Who was "that" teacher for you?

[SMLCHNG]

In Illinois..

Mrs. King. My 1st grade teacher. More like a grandmother. Was only with her for 2 months, and because of the help of my older brothers and sister, they 'skipped' me into 2nd grade. Mrs. Puetz... she was tough, but made me welcome and comfortable. Park View Elementary became "King Elementary".

Mr. David B. Zeiger. 8th grade Science teacher. Boy did I have a crush on him. He was still a tough, but a very personable teacher. Understood how I felt, and made me work harder. But I was one of the few kids he shared his middle name with. I felt pretty special.

Skip to Colorado.... Columbine High School. I can't remember his name. He was an amazing English teacher, and he loved being a teacher.

I always wanted to be an English teacher... situations and circumstances change.. but I had some wonderful teachers along the way.

[Wino you know]

Mrs. Dierks-4th grade Geography & Social Studies teacher
Mr. Shook-8th grade Social Studies teacher
Mr. Carson-9th grade Civics teacher
Mr. Buchheit-9th grade English teacher
Mr. Fisk-11th grade World Cultures teacher (and football coach)
Mrs. Hemping-11th grade English teacher
Mr. Naxera-12th grade Consumer Economics teacher

[creeky]

Mrs Short in Grade 1 and 2 - she was an older lady .... I dont really know why I was attached to her ...

In High School - it was "Old Mr Stone" - we went weak at the knees ... "Young Mr STone" (younger brother) was more attractive .. but we had thing for "Old Mr Stone"

So far as influential goes - it would be my Maths teacher Mr Beardwood. I was a shy introvert with no confidence. I had a great maths ability and he saw it and took my under his wings and helped me. I had a hearing loss which back then, I got no special help with - I sat in front row of his class and finished up after 4 years of high school, being in the top 10% in the state!

So far as "bad teachers" - Mrs Martin - english teacher - she couldnt spell
and Mrs Rochester - science teacher - she would write the lesson up on the board and just go sit in the staff room for the rest of the time drinking coffee.

[johnson2113]

I didn't have any until college. Which is unbelieveable because most were liberals. But in high school, my mom was head of the booster club for four years but that didn't matter.

My history teacher didn't like her politics, she's a moderate Republican not far enough to the right, and history is my best subject. I couldn't hardly pull a C in that class, but every history class I didn't have him I aced. It's amazing anyone from the school went to college.

But one history teacher I had in college, I didn't take notes in the class. You didn't have to. When he taught all you could was listen, and you learned the materical. It was the most captivated I'd ever been.

I didn't have any I worked with personally, but class discussions and lessons were incredible, I really didn't know school could be like that.

[~IslandBound~]

Oddly enough, the teachers who made the biggest difference and were the biggest influence for me were all nuns...

Not the grammar school nuns I had, but the whacky, liberal, hippie-type nuns I had in high school and college. They made us think and open our eyes and speak up. They taught us a lot about social justice and standing up and being counted - my anthropology teacher even chained herself to the gates of the Irish Embassy here in NYC and went on a hunger strike (in sympathy for Bobby Sands). They were amazing women who accomplished a lot while living under a very rigid, oppressive, closed-minded hierarchy. They not only set a pretty impressive example, but they demanded the best from us, as well. You didn't get away with shoddy work or laziness in their classes.