[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 116 (Thursday, July 11, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E898]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             RECOGNIZING MEMPHIS MATH TEACHER BERNELL JONES

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                            HON. STEVE COHEN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 11, 2019

  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend Bernell Jones, a 
seventh grade mathematics teacher at the White Station Middle School in 
Memphis for the last 16 years, who was recently nationally recognized 
as an inspiring educator.
  Before he became a math teacher, Mr. Jones was a computer specialist 
in the Marines, which explains his effectiveness in keeping discipline 
in his classroom. ``Classroom management from a military perspective is 
fairly easy,'' Mr. Jones told The Commercial Appeal newspaper. ``You're 
just so used to telling people what to do. These are young kids, and at 
school they will do the right thing.''
  Mr. Jones earned a master's degree in teaching at Christian Brothers 
University he began teaching at White Station Middle School. An 
innovator in the classroom, he said he seeks to make mathematics fun 
with ``pi'' days and a waffle festival. He has changed the minds of 
many students who didn't initially like math--one became a math teacher 
herself.
  Mr. Jones is an inspiration to his students and to our whole 
community, and I congratulate him for this recognition.

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