The Daily Three Things

This three thins question is brouht to you by a irl who was often the teacher's pet.

Name your three favourite teachers and tell us what rade or subject they tauht.

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[Rebecca]

Ms. Brenner, 8th Grade English
Ms. Young, 9th Grade English
Dr. Bradley, 12th Grade English

See a pattern? No wonder I love to read and write so much :)

[Opiate Poppy]

Socrates - Philosophy
Newton - Math
Einstein - Physics

[Karen]

Mrs. Sheehy, 3rd grade
Mr. Beaver, 10-12th grade choir
Mr. Mosley, 10th grade history

[Christine]

Mrs. Gilman was my 8th and 9th grade yearbook advisor.

Mr. Alan Stein was my college journalism advisor. (He was a hostage for 5 years in Lebanon - very amazing man!)

Mrs. Murphy was my 9th grade English teacher - she taught me to love reading.

[Melody]

1. Miss Jane - Year 10 English
2. Mrs. Crosthwaite - Year 10 Sewing/Needlework
3. Mr. Griffiths - Year 11 Art

[kisane]

Ms Woodford - Primary 6
- a fierce form teacher who really cared about her students
Ms Pillay - Pre-University
- she made English Lit interesting
Mrs Cecilia Lee - Pre-University
- my form teacher who worried and councilled a bunch of hyperactive students

[ms. mac]

Mrs McDavid- my first teacher in 1975. The model of a primary one teacher.
Mr Mitchell- high school English teacher 85-87. The first teacher who recommended and loaned me a book. It was a Graham Greene novel and I loved it.
Mrs Diamond, my middle son's first teacher in Aust. Amazing woman!

Excellent Daily Three Things question! Very fond memories!

[jeff]

Ms. Michael - 3rd grade, cute homeroom teacher
Mr. Hughes - 9-12 grade, Math...very laid back yet good teacher
Dr. Huang - calculus 3 in college...he graded on a curve where 30% would get you an A!

[Hope]

Mr. B--Wrestling, though not to me. He said, "Read!"

Mr. V--band. Gentle giant. Pro-tuba.

Mrs. V. To read.

Hope

[kim]

1. Mrs. McKinney-Wain. She was my 9th grade honors english teacher, my 11th grade honors english teacher, and my 12th grade creative writing teacher. She was one of the only teachers I ever had who, despite my lack of a work ethic (I was there to learn, but not to do "busy work", alas), she treated me as an intelligent individual. She also was the one that pushed for me to be in the "low grade bracket" for Academic Decathalon (nerd fest!), and alas, the low grade bracket was the only one in which we brought back any medals (I won the writing competition).

2. Mr. Peterson. He was my english teacher in 7th grade, the first year he ever taught (fresh out of college). I remember he told us to call him "Dave" the first day, only to have the principal get all annoyed about it, so we had to call him "Mr. P". He was passionate about writing, he thought of fun games to play (in which we learned) rather than just stupid worksheets about the parts of a sentence, etc. He actually ENJOYED teaching (or at least made us think he did).

3. Mrs. Mack. She was my second grade teacher, and was a real sweetheart. While I don't particularly have any stories of her, she was always there for her students, and I just remember her having a really big heart.

[Cecilia]

Mr. da Silva - Accounting and cha-cha-cha
Ms. B. - English, major in "Cecilia, what have you done this time?"
Mrs. Co - Chemistry, major in "Please help me check the exam papers. Yes, please take them all home with you".

[Curator]

Mrs. Putnam, 2nd Grade -- brilliant woman
Mr. White, 6th Grade -- cool guy
Mrs. Johnson, 8th Grade... GR8 BOD...

[Amanda]

Ms. Juba- 2nd Grade

Mr. Rapso- 7th grade computer science...first teacher I ever had a crush on..he looked like Jesus...he had gratuated high school with my mom.

Mr. Ingersol- 9th grade English teacher, also another crush...looked like a tall young Martin Short...

..I have a thing for teachers.

[A]

Ms. Perfetto - U.S. history and American gov't - 11th and 12th grade

Ms. P sparked my political fire (and the political fire of a lot of my good friends) and she blessed us with a lot of wacky quotes that we loved to write down and laugh about later.

My favorite Ms. P quote? "Watch out for the ones who keep journals. All of the wackos in history kept them."

[Milehighdivacyn]

Sister Adele Marie - English
Sister Victoria - Latin
Mr. Terry something or other - Spanish (man was he HOT HOT HOT)

[annie]

Mrs. Larrat - 7th & 8th grade science. She was my friend's mom, who went back to school and got her teacher certificate after her kids were all in school. It made me realize you can have more than one "career" and it's ok to change your direction along the roads of life.

Sister Ann - 12th grade history. Helped mold my politics. She made me the bleeding heart liberal yet fiscal semi-conservative that I am, in the face of room full of conservative classmates (1980- the year Reagan was voted in.)

Shalom Gorewitz - college. Huge influence on my creative life. Saw him recently after 20 years- he's still the same cool guy.

[monique]

Mrs. something or other (really, i can't remember) but she taught 12th grade english

Mr. Hughes - various grades of high school science, also was one of the coolest study hall teachers

Mr. somebody (don't remember his name either) - college professor, he made me appreciate history

i guess what's important is that you remember what they taught you, not necessarily their names...

[Bluegrass Mama]

Mr. Cinq-Mars, 9th grade science (had a crush on him)
Mr. Davenport, high school drama
Mrs. Bullock, French IV (a reason I went on to major in French in college)

Now can we do our 3 LEAST favorite teachers???

[Swt GA HunnyB]

OMG I can't remember! Mrs. Hall is about the only one I really remember and she taught my computer classes in my junior and senior year of high school. I was also her aid in my senior year. Yeah I was a real computer geek. LOL

[Amy]

Mrs. Soderquist (1st grade) - I used to visit her regularly after school years after I had her.
Mr. Martin (5th Grade) - He was colorblind and missing a finger, and was the nicest teacher.
Mr. Bimm (H.S. Band) - His passion for music was only surpassed by how much he cared about all of us. I still visit him when I'm in the area.

[nat]

1. Fifth grade nun (I can't remember her name!) who used to to pronounce my name, "Natlie."

2.German Teacher Nun (high school) - Spoke with heavy German accent. Loved to get off subject and talk about "the homeland" Learned approximately 3 phrases in two years of classes.

3. Mr Keller - (8th grade, St Anne's School)- Taught plenty of science, but also showed weekly movies of nuclear explosions. I learned a lot about mushroom clouds.

[donna]

Mr. Carlisle - 9th grade French - he taught us bad words, or at least he didn't yell at us for looking them up in the dictionary, and taught us proper usage!

Mrs. Polly - third grade - can't exactly say why, but I have just wonderful memories of her class.

Miss Whitt - 10th grade honors English. Toughest class I ever took in high school, and I HATED her at the time, but now I appreciate what she taught me.

[Kate]

Mrs. Sadler- 2nd grade: She got me hooked on poetry and fossils. Haven't been looking for any hominids lately, but I have been known to turn a verse or two.

Miss. Miller - Freshman Honors Lit: At around 70 years old, she was anything but a "Miss." Crotchety, wrinkly and lots of silver and turquoise jewelery. She always wore slacks, while her pupils were all stuck in scratchy plaid skirts. She taught me it was okay to be in love with Dickens and to read smarty pants books on my own.

Mr. Heifetz - Junior AP Lit: A New York Jew stuck in suburban Connecticut. He swore a little (which sounded expecially great with his NYC accent) and pontificated a lot, and I thought he was brilliant. Literature was his passion, and once he got so fired up about the apathetic students that he threw a chair across the classroom. I loved how he guided us through The Scarlet Letter, The Crucible, The Great Gatsby, Elie Wiesel's Night with so much fervor and excitement. He's the one who firmly cemented me in my love for the written word.

Thanks, Michele, for inspiring me to jog down memory lane. It's just what I needed.

[Kim]

3rd Grade, Mrs. Long: She gave me an award at the end of the year for "most friendly"
9th Grade, Mr. Peltier: He was the biggest dork I ever met, but the man could teach grammer.
8th Grade, Mr. Bring: Health class, he threw a sheep's eye at me, nothing gets your attention like a sheep's eye.

[Kristi]

1. Ms. Weiss- 5th grade teacher and only teacher who I felt left a true mark in my life. Amazing free-spirited woman who taught us about so much more than the average homework lesson. She taught us about life and believing in ourselves and the power of kindness.

2. Mr. Mitchell- 8th grade softball coach (wasn't my teacher, but was a teacher). Was the nicest guy you'd ever meet. Was a positive, caring adult male figure in my life that I lacked at the time.

3. Mrs. Pfeiffer- Kindergarden teacher who let us play with cardboard boxes and read to us before naptime :)

[PSoTD]

Mr. Berg - High School Journalism. He let us invent our high school humor newspaper and gave us a green light to be as weird as we wanted as long as we weren't crude (too crude).

Mr. Carlson - Field Biology (High School) - he introduced me to backpacking, birdwatching, and the outdoorsman's environmentalism. Shared his love with the outdoors with everyone in class, and it was reciprocated by making his class one of the most popular in high school.

Mr. Bennett - Civil War History - 10th Grade. He made the subject matter interesting, and invested us in the results of the war.

[Saz]

Don't have 'grades' in British schools so...

Mr Alloway - (Junior School teacher) He taught a bit of everything. I mostly liked him because he had a puppet. Ahem...

Mrs Varley - (Senior School Year 7-11) Strict as anything but I learnt alot from her. One of very few teachers who made me believe in the British education system.

Ikuko-Sensei - (College) My current Japanese tutor. She really gets the class going and makes it relaxed. No pressure just having fun and somehow learning at the same time. XD

[Lucy Jane]

Mrs. Bordenave kindergarten, when I refused to wear my shoes to lunch, she carried me.

Mrs. Manley 3rd-6th grade She was my mom's best friend, and is the one who gave me the nickname of Lucy Jane!

Mr Williams Senior Year Drafting teacher, he was hot... and wore nice cologne, oh and helped me understand a LOT about drafting.

[natalie]

1. miss thompson, horticulture
2. miss thompson, horticulture
3. miss thompson, horticulture

hey, i think *i'm* the best teacher ever!! ;)

just kidding....
1. miss lairsey, honors world lit
2. ms. needle (yes--that was actually her name), home ec
3. dr. swafford, entomology in college

[tommy]

William Guy--Math
Val LeClerq--English
Janet from the art of getting by--she's teaching the times tables now

[Scully]

1. Mrs. Titonivic - Grade 5 - gave me tools in which to write and was inspiring, confident and a lot of fun.
2. Mr. Truscotte - Grade 6 (I was the teacher's pet that year) - again, inspired me to write, inspired me to have more confidence, and he believed in me.
3. Mr. Donovan - Grade 11 English - He told me I could write (if I cleaned up a few things). He was English and irascible and he made me fight for my grades. I adored him.

[Harry]

Anne Hardy - English Lit and Creative Writing in college - my absolutely favorite teacher of all time

Art Goodsell - high school band director, who taught me music and also the value of flaunting authority in personal, unseen ways, just to do it - for instance, he wore red socks when the school administration would irritate him

Dr. Whitlock - my modern physics prof in college

[Sam]

Alex King (university - taught computer graphics)
err, sorry, don't seem to remember the names of teachers prior to my university years.
i must be getting old. senility must be setting in. uh oh!

[Grins]

Mrs. Jones - 6th grade
Albert Maisto - Gen Psych
Steven Rogelberg - I/O Psych

[Sam]

Ooh. Tough one. Ok.

Monsieur LaChapelle - Drama (9th).
Monsieur Lajeunesse- Biology (11th).
Mr. Barrs -English 11th.

But I can suddenly think of at least 5 more... I wonder how they are doing nowadays...

[gigem]

HAD to scroll through to see if any of my old teachers were on there. You just never know!

Okay here are mine:
Judy Shackelford: Math analysis and AP Calculus in High School. The most amazing teacher ever. Not only did she make math interesting, she was interested in us as people.

Susan Hulbert: second grade--gave me a thirst for knowledge and a greater love for reading

There was a husband and wife team at my high school, though I can't recall their names. She taugh English and he taught history. The toughest teachers I've ever had. Were totally no nonsense, but really cared about us as people and wanted us to want to learn. Their style of teaching was for us to find the answers to the questions that interested us. They retired shortly after, but great people who did wonderful things.

Now the question is, have you ever told these people how wonderful they are and what an impact they had on you?

[Phil]

Mrs. Armstrong, Algebra & Geometry. She knew her stuff and knew how to make math fun (yeah, FUN! Seriously!)

Mr. O'Leary, 11th grade History. He'd go off on tangents talking about how much he hated Safeway, or his experiences in Vietnam (while we were studying early American History), or the evils of ice cream. But somehow, some way, we'd always end up learning the material.

Dr. Lundquist, History 17b. Just a really good lecture style, more than competent teaching, went beyond what was in the text book (and backed it up with other sources), and was always open & fair in debating differences of opinion. Plus, she was a knock-out, and had this cute-as-heck habit of sticking her tongue out the side of her mouth when silently reading lol

[bari]

Isn't it funny. I am a teacher and I can name the one teacher who put the teaching bug in my brain. It's not because she was good, but rather, she was horrible. I vowed not to be her and I think so far, I have done well by my pledge. But to think of the good teachers....hmmm...

Mrs. Whitt my third grade teacher - she was just warm and wonderful
Mrs. Lunsford my high school choral director - we were national and international champs - she was an amazing teacher.
Mr. Matey my 9th and 10th grade Algebra and Geometry teacher - poor guy...I sucked at math - hence I am an English teacher, but he stuck by me!

[SEV]

mrs alves - english in the 9th and 10th
jayanti miss - computers in school
shilpa miss - french

there are more, but these really laid foundations..

[Gov]

"Mr. Alan Stein was my college journalism advisor. (He was a hostage for 5 years in Lebanon - very amazing man!)"
I remember the day he announced he was going to Lebanon. I remember clearly a conversation a classmate and I had a his planned trip. Bad idea.

By the way, nice website.