We're going to school today.

Oh, it's so exciting.

My name is Dan Cherney.

I'm a teacher at the Montrose Area School District.

I teach 11th grade world history and AP European history.

When I went to college, I went for pre-law.

I didn't really like it that much.

I liked history.

That kind of made me realize I want to have something to do that impacts people's lives.

What do you got?

Where does the support rebellion take place?

Give me something.

Dan, you made eye contact.

When I first got hired, I had an administrator that said, they're not always going to remember what you tell them, but they'll always remember how you make them feel.

That kind of stuck with me.

Why did I do that to you?

I really try and make my class entertaining, informative, and a place where all students, regardless of what they're coming in with, can feel welcome.

I feel like I'm on the show The Office, and I'm just going to randomly turn to the camera and just make like... I am not afraid to try anything.

There's lessons that I've done that have blown up spectacularly in my face.

We had a funeral for Napoleon, and he was dressed up doing a French accent.

Things like that stick out to me.

The minute that you become afraid to try new things or try different things, this job just gets repetitious, and once it gets repetitious, it just gets boring.

If I'm not having fun in what I'm doing, if it's not fun for me, what the heck is it for the 20 kids that are in my room?

Take a deep breath.

I'll get my 10,000 steps every day, no problem, and then I bring them snacks.

It's an apple for a day.

Cinnamon?

Oh, you... I mean, I keep them well-fed.

I've been doing this for 18 years, and a lot has changed in 18 years, and that makes it more challenging.

My colleagues and the people that I consider some of my best friends are people that I know I can go to on a personal and a professional level, and I know I can ask for their advice, and they'll give me honest advice, and that makes the teaching profession a lot easier.

I'm going to remember my AP Euro class.

I'm going to remember the classmates I had, and I'm going to remember Mr.

Cherney as a teacher.

Ten seconds.

Ready, set, go.

He got us all to focus and learn.

Just ignore the camera that I'm trying to do right now.

Hopefully, I become a history teacher.

I want to become a high school history teacher.

It's kind of like an affirmation, right, that what you're doing makes a difference, even if it's a small difference for one student.

It keeps some of us going.

And I think it was the fruit snacks.