John Bender from thepublicsradio spoke with three recent RIC grads who are about to enter their first year as teachers. nicolegrammas '20 (top) will be teaching biology at Cranston West High School. David Andrews '20 (bottom) will teach science at a charter middle school in Providence. Maddy Dulude will teach English at Del Sesto Middle School in Providence. "For new teachers, the first year is notoriously difficult. The COVID-19 pandemic has added new challenges and uncertainty," Bender writes. "As a new teacher, I am kind of putting like a blind trust into my faculty and my administration and making sure that they have the best interests in mind," says Grammas. "I think one benefit of being a new teacher is that I don't have a routine that I'm set and I don't have to change what I've done for years," Andrews adds. "I'm a big planner," says Dulude. "I plan a lot. So I think that it's hard, everyone knows to plan things that aren't like in the very near future." Wish them all the best ...