By Nicole Lage
Journalism Class Reporter
Mr. Mireles has transitioned from being a teacher to being a counselor and is temporally taking over Mrs. Estomba’s job just until Mrs. Bermudez gets back from finishing her master’s degree.
He said said he chose to be teacher because he loves children. He loves to help kids in their life. What he loves about counseling is that he gets to help kids out. Mr. Mireles says that he felt he had something to offer kids and that he had gone threw things that he can help other kids with. “You kids make me feel young!“ he said.
Most students who have had Mr. Mireles say they love him as a teacher and they also talk about how awesome he is.
“Mr. Mireles is one of the most amazing teachers that I have ever had. He touched my life in a way that no other teacher has,” said eighth-grader Matthew Bonachea.
He said his secret is to just love your job and to teach not what you find interesting but what the kids find interesting.
Mr. Mireles misses being a teacher and misses seeing kids every single day. The most challenging things he thought while being a teacher was doing things that the administration required. He didn’t really like it because it would stop him from teaching.
He taught Civics and Career Planning last year and has also taught African-American History, Law Studies, and U.S. History.
Before becoming a teacher, he worked down the street in Taco Bell for a few years. When he was studying to become a youth pastor, he went to college for 5 years, 1 year in Virgina in Liberty University 2 years in Miami-Dade College and 2 more years at Florida International University.
While talking to different kids every day, Mr. Mireles said he has gone threw every emotion you can think of, but he is an understandable person. If you ever need to go talk to Mr. Mireles, his office is in the main office upstairs, the last door to the right.
As a guidance counselor it depends on how many kids Mr. Mireles sees every day. If one day he has a lot of work and he is presenting something he may not even see kids for the whole day. If he is going to be in his office for most of the day he may see about 15 students.
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