Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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15 years of Catholic education here. Most nuns and priest were tough to very tough, but they had to be. Nuns in my grammar school had at least 50 children per class room. I didn't like the nuns then, but later in life I appreciated all they did to not only teach us well, but we learned respect and discipline. Back then, there was no A.D.D. If you didn't pay attention, and you failed even just one subject, you had to repeat the entire grade next year. No excuses, no private tutoring, no remedial learning. So, every nun was special and taught us very well. Thank you Sisters.
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My music teacher from 7th grade. Mr Foulkes. Got us started with a small dance band in addition to music class. To this day I continue playing music. Spent 16 years as a military band musician and have played more "gigs" than I can count. Music has been a big part of my entire life! Thank you Mr. Foulkes
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My high school science teacher. Betty ?. Kept inviting me over to her house for tutoring I did not need. She said I was gifted and should be shown advanced lessons to prepare me for college. Occasionally she would invite me over for some payed garden work etc. Held my hand a few times telling me how special I was. Even though I was already "active", I never figured out what was really going on until four years later after graduation when I was skiing on the lake she lived on and she came at me directly. Wow, would have been great back then. Stupid me, swing and a miss. I did very well in science.
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Mrs. Diehl, who was my high school Accounting teacher and advisor. She advocated for me and greatly influenced my career path. Forty years later she was a surprise guest at my retirement party.
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Mr. Ludick, advanced math. He would only teach to the two or three brightest students. If I or others ask a question he would glance at us and keep lecturing the two or three speaking faster. I would then lay my head on my desk and sleep until the period ending bell woke me up. Twenty-five years later my best friend and I walked into the bar at a bowling alley the week of our 25th reunion and there was Mr. Ludick sitting at the bar with another of our teachers. My friend said “You remember Tom, don’t you?” And Mr. Ludick said “Sure. He’s the one who slept in my class.” Priceless.
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Ms. Bussey. Never got to say thank you. In 11'nth grade. I perceived dyslexic meant dumb - and performed as expected. She forced me to read three articles about dyslexics. First was Einstein who flunked out in 8'th grade. Second was VP Rockefeller who memorized his speeches on a tape recorder. Third was a study of white collar criminals in California - 70% were dyslexic. Changed my life. Today, I'm a full time University Professor - MBA program - where I started as a "test of online learning" for them seven years ago - and allows me to live in The Villages. Now "purpose driven" using my God given skills to help others in their career journeys.
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The teacher I remember best was Mr Swanick, our high school math teacher. I fooled around in my second last year in high school and just managed to pass math. Mr Swanick taught the final year of math at our high school. The criteria for entering engineering at my chosen university was high A plus. Mr Swanick did not want me to enroll in his classes as he said I would fail and I had to ask the principal to over rule him. I was allowed to take his math class but Mr Swanick seemed to hate me after that. Every time I asked for clarification of how an equation was solved he would humiliate me, “And 1 plus 2 is 3. Do you follow that?”
We had two 40 minute periods back to back, one for Calculus and one for Probability and he would stay in the class for all of 5 minutes. He would write an equation on the board and solve it. Woe be on to you if you asked him a question! He put the assigned homework on the board, then left for the staff room for 75 minutes. The class had 16 students of which 2 were girls. We all got together and each if us took a math question from our textbook and solved it on the board with everyone helping. The final exams were not set by the school and we all wanted to go to university. All 16 of us passed, only one did not get an A in the math exams. All of us, all 16 went on to university. I thank Mr Swanick, he gave me motivation to prove him wrong. Last edited by Velvet; 08-03-2021 at 01:15 PM. |
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So many! But one my ballet teachers, Liz Yeigh was the coolest best friend type of teacher. She even brought us to her place for a class party, introduced us to her boyfriend and fed us hot dogs and ice cream.
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This was such a feel good post
I was surprised at how many said it was their English teacher. My senior English teacher, Mr. Sofranko, was certainly my inspiration. I too became an English teacher. The best thing about teaching was caring so much about the kids. The response from them gave me a high. Sometimes it takes a roomful of inspiring students to make a great teacher.
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My best teachers
4th grade teacher - took us to her farm for a field trip. She taught love - I think we all thought we were her favorite.
Elementary principal - took the 6th graders cave exploring each year during 6th grade camp! He was like a scoutmaster to every student that attended our school. Great fireside storyteller, too! High School history teacher. She made history interesting with her extensive stories. College history teacher - I rushed into college right out of high school - summer session. First day of class: Professor - "How many of you are freshmen, this is your very first college class fresh out of high school?" <few hands are raised> Professor (evil laugh) - "Good luck. If you can pass this class, you'll make it." (or something very close to that) Hardest class I took in college, but it gave me confidence for the years ahead! I'm not sure he was the best professor, but definitely one I remember! Best of the BEST! My college advisor, Dr. Rider. He did everything an advisor should - calmed fears, gave sound advice, encouraged, had high expectations, and went to bat for students/programs. I stayed in touch with him until his death a couple years ago. He left a legacy of exactly what a teacher, advisor, mentor, friend should be, and his family certainly would say the same about him as a son, husband, father, etc. |
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Fifth grade geometry class back in 1962, Harahan, La elementary school. Mr Brown. Best teacher I ever had. He was a jewel in a big box of broken glass of Louisiana public school teachers.
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