SYRACUSE -- With approximately 2,000 students in the halls of Corcoran High School, the foot traffic can get pretty intense. For Michael Cabrinha, this is what he deals with on a day to day basis.

"I do find it nice to be able to interact with teenagers all day. My job is I come in here, I have a certain report with teenagers, we just have a good time and try and learn some things and try to make some things come real to them," says Cabrinha.

He has been teaching for 16 years and in his time with the students has has found they benefit from more visual and interactive teaching. He uses the Bryant and Stratton Experience Today tools. "It's a good way to get them focused," says Cabrinha.

Cabrinha believes the students can grasp what he is talking about if they can relate it to their life somehow. This learning has a way of reaching the kids, that benefits them and himself.

Cabrinha says having students thank him in the hallway is one way he knows this teaching tool is working. "It's nice to hear or when they see you in the hall and they know what you're talking about and the respect they give you in the classroom."