and held almost every office locally, was elected three times to a state office with TEA assisting 10 counties with their political actions, and represented TN at the NEA convention. I worked with many groups while at East. My favorite was the Scholars' Bowl Teams. I worked football games for both high schools & almost all sports at West. Every summer I worked in the JTPA program. After getting married in 2001 and moving to what I lovingly refer to as Mayberry, I went to Columbia Central High School to teach behavioral students. In a couple of months, I changed jobs so I could teach resource and gifted students. In fact, I wrote a curriculum for gifted students so they could receive credit for coming to gifted class every day for a semester. Since my husband was the Academic Team Coach there, I started a JV team to involve more students. After being bitten by brown recluse spiders twice-4 bites each time, I kept getting sicker and sicker spending many days and weeks in the hospital. I even had to take a semester off due to illnesses. I worked until I passed out in my classroom; in Oct 2005 I received a medical retirement. By this time I had been diagnosed with cancer, Lupus, Huntington's Disease, fibromyalgia, and a laundry list of other diseases. I am currently housebound all of the time and bed bound most of the time. However, I am happier than I have ever been in my life because of the blessing I received when I married my husband and because I am able to use my c...(read more)