
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, May 3, 1993                   TAG: 9305030243
SECTION: NEWSFUN                    PAGE: NF3   EDITION: METRO 
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LINDA MAXEY

Linda Maxey wants her Roanoke County third-graders to know their multiplication facts and how to read. But the most important things for her pupils to learn are "to be considerate of others and to always do their best," she said.

These skills, Maxey says, not only will benefit her pupils later in life, but are helping them now. "My children are learning because they're doing their best, and they're behaving because they're showing respect for me and their classmates."

Maxey, a 20-year teaching veteran, said she especially enjoys teaching science because it develops her pupils' problem-solving skills. "Science lets them learn how to ask a question and come up with the answer," she said.

"Mrs. Maxey tries very hard not to give us the answers on our assignments so we can learn something new," said the pupil who nominated her.

Married and the mother of three children, Maxey likes to read and spend time with her family.

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