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Think!Do you have any favourite teachers? Have teachers ever inspired you?What made these teacher special? What qualities did they have?Read the text below which is about special teachers that people remmber.Do any of them have the same qualities as your favourite or inspirational teachers?
Great Teachers
Believe it or not my favourite teacher was named Mr Mann. He taught seventh and eighth grade maths, science and music (sometimes working as a jazz pianist). He would speak to us 'at eye level', never lost his temper, and had infinite patience and tolerance for anything except unkindness. We did incredible projects for the science fairs. To this day (and I'm talking 40 years ago) I remember our lessons on meteorology (we built a weather station!) and on human anatomy (which 12-year-old boys and girls were able to take seriously without any offensive behaviour).The best teacher I ever had was my eighth grade science teacher, Mr. John Rowden He was the funniest person I have ever known in my life, every class was fun and I actually learned a lot about science. He was the one person who really understood me - he changed my life dramatically and I forever thank him for that. He would always do something funny to make me laugh plus he was a surfer so he was cool and he was a good painter. Unfortunately, when the year ended he moved to Austria. The last thing I ever got from him was a CD that he made for me and which I still have today.The most outstanding teacher I've ever had in all my years of education was Hilary Ford from whom I had the pleasure of learning translation with at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School. She was organised, knowledgeable and interesting. But the best thing was that she knew how to criticize our work and ask questions to make us think. I learned more from her about teaching than I did about translation (and I learned a lot about translation!).I used to go to school in the UK. It was the early thirties of the last century in London - a long time ago. Miss Robertson was a conservatively dressed Presbyterian from Wales who taught history. Among the unmarried female staff in a girls' school (after WWI, you could not teach if you were married) she was not a school mistress, but she was strict. She taught history because she was passionate about it and she made us love it. The characters she described came to life and the dates of battles became unimportant even though we had to learn them by heart for exams. She would encourage us to read historical novels which I like to this day. I didn't really like school but she made it bearable. When she left to head a school in India, I really missed her.Alison Ramsey was my grade 9 English teacher. She was one of those hippy types but she treated us with respect and cared about each one of us. Actually, we guys had a crush on her too. She took the time to really teach us literature and how to write. I will always remember how she used to write meaningful comments and suggestions for writing, organizing and presenting better work. We always wanted to please her and in the end pleased ourselves. She was a model who has inspired me in my own work because she made a difference in our lives by shaping our destiny and giving us confidence.Mr Johnson was inspiring, and I think his lessons were the first time I was really made to think in high school. Instead of just learning about the major revolutions in history, we would relive them. Playing the devil's advocate, he forced us to look at the world through the eyes of the people involved. We used to play their parts and argue their causes, and tried to convince each other what was right. This way, we understood the complexity of history and its meaning for us, and no longer thought of it simply as a time line to be memorised. I try to do the same today and keep his memory alive.
Adapted from: http://www.etni.org.il/bestteacherever.htm
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