Who would you say was the most influential person (besides family members) in yo

Another one who had a couple of good and influential teachers. The first one was when I was in primary school in a very small town (village is actually too big a word for what it was) where I attended a 2 teacher school. I had the same teacher from Grades 2-6 and even after we left the district we still stayed in touch. He is now in his 70's but we still stay in contact a couple of times a year. He had a major influence on me, in that he was one of those teachers who encouraged students plus gave them incentive to learn. The other one was when I was in secondary school and she taught me "commercial subjects", i.e. typing, shorthand and book-keeping. I had her for 4 years as a teacher until I left school and she also had a way of encouraging her students. At the time we thought she was "ancient" and in fact had taught the mothers of some of the girls in my class. LOL Actually she wasn't all that old, but it turned out she was an excellent student who had been advanced a couple of years during her own schooling. She was in her first year at Teacher's Training in WWI and was released from her studies to go teaching and was only 15 at the time. This meant when she taught me she was actually in her early 60's, which I now know made her only "mature". She was one of those women who never forgot anyone and even when she saw me some years later, she knew who I was. In fact she met my father somewhere during the 1970's and asked him how I was going, what I was doing etc. I think she would have met him maybe once a year while I was one of her students. I still have my autograph book which she signed one year and put "Keep on Keeping on" with her signature. :)

The teacher wins everytime. Mine was a teacher named Mrs Bryson. I can hardly remember another teacher's neme but she has just never left my mind. The strange thing is, she was a tough teacher, no messing around in her class. You were there to learn and learn you would. Most kids were terrified of her. After I graduated, I worked as a substitute teacher alongside her. She was very supportive. A few years later she became Principal of the school my baby siters were attending. I had not kept in contact with her and I didn't know at the time, but one day my sisters and I were talking and they mentioned their 'new tough principal' and it turned they were talking about her. I was so happy because now I knew where she was. I commented that I was going to send her a note and my poor sisters got so freaked out they asked me not to mention that they were my sisters lol. They were afraid that she would start paying too much attention to them hehehe...I guess something they didn't want:) Mrs. Bryson! she was something else.

Great discussion...again. I would also have to say teachers influenced me the most (outside my family). My shorthand and typing teachers gave me the skills that have carried me through some great jobs over the years and prepared me for the CPS Exam (Certified Professional Secretary). This is a 6-part, 2 day exam covering all facets of the secretarial field. I passed it the first time I took it. I had no intention of having to go through all that again. The teachers I had in school were, for the most part, great teachers. There was only one who was out of his league. He taught high school chemistry and should have taught on the college level. I had to tutor several football players so they could pass chemistry and remain on our football team. I could make them understand things that the teacher couldn't.

hey great discussion you alwyas starts!! anyway thanks fr this topic.. i was told by 3 persons. one of them is my teacher who is teaching me in college, second person is my chat friend she always talk with me for hours because no one listening her in the home:) and third one is my student ( I am teaching also ) so really feeling good at that time

I'd say that one of my history teachers in high school was very influential. I really hated history before then, but I learned to study hard and got the highest grade in the class (99.7% one semester, and 99.5% the other). I took those lessons through to a lot of my classes and did much better and managed to get into college because of it. If I hadn't have been inspired to try harder, I probably wouldn't be in college now (even though currently, I'm hating college).

NO BODY WAS VERY INFLUENTIAL IN MY LIFE BUT EVERY BODY IN MY CONTACT CONTRIBUTED TO MY LEARNING.

I would have to say it was my 6th grade teacher, Mr. Riddle. He never played favorites. He was kind, caring and funny. It was from him that I learned that everyone is equal, everyone deserves a chance.