The Oldest Teacher in America is 102, and Plans to Keep Teaching

There's a teacher in North Plainfield, New Jersey named Agnes Zhelesnik, she turned 102 on Tuesday. Naturally, her students and co-workers call her "Granny" but, that makes her the oldest teacher in America. She works at a private elementary school called The Sundance School, for 35 hours a week, teaching kids from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade how to cook and sew. She's been there for 21 years.

She started teaching when she was 81 years young. Her daughter is 72, also named Agnes, and teaches at the school as well. The older Agnes almost never misses a day of work, and doesn't plan on retiring anytime soon either, she says, "I am going to stay as long as I can, make them happy as good as I can. Who could get it better?" Hey, no one said she was an English teacher.

She thinks Home Economics still has a place in today's curriculum.

[Via: Time]