Author Topic: Teachers (Read 218 times)

easymo · « **on:** October 03, 2002, 06:42:08 PM »

The Professor thread got me to thinking about teachers I had in the past. I finished school a very, very long time ago, so I don't remember them much. I do remember one guy though. He was my Jr. high school football coach/health class teacher. I wont pretend that I liked him, I didn't. But I remember him for two reasons. He had been a waist gunner on a B-17 in WW2. And he would occasionally tell us stories about the war. Nothing gruesome, or particularly heroic. Just stories. Things about the guys he worked with. And things he did. I don't remember the stories, its been to long. But I do remember the casual certainty in his voice when he spoke about country, and duty. I thought he was just shooting the breeze at the time. But, looking back on it, much of what I belive about those things, I learned from him.

The other thing I remember about him was the one X four board that he had the shop class fashion a handle into. They also drilled holes in it to cut down on the wind resistance. This should explain why I didn't like him much

Anyway, this guy made an impression on my mind, and occasionally on my ass. He is about the only teacher I can recall with any clarity. It is odd to think that probably the best teacher I ever had wouldn't last 5 minutes in todays educational system.

So, who was the teacher you remember most.

capt. apathy · « **Reply #1 on:** October 03, 2002, 07:05:28 PM »

probably the best was an english teacher I had in highschool. strictest teacher in school. but he dumped on everybody evenly. he respected good work and the ability to make reasonable discisions base on the info at hand. no slack given for social status or athletic team affiliation. he just didn't give a damn about that. if you gave an opinion you better back it up with a sound reason for having that opinion or he'd really make you look like a handsomehunk.

today teachers aren't aloowed to make you feel bad. when I was in school the teachers job was to find the morons and make sure they knew who they where.

he was a pain at the time. but 18 years later I like him alot more than I liked the guy who let me get away with crap because I was on the ball team. or the guy who you could intimidate into being afraid to mark you late for first period.

Thrawn · « **Reply #2 on:** October 03, 2002, 08:02:43 PM »

Miss Johnson...sweet sweet Miss Johnson.

Raubvogel · « **Reply #3 on:** October 03, 2002, 08:06:41 PM »

I had a political science teacher in the 9th grade who was a retired Lt. Col in the US Army. I might not have realized it at the time, but he gave me a profound love of country and the liberties we enjoy. It is most likely because of him that I have spent the last 12 years serving my country. Unfortunately he passed away a few years ago. ~~Lt. Col. (ret.) Norcross!~~

MrBill · « **Reply #4 on:** October 03, 2002, 09:32:13 PM »

Mrs. Gordon, 3rd grade, I was born left handed she did not believe that anyone should be left handed. I remember really hating her refusing to accept any work I did with my left hand. But by the end of the third grade I was totally ambidextrous, (a skill that has served me well on many occasions) and had learned a even more valuable lesson, although I did not realize it for several more years, a person CAN learn anything if the proper motivation and desire is applied.

easymo · « **Reply #5 on:** October 03, 2002, 09:37:25 PM »

Hmmm. How politically incorrect. These days they would have thrown her into the same teachers dungeon as my old teacher.

SC-Sp00k · « **Reply #6 on:** October 03, 2002, 10:03:58 PM »

I remember Miss Hirst. She could fill out a pair of Blue Jeans...sigh.

I remember her because she liked to lean against the blackboard as she gave class. I remember her cause when she moved away and turned her back to us, I never wanted to be a blackboard duster more

Thank the good lord for chalk

What did she teach?

Who knows!

Leslie · « **Reply #7 on:** October 04, 2002, 07:13:42 AM »

The teacher that most stands out for me was Mrs. Griffin, 2nd grade (1963). She looked like a grandmother and was one to her class. I think she is still living, at the venerable age of 93.

Next was Mrs. Ford in 4th grade. She taught French and looked like an old crone with a bad limp, and she used to tell morbid stories to the class...one was about a man who killed his wife and sold her for bear meat on the Causeway...she had no problems getting the classes' attention.

Next teacher of note was Mrs. Semmes in the 7th grade. She taught Bible class, was strict to a degree, but probably the most loved and respected teacher in the school. She was not one to humiliate, but would put up with no nonsense from anyone. She was like a mother figure in the school.

Skip to college years:

Mrs. Mitchell in Art 101 (Mechanical Drawing) had a very tough reputation. I was a Spanish major and the only FL major on the VA (Visual Arts) roster. When I made an A in her class, and she later came up and actually spoke to me, I felt very good.

Should mention Dr. Cantrell, professor emeritus who taught beginning Spanish and smoked a pipe in class. Very easy going and grandfather-like. Reminded me of an older "Q", in the James Bond movies.

And there was much later, after I had dropped out for 12 years and then gone back to get my BA degree, that one of my Spanish teachers (a beautiful woman) would give me an A on every test. Believe me, I studied for those tests and never missed her class.

Les

Curval · « **Reply #8 on:** October 04, 2002, 08:06:47 AM »

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Originally posted by Thrawn
Miss Johnson...sweet sweet Miss Johnson.

This sounds very "Mrs. Robinson-like"...cuckoo ca choo

Ripsnort · « **Reply #9 on:** October 04, 2002, 02:20:37 PM »

Mr. Moskowitz, 7th grade history teacher in Green Brook, NJ. Some of his family and he survived the holocaust. He hated the currently popular show on TV at that time called "Hogans Heros" because he knew the Nazi's were "much smarter than the show portrays...in a devious way."