Do you remember your school teachers?

@JudyEv (338949)
Rockingham, Australia
August 9, 2021 7:15pm CST
Once again, the photo has nothing to do with the discussion. We were talking about friends about past school teachers the other day and I wondered did you have an inspiring teacher when you were at school? Inspiring probably isn’t quite the right word for my English teacher but he did instil in me a love of English literature and of writing. My husband and I grew up in the same region. He lived in the town and went to the Catholic ‘convent’ school. I lived on a farm and went to the state (government) school. Vince didn’t always do his homework. Once he was asked to stand up and read out his composition which the students were supposed to have done overnight. He hadn’t written a composition but he opened his book and proceeded to make up a story, pretending he was reading it. When he finished his story and sat down, his teacher told him it was very good. She then asked him to go through it and count the number of times he’d used ‘and’. So she was a wake-up to his deception but didn’t put him down in front of the class. And she never did check up to find out how many ‘ands’ he’d used. What a kindly teacher she was.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
10 Aug 21
I remember all of my teachers. Oh, that Vince! Vince’s “paper” would have been written on the computer and handed in to be graded if it happened in this day and age. She probably knew what he had done. Good woman.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 21
She knew exactly what he'd done. She let him know she knew but didn't take it further.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
10 Aug 21
@JudyEv Some teachers are wonderful people
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Aug 21
@DianneN They are indeed and I'm sure you were one of the them. Well, you are one of them but I mean a wonderful teacher too.
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rakski
@rakski (121009)
• Philippines
10 Aug 21
I remembered some of my teachers
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 21
Some make an impact on our lives but others don't.
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rakski
@rakski (121009)
• Philippines
10 Aug 21
@JudyEv that is so true
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (160522)
• United States
10 Aug 21
I had one or two that really turned me off to school, but mostly I loved my teachers. Certain ones of them were very motivating to me.My hubby once made up a book to write a book report about. Did it convincingly I am told. He and Vince must have some of the same imaginative streak.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 21
I would have felt much too guilty to ever pretend to read out something that wasn't there!!
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317002)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Aug 21
She was a good teacher in how she handled the situation. My fourth-grade teacher was good and my fifth-grade teacher taught me fractions and decimals before I was inundated with 'new' math. I had just gotten a handle on it too. Math and I came to an agreement in college.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317002)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Aug 21
@JudyEv Yes, they are.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 21
Some teachers were very much better at explaining things than others.
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Sam Charles
@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
10 Aug 21
I do remember most of my teachers. Except for a few teachers not all were as inspiring as they should have been. Out language teacher were a very jovial one and we all students used to like her a lot. Let me confess, in my final high school days we had a teacher who teached us geography and I was infatuated by her beauty.... I never paid attention to her to what she teached but I spend the whole period just watching her. Hahaha I started loving her though she was a married lady
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 21
We had a couple of spunky male teachers too.
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Sam Charles
@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
10 Aug 21
@JudyEv hahaha
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Milad Malik
@Miladmalik (322)
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10 Aug 21
I still remember my English teacher when I was in senior high school. He is easy going and always smile person, however he is really strict to his students in terms of exam and assignment. What a nice memorable moment
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 21
I only had a few standout teachers but most were quite nice.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (72023)
• United States
10 Aug 21
There’s no way I could come up with anything like that on the spot so I think he did well. Nice the teacher didn’t punish him.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Aug 21
I couldn't either. I'd be too full of guilt.
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Marlina
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
10 Aug 21
In one of my high school's year I had a nun that was really good to me and helped me a lot. Unfortunately, she passed away pretty young.
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Marlina
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
15 Aug 21
@JudyEv , You got that right!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Aug 21
Some of the nuns were great teachers. Others seemed very unhappy and frustrated.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
10 Aug 21
I have a very good memory and I remember them all, those I liked and those I hated too. The one I hated more, the teacher I had in my 5th grade, an arrogant young woman, I even remember very well her name.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
11 Aug 21
@JudyEv Some teachers really love their job and they love to be with the students, not all of them.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 21
Some teachers we really can't get on well with no matter how we try. And some simply don't care much about their students.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12935)
• Ireland
10 Aug 21
@judyev I baffled and exasperated my teachers most of the time. Must write an explanatory post.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12935)
• Ireland
10 Aug 21
@JudyEv French. I refused to waste my life on Latin.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 21
That would be good. You wrote once about surprising a French (or was it Latin?) teacher.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (177106)
• United States
10 Aug 21
I remember a lot of my teachers; but I can honestly say that none of them were inspiring.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 21
It takes a special person to make a really good teacher.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (177106)
• United States
10 Aug 21
@JudyEv Yes it does.
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Rashna Gandhi
@Rashnag (30592)
• Surat, India
10 Aug 21
Good story. Yes I remember many of my school teachers. They played an important role in instilling knowledge and discipline in me. Cherish those memories. Thanks for reminding again
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 21
I'm glad you remember your teachers with pleasure.
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Rashna Gandhi
@Rashnag (30592)
• Surat, India
10 Aug 21
@JudyEv yes dear
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
10 Aug 21
I do remember many of my teachers. Look like baby birds at the bird bath.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Aug 21
They are full-size but tiny. You'd wonder how they'd manage in a strong wind.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
11 Aug 21
@JudyEv Same with the tiny hummingbirds. Amazing to watch.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
10 Aug 21
what a great story!!! and sometimes and is the right answer!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 21
Vince was mostly taught by nuns. I think this woman was a nun too.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
10 Aug 21
@JudyEv i bet! my favorite teacher in High School was actually my wife's favorite teacher (she is older, but we went to the same high school)!
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snowy
@snowy22315 (179921)
• United States
10 Aug 21
I do indeed, but more from ES and HS than college.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Aug 21
Some things seem to completely disappear from our memories. I can't remember names of many teachers.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (89740)
• Arvada, Colorado
10 Aug 21
Oh I do indeed remember all of them. Most of my teachers were the nuns.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Aug 21
So were they mostly nice? Vince says most of his were nice.
Jessica
@JESSY3236 (19892)
• United States
10 Aug 21
I remember some of my teachers. Some I don't remember their names, but I do remember them though.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Aug 21
I've forgotten a lot of names too.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26649)
• Singapore
10 Aug 21
I recall a few from my school and college days. Very few were inspiring. Some I recall for the quirks in their behavior!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Aug 21
Some teachers were a bit 'different' or had different methods.
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DINNERLADY
@lazydaizee (6735)
• United Kingdom
10 Aug 21
Some of my teachers were so awful that I know I will never forget them. However, we did have one very nice young lady teacher who was always trying to teach us about environmental matters such as pollution. This was back in the 1970s and she told us we should be very aware of the damage people were doing to our planet by causing pollution. Now we are are hearing about the effects of climate change , I often think about what this teacher was trying to tell us back then.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 21
I guess all her advice fell on deaf ears back in those days. She was well ahead of her time.
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Jerr
@CuriousGab (3292)
• India
10 Aug 21
Yes I remember all of my school teachers right from nursery to high school I'm still in touch with some of them. You got good teacher
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338949)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Aug 21
That's nice that you're still in touch with some of your teachers.
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