Tag: teacher
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March 20, 2007 12:23 PM EDT --
My sixth grade teacher wasn’t particularly interested in math. I’m not sure she was particularly interested in any subject; her lectures were short and our busywork assignments long.
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February 19, 2007 02:32 PM EST --
It is a frigid, sunny morning, made brilliant by the sun's reflection on the snow outside. I sit in the center of the class, not committing myself to the front row (the conspicuous overachievers) . . . more
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March 29, 2007 03:35 PM EDT --
I have been blessed with many excellent, caring teachers through the years. High on the list is my high school Latin teacher, Mrs. Pokorny. This dear lady taught Latin - with a German accent. I can . . . more
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March 27, 2007 11:00 AM EDT --
The teacher that we threatened to lock in a cage did not sacrifice his job for the sake of a student. Nor did he nearly die trying to save anyone. He was not a hero in any way; he was just Mr. Smith. He . . . more
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March 16, 2007 04:35 PM EDT --
Marie "Bonnie" Alder retired last year. It is true that she left behind some students who just might not make it and hallways in need of her smile, but she also left behind students who want . . . more
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March 20, 2007 11:28 PM EDT --
At age forty, my daughter is going back to school to be a teacher. In a conversation on a recent Sunday afternoon she asked me "who was your favorite teacher and why?" Although I . . . more
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March 20, 2007 11:12 PM EDT --
I attended an inner city high school in the predominantly Black DC public school "system", for lack of a better word, at a time when Washington, DC was the murder capital of the world. . . . more
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March 18, 2007 11:29 PM EDT --
I dropped out of high school at the age of 16. At 18 I took the GED test and received my equivalency diploma. At 26 I decided it was time to go back to school. I enrolled at Waubonsee Community College . . . more
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March 15, 2007 04:01 PM EDT --
September 1956. The schoolhouse was a block of red brick on the treeless Texas Panhandle plains. It stood stolidly at the end of a narrow paved road with a playground to the south and a baseball . . . more
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March 20, 2007 02:29 PM EDT --
Mr. Bland was my favorite teacher of all in school. Why? Well, he was a very likable person, down-to-earth, and he had a great sense of humor! His easy southern drawl made listening to . . . more
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April 02, 2007 05:55 PM EDT --
UPDATE 4/9: I'm upgrading the prize package!
Hi all! Glad to see the range of responses you have all left on this article. I've also received a lot of feedback about the The Secret. Many people . . . more
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March 20, 2007 01:41 PM EDT --
In elementary school I was the class clown. The other kids loved me because I was fearless. Fearless being a relative term of course - it was highly unlikely that I'd rub Meow Mix in my hair and stick . . . more
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March 23, 2007 01:25 PM EDT --
In 6th grade i didn't get great grades. The teacher I had nticed ny problem after 5 tests . He cared about me getting good grades because he new my potential was great. He said . . . more
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March 14, 2007 04:15 PM EDT --
"It is always the right time to do right for children, who are being born and formed in mind, body, and spirit every minute life goes on. Take at least one step for just one child, and you . . . more
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March 20, 2007 08:34 PM EDT --
"Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Walker, will you just tell Bob, Beverly and Linda to stop blubbering. They are just such cry babies....everytime you really get to a good part, they just ball. Bev is . . . more
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March 20, 2007 12:52 PM EDT --
I can't think of any one particular School Teacher that impacted my life. Though, there are a handful of teachers that I'll never forget.
The person whom has taught me the most is my eight year . . . more
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March 20, 2007 12:52 PM EDT --
It is not a coincidence that my good friend,teacher and mentor Dr. Sylvia Alicia Gonzales choose March 12th as her death day.
International Day of the Women and Mexica . . . more
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March 21, 2007 09:31 PM EDT --
I remember not the words but the tone. The implication. Of course, then, nearly 30 years ago, I just noticed the tingle her words gave me.
I was in the sixth grade. I didn't . . . more
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March 26, 2007 12:46 AM EDT --
I had to take chemistry in college. I dreaded it. The first instructor was about as mean as it gets. I dreaded the second required course. The second instructor loved chemistry . . . more
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April 05, 2007 03:58 PM EDT --
"You can bet your butt, there are no atheists in foxholes", Mr. Olsen said as we took our seats for the first day of ninth grade American History.
I hated history, but his opening . . . more
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