So, I like this concept of "roll call" for the blog. (Although I am afraid I will discover that no one reads it much.)
I think I like it because the answers tend to be funny and clever and make good reading. And "great lines" seem to emerge quite often.
So my questions are,
1. How did you get to my blog? (that seems to be obligatory)
2. Who was your favorite teacher? Why?
3. And who was your least favorite teacher - and why?
You don't have to name them - you can just describe them or give them a pseudonym - after all, maybe they will read this blog.
Which reminds me of a story Dr. Elliot Landau read at a Children's Lit class I took from him at the U - he reads it at the beginning of every education class he teaches (or taught - I don't even know if he is still alive!!) About a young man who comes to visit a former teacher. She is elderly and can't remember him too well and he goes on about the memories he has and they get darker and darker because she was pretty mean and unkind to him - he was apparently a "loser" and everyone treated him that way. Anyway, he either was just out of prison or had just escaped - and as I remember it, he was planning to go harm all these people who had been so unkind to him. And he was starting with her!
The details are pretty foggy but the creepy feeling it gave me has never gone away!
On that cheerful note, I will look forward to your contributions!
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16 comments:
1. I got here because it's in my Google Reader - and I'm a big fan of all things Terrill.
2. My favorite teacher was Carol Coburn - my high school theater director. She knew EVERYTHING about what was going on with each of her students and knew exactly how to motivate each student. Gifted and gracious...and you wouldn't mess with her. Ever.
3. My least favorite teacher was my 2nd grade reading teacher. He would lick his fingers and then wipe them on my glasses. Gross, right? But - I am a strong reader - so...no, it's still gross.
We still miss you Miss Five!!
1. I am here because you and Dad washed your clothes together in Western Family detergent.
2. Ah, what a hard question. I have so many favorites. I'll pick Mr. Guy, because I had him for three years in high school and I could pretty much get away with anything in his class. He and his wife also have a daughter named Hannah, so I guess that I didn't turn them off the name completely.
3. My least favorite teacher was my P.E. teacher in 6th grade. Since you might have co-workers reading this I'm not going to name names, but I'm sure everyone knows who I am talking about.
1. I came the same way Hannah came.
2. My favorite teacher is a tie between Dr. Lawrence and Dr. Jacobs at BYU. Dr. Lawrence (English professor) didn't give tests; he assigned several books and each week we wrote a page-long essay on the week's assigned reading. We were assigned like 10 books and we were allowed to skip one. Then we had a final paper at the end of class on a topic of our choice related to the readings. We had a lot of class discussions and I really loved going to class. He is the one who cried in class when he read the end of House of Mirth out loud. Several of my favorite books came from his classes (he taught contemporary lit and 19th-century American women authors).
Dr. Jacobs was the supervising professor when I studied abroad in Vienna. He is a children's education professor but I learned more about writing from him than any teacher. He and Dr. Lawrence are two of the kindest people I met at BYU. Dr. Brown, religion teacher at BYU, was also a favorite. He assigned 3-question quizzes each class on the reading, then we turned in a 2-page paper each week on a topic of our choice based on the reading--no tests. Do you notice a theme? He was also very insightful and knew tons about the scriptures.
3. I had a teacher in high school who was not very nice to me. It was my own fault I got a D in his class but I retook it from a better teacher the next year (with renewed motivation) and got an A.
By the way it sounds like I am lazy and like teachers who don't make you take tests...but in reality I just think tests don't always work as well as papers and discussions in literature courses, unless they are essays. I don't think I got As from any of those teachers (except maybe Dr. Jacobs), I just felt like I learned more from them than I would have from tests, and more from them than most teachers I had.
And what a creepy story from your professor!
1)I got here because I read the Terrill connection, and you started this blog, and I love reading what you write. And I'm your niece and I love you.
2)My favorite teacher was Mr. Montesero 5th grade. He really encouraged my developing love for reading.
3)my least favorite was a teacher in high school who used me to do all the yearbook errands during my english class and then tried to give me a D because I didn't have everything done. She seemed to forget that I missed things because of her. (She changed it to a C when confronted on it, but I lost all respect for her because of the situation.)
1.I got here through you choosing to marry my mom's little brother. Barbara, you are a wonderful aunt!
2.I've had many excellent teachers, but my favorite teacher was Mr. Dale Malicay. I took Anatomy & Physiology from him in my Jr. year. It was a tough class, but I loved it. He really loved what he taught, and that resonated with me. He challenged me like I had never been challenged before. He was a perfectionist and quite demanding. There was never any doubt in my mind about what he wanted from me as a student. I realized how hard I could work and how that work could pay off. He instilled in me the desire to push myself. Most importantly, he taught me how to study. I always went to his class wanting to learn and left wanting to learn even more.
3. My worst teacher (he did not deserve the title of teacher) was in college. It still pains me to think that I payed to be taught by someone so incrediably incompetent.
1. Hello there! I am here because you are in my Goodle Reader that Robbie set up for me. I can see that checking in every few days is not nearly enough to keep up with your great family. There is a lot that goes on!
2. My favorite teacher was my 2nd grade teacher Miss Reisig. She used to say that her birthday was the 12th of Never and we never did get to know when it was. I was just totally infatuated with her and from day one I knew that I wanted to teach just like she did. Interestingly, I have no earlier school memories. None at all, and very few memories at all of my life before then. So anyway, I had a plan and it turns out that I did teach and I thought about her several times a week for the first few years.
3. I don't think I had a least favorite teacher. I have had a few least favorite teacher colleagues through the years though. Working with them could possibly be described as an educational experience as I learned a lot about people.
I got here because you're my aunt. And I live far from everybody so it is nice to read blogs and still feel connected.
My favorite teacher was miss. larsen from fourth and fifth grade. she really encouraged us to learn in all sorts of manners and took us on fun side trips as rewards (she took us to a byu football game one time) (I don't think that would be allowed now.) SHe tried to teach me to play guitar and she eally encouraged reading.
My least favorite teacher was my humanities prof at BYU. He turned off the lights everyday and showed slides and talked in the most monotone voice ever. I never did manage to stay awake for an entire class.
1. See Hannah's answer
2. I have a lot of favorites. Mr. Cocarro, because he knew everything American History. Susan Eastman Black because she knows everything Church History. And Bonch Kinch becasue she was so patient with all of us Laurels.
3. A certain creepy math teacher that has since been let go from MHS. I think I lasted 2 weeks in his class before things went sour.
i am here - how is not important
fave teacher - Mrs. Bott - 2nd grade - because she had love in her heart and her face.
least fave - can't answer that at this moment - that impedes my cheery karma right now.
1. Thru the Terrill Connection, thru family.
2. Mrs. Black from 6th grade. She kept learning interesting and challenging.
3. Mrs. Cramer, my 10 and 11th grade French teacher. I learned nothing except how much she hated men.
1. I have been looking at your blog for ages since I started perusing The Terrill Connection and I am your sister.
2. My favorite teacher was Mr. Kaufman. Whatever I know about writing I learned from him.
3. I really can't remember who was my least favorite teacher, however, in the 4th grade we had a recently returned vet and spent our PE periods learning how to march. That was NOT my favorite thing to do. I can stil remember him saying, "to the rear march" and we had to do it all in unison.
I probably never would have gotten here if it had not been for a certain night at the WC at BYU, back in the Fall of '64. This, of course, was long before Western Family came into the picture.
Best teacher. There were lots of great ones, but two stand out: Brewster Ghiselin at U of U and Ed Hart at BYU. Both were memorable because going to class was a pleasure, and preparing well for their classes became an obsession. I wanted them to respect my scholarship.
Worst? Hands down, a crotchety woman who was paid to teach us in the 5th grade. She was so out of control that she used to swear at us in class. Can you feature that in 1956? Imagine Ozzie and Harriet dealing with that one!
I got here because no one is more dedicated to writing than my Aunt, or worth reading for that matter.
Mr. Daugherty- 6th grade. Jovial yet firm and always encouraging.
Mr. Dunderman- 4th grade. Scared me so bad I would not even play at recess and faked sick for several days.
1.) Through Phoebe, though I love all the Terrills! (Does anyone not love the Terrills? Yeah, didn't think so. :-)
2.) My favorite teacher spot is a tie between my US History teacher junior year in High School and my college Statistics teacher. Both were passionate about the subject matter, firm and demanding of respect, yet also great at demonstrating respect for their students. This was especially noteworthy at the age of 16, when you otherwise feel you are in that in between child-adult stage. Coming in a close second place is the famous Mr. Jansson...words can almost not describe his delightfulness, "No, Miss Shaw, you may not go to the restroom. YOu aren't the queen of America, you know!"
3.) Least favorite teacher title goes to my uninspired, disorganized and nearly incomprehensible Psych 101 teacher. It was the longest semester of my life!
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