Question of the Day - Wednesday, June 4th, 2025
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Whoops, I answered this in the other thread. Mr. Richardson was probably one of the best teachers I ever had. I got a chance to tell him that a few years ago.
Since it was a rural school, he taught 8th grade math, physics, algebra, and a college prep math. I took all of them.
Since it was a rural school, he taught 8th grade math, physics, algebra, and a college prep math. I took all of them.
Um, I'm not sure if I went through highschool... I did get my HiSET with high scores, but on school itself, I dropped out. Too many learning disabilities on top of a poor memory that forgot everything after finally passing a test for like the third time.
I was also homeschooled, so keeping track of grades was hard. Most I know was my last grade in Math was sixth grade, which I dropped out after going through the whole year doing fairly well, then took the end-of-year test feeling confident, only to get the test results back saying that I failed the entire year. I don't know if that was highschool, but my only teacher was my Mom and she was by my side and even encouraged me to drop out because she knew the toll of constantly failing was taking on me.
I was also homeschooled, so keeping track of grades was hard. Most I know was my last grade in Math was sixth grade, which I dropped out after going through the whole year doing fairly well, then took the end-of-year test feeling confident, only to get the test results back saying that I failed the entire year. I don't know if that was highschool, but my only teacher was my Mom and she was by my side and even encouraged me to drop out because she knew the toll of constantly failing was taking on me.
Oddly, my head track coach. He was the one who pushed my folks to get me tested for dyslexia. Him helping me learn how to manage something I had been struggling with and didn't understand WHY changed my life.
Didn't change my attitude a whole lot, it was too late by then.
Didn't change my attitude a whole lot, it was too late by then.
Mr Wells my 9th grade history teacher. He was a very odd teacher. Instead of just going through the text book he would explain things in crazy elaborate stories. He gave many different characters names and used different voices throughout the stories.
Our room had carpet and many times we'd all shove our desks and chairs against the walls and sit in a big circle on the floor.
He'd sit and move around in the middle writing stuff and drawing on the carpet with big colored chalk.
Don't remember what the particular stories were about but my favorite reoccurring character was Freddy the bull.
Our room had carpet and many times we'd all shove our desks and chairs against the walls and sit in a big circle on the floor.
He'd sit and move around in the middle writing stuff and drawing on the carpet with big colored chalk.
Don't remember what the particular stories were about but my favorite reoccurring character was Freddy the bull.
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Not gonna drop any names, but a few notable mentions
* my 9th grade environmental science teacher (well, technically it was an 11th grade class but I took the class in 9th grade), even though most of the class acted like kindergartners (not her fault, that class was just rowdy for whatever reason) she still did a good job teaching. She and I also shared the same birthday
* My 10th grade geometry teacher who's made geometry fun and kept us laughing
* my 12th grade precalc teacher who showed us the wonders of studio c and was just in general a cool teacher
* my guitar teacher in 12th grade (yes, my school did indeed have a guitar class). Even now when I hear girls just wanna have fun I think of his class. One day one of the other students put up tacospin.com on the overhead which is a website that has a spinning taco with that song playing, when he stepped out a moment to take a phone call . Not only did he not get mad but he picked up a guitar and started playing along
* My 12th grade ap English teacher who always had good stories to tell
* My 9th and 10th grade healthcare science teacher who taught me the joys of medical terminology. I think that's part of the reason why I now enjoy learning Japanese as it also requires you to memorize the root meanings of kanji. I can also still remember how to use a sphygmomanometer (blood pressure cuff) and the scales you see at the doctor's office. Doesn't really come up often but it's still good to know
* the school nurse, I had to do clinicals at the nurse's office in high school and I enjoyed my time there
* finally, my ag teacher who taught me a lot about how agriculture works
* my 9th grade environmental science teacher (well, technically it was an 11th grade class but I took the class in 9th grade), even though most of the class acted like kindergartners (not her fault, that class was just rowdy for whatever reason) she still did a good job teaching. She and I also shared the same birthday
* My 10th grade geometry teacher who's made geometry fun and kept us laughing
* my 12th grade precalc teacher who showed us the wonders of studio c and was just in general a cool teacher
* my guitar teacher in 12th grade (yes, my school did indeed have a guitar class). Even now when I hear girls just wanna have fun I think of his class. One day one of the other students put up tacospin.com on the overhead which is a website that has a spinning taco with that song playing, when he stepped out a moment to take a phone call . Not only did he not get mad but he picked up a guitar and started playing along
* My 12th grade ap English teacher who always had good stories to tell
* My 9th and 10th grade healthcare science teacher who taught me the joys of medical terminology. I think that's part of the reason why I now enjoy learning Japanese as it also requires you to memorize the root meanings of kanji. I can also still remember how to use a sphygmomanometer (blood pressure cuff) and the scales you see at the doctor's office. Doesn't really come up often but it's still good to know
* the school nurse, I had to do clinicals at the nurse's office in high school and I enjoyed my time there
* finally, my ag teacher who taught me a lot about how agriculture works
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The video my precalc teacher showed the class one day
I basically homeschooled myself, but I loved my math tutor, Ms. Tonya. She explained things in a way no one else could.
I answered this in the other thread but I'll say another teacher here. Besides Ms. S-F(#1fav) it would be our choir teacher, Mrs. T. She made choir fun and when my sister got pregnant, the father of the baby got a new girlfriend and that girl was calling my pregnant sister some horrible names. So, the other triplet and I showed her what a throat punch was. The teacher caught us and took us to her office and said, "I know why you girls punched her and I don't blame you. Pretend that I'm yelling at you and don't let me catch you dropping punches again." Now, THAT, is awesome (she never did catch us again, we got sneaky
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Mr.Smith—-chemistry reacher and wildlife rehab mentor
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