Ms. Doulette is a teacher at Oliver Ames High School and she loves to connect with her students and learn about others.
She just completed her fourth year here at Oliver Ames and continues, after her four years, to be the softball coach. While recalling her memories as a child she taps her red nails on the desk.
“So, on my seventh birthday, my parents got me a Red Sox jersey, and the name and the number on the back, it was really cool because there used to be a player on the team called JD Drew. I was like ‘Oh we have the same name’ and like ‘his last name is my first name’, so on the back of the shirt it said Drew and he was always number seven and I got that on my seventh birthday.”
Throughout her career, Ms. Doulette has learned to be flexible. She took many different classes in high school that helps her in her professional life today.
“I think everyone has, like, multiple interests. I know that some people are really focused, but I think it is better to be interested in multiple things. I think it allows you to understand people more. When you have multiple interests you understand that people are different from you.”
Throughout her life Ms. Doulette has considered many different careers. She always was an athlete with big ambitions and a knack for flashy jobs.
“I can’t remember the first, like, serious job I wanted. I just remember always wanting it to be kind of flashy. I would be, like, ‘oh, I want to be a lawyer’ and when I got to middle school I didn’t actually want to be a lawyer. I just wanted to say something cool for my job. And then it turned to nursing when I was, like, in high school. So I never really had, I don’t really remember a big dream job when I was younger, but I just remember wanting my job to sound cool.”
After going through college, Ms. Doulette decided to settle into her position at Oliver Ames. She started to feel more comfortable when teaching and being a permanent part of the community. She pauses before sharing the moment that made her feel that she made it in the OA community.
“My first year students said to me a few times, just a few of them, they were like, ‘you’re a really good teacher. Like, I really understand this.’ And I remember there was one, one girl in one of my classes, my C Block, she wrote me a letter, and she was just like, ‘you explain things in a way where I don’t feel like, dumb, I don’t feel stupid.’ So I guess, like, I don’t really have, like, a huge moment where I’m like, I made it. But this was one of the biggest ones.”
Ms. Doulette has come to understand herself by overcoming hardships. She shares that she has always had image issues and mentions that she is proud of herself with the growth she has made with her confidence. She inhales before answering.
“I was always so worried about how people perceived me, how I looked, things like that, and once you get a little bit older, and you’re around more adults, you kinda realize a few things. Adults especially do not care what you look like, they do not care to perceive you. They care how you treat them and they care how you contribute to things. It’s all about your actions.”
To wrap up all of her experiences in her life, Ms. Doulette shared a key piece of advice. She smiles before sharing this.
“At the end of the day, it really doesn’t matter if you are the smartest person in the room, or the prettiest person in the room or the coolest person in the room. What matters is trying to be the kindest person in the room.”
