The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
04/01/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 04/01/2026 10:42
UT Health Sciences News: Teacher Finds Her Path to Dentistry Through Students She Served
Hannah Black spent her first year teaching high school science without a teaching license. She had signed up to be a substitute teacher while her husband completed graduate school in Knoxville. But when the phone rang, the school district had a different proposal.
"They said, 'Hi, you have a degree in science, right? Do you want to be a full-time teacher?'" Black recalls. "I was like, 'I'm not qualified. I know biology, but I am not qualified to teach.'"
Yet the school district had an emergency and needed a science teacher immediately. Black took the position, spending her inaugural year teaching while completing her certification.
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