Who was your favorite teacher/s and why?

 Lady Fingers I am going to run with this one because it will be fun!!!

I had several but will start with my 5th grade teacher Mrs Reimer, she loved to read...and everyday after lunch she sat and read "chapter" books to us...this instilled a love of reading in me that has never gone away...I have seen her many times over the years and I always thank her for teaching me to love books!!!

Another was Mr Gombiski my high school Art teacher.. this guy was 6'5" and about 250 or more hand hands the size of garbage can lids.. and the most delicate touch.. he created beautiful paintings, pottery etc... he loved his job, he loved kids and it showed in his joy when we succeeded...I was having a horrible time "getting" the pottery wheel.. he spent hours and hours with me before/after school Saturday etc.. all of a sudden it clicked and I created a beautiful pot...I gave him that pot when I graduated!! He passed away last week and I will attend his memorial service today...He also was an avid fisherman...and started a fishing club...we spent many hours on the river with him summer and winter fishing away!!

who was your favorite teacher and why? 

I had a teacher one year Mr. Bell.....was a very good teacher, that could get us invoved and intrested in what we were 'suppossed' to be learning...

My kindergarten teacher and my first grade teacher. I was very shy, had speech problems and some other social problems. They discreetly worked with me to overcome those problems. They did not believe in embarrassing any child for any reason. They believed every child was special and worthy of respect but not in a superficial way that some do today. We didn't have speech class but my first grade teacher had my best friend work with me on my pronuciation. I also remember how proud I was the day the first grade teacher let me lead one of the reading groups when we were running late for some reason.

 I had many good teachers.

Mrs. Blue.  4th and 5th grades.  She was promoted with us.

Mr. McKee.  My high school algebra teacher.  That's when I learned I like math. Never did until then.

Dr. Morton.  My American Lit professor in college.  He was amazing.  

Spurgeon Bradley.  My trigonometry teacher in college.  Gosh he was cute.

Ken McCarty.  My world history teacher in college.

The last two were graduate assistants and fantastic teachers.  Bradley went on to become a professor and I think head of the math department at Vanderbilt.  He was a Rhodes scholar too.  McCary became head of the history department at Southern Mississippi.  

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My favorite high school teacher always made sure everyone understood the subject before she went on to something else.  (She taught English and Literature).  We all would have to work together to help the 'one who didn't get it'.  She taught us teamwork and compassion.

I have two favorites from college.  One was my Government instructor.  I came from a small conservative town and when I got to college it was a real eye-opener.  He showed us why it was important to understand the world and to take an active role in politics.  I also had a Comparative Literature instructor who had us read works from other religions and then compare how they were alike.  She never brought up the differences.  She had also traveled to 6 of the 7 Continents.  She said she would have liked to go to Antarctica, but she was too old.  She was close to 70!  She should have went.  I believe she is still alive and she was my teacher in the mid-80's!

brigid

It'd have to be my 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Looker.  During that school year, right before Christmas, I  scalded my leg quite badly, and had to go to a surgeon once a week to have my dressings changed.  She understood and wouldn't let me do much in class because of it.  I don't remember the lessons, but I remember that.

I don't quite remember his name, I'll have to rewind my tapes, but he was my 7th grade physics teacher.  I loved his class even though I didn't take any more physics. 

The late Terry Moye. He taught me to love history, because he made the War Between the States come alive 110 years later.

 Wow! This is a good one. I had many good teachers.

Ms. Cooper (8th grade) - She was and still is the most wonderful person. She loves life, her students and I remember when we watched the reel to reel movie of The Battle of Shiloh at the end of our class period, she would let us watch it as she rewound it for the next class. How hilarious to see the smoke of the guns going INTO the guns instead of coming out and the men falling ONTO their horses instead of falling off. I now work at the same elementary school and Ms. Cooper just retired at the end of this school year.

Mrs. Smith  (High School) - She was a very beautiful Christian woman who always had time to share with her students whether it be with extra work help or just sharing in what was going on in our lives. I remember when she signed our annuals, she wrote the scripture reference to a Bible verse in each one that she specifically chose for each of us. Mine was II Timothy 2:15. Still my favorite verse to this day.

Mr. Winter (also High School) - I could say many things about him. He was a wonderful teacher, friend and he taught us not only about Civics, but about life as well. He and I continued to stay in touch with each other until his death 3 years ago.

 Teachers help to shape us into the adults we become.

MamaPoo 

I have so many favorites for so many reasons!!

2nd Grade-Mrs. Creps...she read us the Little House series and I just fell in LOVE with them and still love them to this day.

5th Grade-Mrs. Kivi...she was just SO nice and was who I had to go to when I "became a woman" for the first time while at school...she kept me so calm.

 HS Science-Mr. Jones...he was a CRAZY old man. He taught my dad and my aunts and uncles and would call me by every name in the family but my own! He'd always say "by God I'm going to give you a shin kick if you don't straighten up!"

HS Speech-Wils...if some kid was feeding him crap he'd always get on his desk and pretend to shovel the sh!t! He demanded respect and excellence in every thing.

German-Frau...oh Frau...I took German for 4 years and can hardly speak a word of it but that was the most fun class!! I'm still really good friends with a lot of people that were in it.

 Government-Col. Bunnell...who better to teach young minds about the world and the government then a retired Army Col! He was so passionate about politics! It is because of him I took an interest in them. He had such amazing stories...he was shot in the face in Vietnam, traveled all over the world...every Friday would be soap box day and we could get up in front of the class and just vent about anything. He did so much for that school...I see him every once in a while..

My 3rd grade teacher - she was fresh out of school and we were her first class and we thought she was the prettiest lady we'd ever seen!

Sr. Mary Robert - taught English and Religion in high school.  Gave us challenging books in English and taught us that it was ok to ask questions of our faith in Religion.

Bobby Blue-Eyes - taught my Freshman Calculus in college - well, he tried his best!  But I loved him - he was patient, not to mention young and cute!

 Mount Miguel high school...Mr. Smith, history....he made it come alive.....he later became principal....

My all time fav was my high school English teacher. Her enthusiasm for book/poetry/plays lit up the room and our imaginations.

I lived for her class--though many thought she was weird, I appreciated her

My mother was a teacher. I never had her in class, but she taught me some important things:

tolerance for other people, even if they seem different.

respect for nature.

"greed is not a virtue."

how to cook and bake.

how to figure out proportions.

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I have been with her out in public when former students approached her, told her she had been their favorite teacher and because of her, had gone into nursing or medicine.  I thought that was pretty neat.

Well let's see - there was Mr. Smarto in HS who taught Humanities and Afro-Asian Studies (he had a grant from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation to do this).  The Afro-Asian class sparked a life-long interest in all things Asian.

Mr. McMullen - Jr. Hi English & Social Studies - he was just fun.  We worked hard by he had a great sense of humor and never ever put a kid down.

Prof. Barbara Reynolds, who passed away a few years ago, was my advisor when I was a social work student.  A wonderful, grounded, compassionate individual who, when I decided not to pursue social work as a career, was perfectly understanding and encouraging.

My recent grad school adventures:  Prof. Sy Murray, who just retired, taught Intro to Public Administration with enthusiasm and plenty of  stories and "Sy-isms" - we really understood government after that!