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LEARNING TO BE<br />
SELF SUSTAINING<br />
Calamus-Wheatland<br />
teacher reaching<br />
the masses with<br />
YouTube channel<br />
BY KATE HOWES<br />
EASTERN IOWA FARMER<br />
It has been just over a year since<br />
Calamus-Wheatland Family and<br />
Consumer Science teacher Savanna<br />
Bachus launched her own YouTube<br />
channel.<br />
The idea to start such an endeavor was<br />
pitched to her by her fiancé, Austin Coobs,<br />
who thought she would do a good job with<br />
it.<br />
Bachus admitted she had been considering<br />
the idea of doing something to help occupy<br />
her time during the summer months.<br />
“I stay so busy during the school year,”<br />
said the educator, who graduated from<br />
Calamus-Wheatland in 2012 and now lives<br />
in Donahue.<br />
“But I like structure, and (the YouTube<br />
channel) gives me structure … a weekly<br />
goal.”<br />
However, it wasn’t until she learned her<br />
good friend and neighbor, Bree Tyler, had<br />
given some thought to starting a channel as<br />
well that Bachus felt confident enough to<br />
see the idea through.<br />
YouTube.com, a website that provides<br />
anyone with an avenue to create and post<br />
videos of their choosing, is free to watch.<br />
Both Tyler and Bachus— each with<br />
their own channel — decided if they<br />
had each other to lean on for advice and<br />
support, they would embark on their new<br />
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