School was no longer school but a doorway into the future. And for the first time in my life I began to dream.
Maybe she just made a tall, skinny, awkward boy with glasses feel important. Maybe it wasn’t anything special like that. It was a great moment in American theater. Maybe it was when we performed “The Wizard of Oz.” I was the Tin Woodman, my buddy Tommy Thompson was the Scarecrow, David Neal was the Cowardly Lion and Judy Guin was Dorothy. Maybe it was when I had my very first public speaking assignment-a five minute speech before the student body on the history of the Franklin County Courthouse. Maybe it was when we divided up the class for a big debate on the topic-”Which is better: Corn or Wheat?” I took the side of wheat and have never eaten corn since that day. We were supposed to be making adobe haciendas. Maybe it was the week she let David Neal and me spend hours putting mud on old cigar boxes. Witt’s class.Īfter all these years it is hard to say what made the difference. I didn’t hate school, but it didn’t excite me either. Until that day, school had just been school for me and teachers were people who kept you busy while you waited to go to recess. But there was a smile, too, and a friendly voice. To me she looked like she had been teaching for a hundred years. She was a big, strong woman, which meant she could take care of us without any trouble. I first met her on a bright September morning in 1962. By comparing these experiences with my own childhood, i think ive gotten quite far in my personal developement in many ways.It’s not hard for me to remember my favorite teacher. Also im working with mentally challenged at more widly spread ages, so ive gotten a good register of.
MY FAVORITE TEACHER HOW TO
Ive been working in a kindgarden for 2 years now, and even tho the kids are really small (1-6 years) it has given me an excellent oppurtunity to reflect over how to get ppl interested, how to handle with anger and other different emotions people show, and so on. I kindof understand what my teachers have gone through. He wasnt the "cool" kind of sub, but i think he too kindof hada amission, and didnt care múch if ppl didnt listen. I guess it was his way of learning, simplfying things to "our" level that did it. And the test wasnt htat easy, to be honest. Everyone, including the class jackassess scored really high on the final astronomy test.
He taught us astronomy for a month or two, and WOW! He really got through in a way i never seen before. The "best" teacher I ever had was a substitute, however. He wasn´t there for caring about taking shit from some kids, he was there trying to educate them. He probably heard kids making fun of hiom, but he just didnt care. Anyway, he was the kind of teacher noone quite messed with, because he was himself all the time. He was really cool, and always ended up yabbering about "Africa", where he was in earlier years doing some. Well, at least you don´t have to deal with them pesky 9th and 11thgraders, not to mention them dirt-seeking 2nd graders :)Īnyway, one of my favourite teachers was my physics teacher during 7-9th grade. Those were the good years, but I am stuck now teaching 7th grade. I used to teach 2nd grade, 9th grade, 11th grade and I used to be a coach for high school. At 6/15/06 06:04 PM, TeacherBrunswick wrote:
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