Comments on: Who Was Your Favorite Teacher?

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:39:18 +0000

This teacher sounds like the kind of teacher I would like, someone who is funny and makes class fun, but also has a structure in the class. I love teachers who make you want to come to class just to see what kind of wakey thing they are going to say, or what we are going to do that day!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:21:08 +0000

My favorite teacher would have to be my 8th grade Spanish teacher. What made her my favorite was the fact she always looked like she was happy to be there and by that you could tell she liked kids a lot. When i needed help or advice about something it was never a problem and she would see me after class or something. Back then i wasn’t the best of kids in class and even then i always felt like she liked me anyways.

By: Jagdeep Kang

Jagdeep Kang — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:38:30 +0000

My favorite teacher will and most likely will always be my P.E who was also my high school soccer coach. There are many reasons why he was my favorite teacher, but what I will always remember the most is that he was always willing to give me advice and support in his own time. He was always happy and approachable and most importantly for me he was always enthusiastic, and I never got the feeling that there was a day when he did not want to be there.

A big factor also for me was that with his knowledge and skills he developed me into a more complete soccer player, and I believe it was through his support of developing me a s a player is what got me noticed in England and ultimately what landed me my professional soccer trials. He always believed that I had a talent to play soccer and this is why I believe he dedicated much of his own time with me before and after practices. He is a big factor why I have achieved so much in the game of soccer, winning many championships and playing at a high level not only in England and the U.S.A but also other leading European countries.

By: Brad Mandarino

Brad Mandarino — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:09:29 +0000

My favorite teacher is was my PE teacher from middle school. He always had a smile on his face and was an overall good guy. A good sense of humor goes a long way. Helping students in any way he can was his best characteristic and everybody liked him. I’m a very competitive person and he was the first person to teach me to keep my cool when things didn’t go my way or i lost at something. He taught many other life lessons that have made me the man i am today. I couldn’t have put toegther a more well rounded person and because of that he was a GREAT teacher.

By: Sarah Fairburn

Sarah Fairburn — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:19:50 +0000

My favorite teacher was Mrs. Umland from my elementary years. She was one of the funniest teachers I had ever had. And that alone makes students, especially me, want to be in her classroom. The humor made her very comforting, welcoming and down to earth. She was also always there for all her students and showed no favoritism. She treated everyone equal and wanted to help each and every student, no matter how frustrating they may be. I remember one instance where I did poorly on a test because I didn’t know the material very well. I just didnt understand it, and she pulled me aside one day after school and helped me personally. After that, i have never had any problems with that subject!

By: Rachel Senior

Rachel Senior — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:07:40 +0000

I have had some good teachers through out my school career and some that were not so great. There were two teachers that I remember who were great teachers. Mr. Short and Mr. Chapman. I had them both my Sophomore year of high school,they were my history teachers the class was a co-taught class. They both used different teaching strategies to cater to students different learning styles. They were energetic, enthusiastic, knowledgeable of the subject matter, and they cared about the students, which they wanted the students to do well. They always had good attitudes everyday. They made what we were learning very fun, and encouraged me to want to become a teacher myself!

By: Eric Greiner

Eric Greiner — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:22:08 +0000

I have had plenty of very good teachers, but it is very hard to raise one above the rest because similar qualities were found in each of them. Probably the best teachers that stick out in my mind were my third grade teacher and my tenth grade math teachers. They each pushed me even though I thought I was at my limit which wasnt very much. They helped me individually and helped me realize things I wasnt able to before. I believe these teachers had huge impacts on my learning and I will never forget the help and skills I learned from them.

By: Brandon Campbell

Brandon Campbell — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:18:14 +0000

I had plenty of good teachers…and the some that weren’t so great…but my favorite had to be my PE teacher (also happened to be my sophomore basketball coach). He was, and still is, in my book, and inspiration. He kows what students are capable of and holds hih standards for them, and encourages them to reach those standards. He’s a really nice guy, easy to get along with and also loves to joke around and develop a friendship with the students, and for me, that was key. Developing a friendship wit the students, as a teacher, can pay off big time in the future. Another thing with this guy was that he clearly stated out what the rules and guidelines were. But, he also gave warnings. I know teachers that would just send kids to the office and such, but this guy gave second chances, which I thought was great too. Like I said before, he was an encouragement to the students and had them work hard and wanted them not only to suceed in the class and to reach their goals in the class, but to succeed and reach their goals in the real world too. This guy is a real people-person and is a big reason why I want become a phys. ed. teacher. I want to have as big of an impact on others’ lives as he did mine.

By: Emily Davis

Emily Davis — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 03:05:05 +0000

I had so many good teachers throughout my school years it is hard to pick just one as my favorite. I would go back all the way to second grade for my favorite teacher. Her name was Mrs. Shields and she actually has a part of me wanting to become a teacher. In second grade, we were learning to read more of the longer stories, and I remember sitting down with her and reading stories just with her, and I loved that. She gave every student individual time with her, because she wanted everyone to succeed. I think I liked her so much because she paid so much attention to me. I was always more of a quite student that always got overlooked by teachers, but not by her she always paid attention to every student not just the loud ones or the smart, but those students and everyone in between. She was so sweet and calming she almost reminded me of my grandma, and who does not love their grandma. The other night I was talking to one of my past teachers parents. Their daughter grew up in Lexington, and she as a teacher and a person has been a very big influence in my life. As I was talking to her parents, they told me their daughter wanted to be a teacher in a third grade, when she had Mrs. Shields. I thought this was crazy because I had the same feeling. I think that kind of information reveals how great of a person and a teacher she was. She affected me and someone else I know lives and a major part of it.

By: Shannon Grover

Shannon Grover — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 02:37:11 +0000

My favorite teacher was Mrs. Waddell in my high school childcare vocational class. She was the one and only teacher who could make me feel like an adult, capable and responsible, while making me feel like a carefree child again all at the same time. She made every minute of her class enjoyable and she made all of her students look at life in a new way. She retired after my first year of that childcare class which left me with a new teacher my senior year of high school. She wasn’t enough to fill Mrs. Waddell’s shoes. I still saw her a few times after she retired, she invited myself and a friend of mine to her house. We took her granddaughters to the swimming pool, and I brought my little boy over to her house to meet her when he was just a baby. I haven’t seen her since then however, and that’s been about 4 years ago. I’ve sent her Christmas cards but life just took it’s course and now I have two children, a job, and school to deal with. I hope that she understands and I would love to see her again. She will always be my favorite teacher and she always has a place in my heart.