Introducing Wagner

Asher Montano
Staff Writer 
  Brooke Wagner is a human being who sometimes acts like an adult. She is a 25 year old woman who originates from Indiana. Wagner now resides in Idaho teaching English, Journalism and yearbook at Bonneville High School (BHS).
  Wagner was born and grew up in a small town called Fayetteville, Indiana. Her hometown “is a small town on the county border, so the zip code does not match the city name.” Through her life growing up in Fayetteville, Wagner was a huge fan of cartoons. She would get up to enjoy almost any cartoon that was available. With all these animated shows, her favorite had to be the show Danny Phantom. Wagner explains, “Danny Phantom was hot, and I will die on that hill.” Wagner also indulged in dirt biking with her dad when they had the time, yet she mentioned that they have not been able to go out and ride bikes for years due to time constraints in her adult life. Wagner attended high school at Bedford North Lawrence school in Bedford, Indiana. “I took multiple upper-level classes, but advanced English was always my favorite.” Beyond that point she fell in love with teaching due to an opportunity to teach “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner to a 9th grade class.
  Those who attend Bonneville High School may have the opportunity to know Mrs. Wagner as an English teacher; however her skills have not always been as sharp as they are now. For example, Wagner made a simple but heartbreaking mistake while competing in a spelling bee in the 5th grade. Wagner misspelled the word drawer, a place to put clothes, as “D-R-A-U-E-R.” Even though the spelling bee of 2009 haunts her to this day, she eventually moved on to tackle the English language and fell in love with grammar in high school.

  Due to her love of English in high school, “I started college at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, transferred to a cheaper option, and started my sophomore year at Brigham Young University Idaho.” She now has a secondary degree in English education, allowing her to now teach at BHS. 
  While working to pay for school, she had the opportunity to meet her future husband! She worked as a training mentor, and she was assigned a “challenging bald man with an authority problem.” No matter the circumstances, when push came to shove, she fell for him, and now they are happily married while also possessing their cat, Binx . Depending on who is asked, the origin for the name Binx changes. Wagner is set on her belief that their cat is named after Thackery Binx from the movie Hocus Pocus, while her husband is sure it is Jar-Jar Binks from the Star Wars prequel films.
  Brooke Wagner has experienced a life of her own, from loving cartoons as a kid to going to college and marrying another human being. She now teaches full time at BHS in the English department, helping her students learn and grow to the best of their abilities. She works incredibly hard every year to keep the yearbook and school newspaper afloat, and students keep coming back. She tries her best to make everyone feel welcomed and also occasionally says someone's name without ever formally meeting them. Overall, Brooke Wagner is an adult who fills the responsibility of a teacher but deep down she is a goof who expresses her love for the way she lives. She tries her best to make everyone feel welcomed and also occasionally says someone's name without ever formally meeting them.

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