What teacher would you say was most influential in your life?

Question

I would have to say Ms. McCoola, one of my high school business teachers. She was a real lady, dressed and acted like one, taught us integrity in the workplace, how to value ourselves, etc. She insisted we do the best we could do and she was always available if we wanted to talk. How about you?

I should have specified human teacher. As a Christian I, too, believe Jesus was the greatest teacher.

I should have specified human teacher. As a Christian I, too, believe Jesus was the greatest teacher.

Answer 1

I have been blessed with a number of folk who have walked along my path with me and taught me some timely lessons.

Since I was 17 (now 61), my greatest teacher has been my wife. She has taught me the meaning of life, happiness, sadness, joy, caring, compassion and long suffering and enduring love. For our 41 years of marriage she has not stopped talking to me about us. Her faith and belief in her God is so remarkable and deep that I've learn the difference between being spiritual and being religious. Through her voice and concern I've learn how to appreciate and articulate my respect for women and women's rights. I've learned from her what it means to be a liberal, as well as what it means to be a rock solid conservative. I've learned what it means to be a child who must watch a parent die and how to overcome the grief of the moment in order to take care of the parent's immediate need. I've learned what it means to support your child in all his endeavors even those you have no faith in seeing accomplished....yet....with his Mother's encouragement and belief in him....he accomplished what he set out to do. She taught me that memories are what you make for your grandchild and those memories will last not only your lifetime but the lifetime of your grandchild as well. I've learned from her what it truly means to "Pay it Forward" and be a blessing to others and to do so with no possibility of being discovered. I could go on and on about the teacher who has been most influential in my life but I'll just leave it here and thank you for allowing me this opportunity to talk about my soulmate.

Answer 2

I have decided that that info is highly personal in nature

I have had many great teachers, only some of them were at a school or being for it

I kind of figure , share the knowledge, not the teachers

only when and if people ask and deserve it too

In colleges, it really is a chain of knowledge going back , way back, teachers teaching the next teachers , etc

that deserves our respect I think, reality is that not all teachers are even good, and sometimes schools have insane hypochrasy and political climbing instead of teaching, etc.

still some gems at schools though, if you where and how to find em

Answer 3

Mr. Palmer, my high school journalism teacher. He had the niftiest field trips. We'd go to the city (SF) and tour a newspaper, then we'd take a boat tour of the Bay, have dinner at Fisherman's Wharf, and go to a live musical downtown. That's how "Carousel" became my favorite.

But of course journalism was a keen interest for me at the time (back when journalists really WERE objective), so I'm probably NOT remembering several other wonderful teachers.

Answer 4

Unfortunately, I attended Catholic school for all 12 years of basic education. The nuns lacked a little in warmth. I would have to say that my greatest teacher was my maiden aunt.
She introduced me to languages and culture. She very generously took me travelling all over. Because of her I developed a love of opera and musical comedy. I aslo grew to love history and architecture. She was a woman way ahead of her time. She became an executive secretary with Bethlehem Steel and had friends in many foreign embassies.
She taught me that you didnt have to be married and have children to fulfill yourself as a woman. None of this was done with a heavy hand. She really would have made a wonderful teacher. She was also the one who taught me that Jesus was our greatest teacher. I am forever in her debt.

Answer 5

My Latin teacher, Mr. Hirsch.
He was an old wise man, with a full gray beard and a great sense of humor.
He taught us that we don't have to know the answer to everything, but we do have to know where to FIND the answer to anything.
Besides teaching us Latin, and thus the basis for learning any language, he also taught us how to go about learning anything.
One step at a time, forward AND upward.
He also let us cheat ( a little bit) on tests, because in his opinion getting a good grade in Latin wasn't about scoring high in tests, but about learning the basics for anything to come in live.
He was a great inspiration and managed to make something as dull as Latin a lot of fun.
Thank you, Mr. Hirsch!
.

Answer 6

My 8th grade Math teacher, Mr. Fuentes. He would shake our hand everyday before class and ask how our day was going. He did this for each and every student. He really cared a lot about all of us. He was always very calm and students really respected him. He never had to raise his voice. He taught us the value of friendship, the value of being an individual, and of course, some math.

Answer 7

It would have to be Mrs. Aimes, my high school health teacher. She absolutely opened my mind up to the world. I was seated next to a boy that I did not get along with. When I approached her about changing seats, she advised that my sitting next to him was not a mistake, she sat us together purposefully. From that point on, I made a conscious effort to get along with him and at the end of the school year, we were both better off. I believe that was the first time I felt mature.

Answer 8

Teachers: Mrs. March, 4th grade and our music teacher that year, Mrs. Campbell. They both encouraged me to get into music. We had one of those little metal flutes...and I was quite good at it playing by ear. I play the clarinet, sax, drums, keyboard, guitar, bass (upright acoustic bass), banjo. I even had a country band back in 72 - 73...billed ourselves as the BEST BAND ON THE CONTINENT. McMurdo Country Sound (Antarctica).

In my Navy career, my best teacher was Lieutenant Commander Bill Percifield, Supply Corps, USN. He was SOOO demanding! My attitude drastically changed the 2 years I worked under him. My last year there, if he wanted something done, he'd call me to do it....type messages, do reports, etc (even when I was running our warehouse, he'd call me to his stateroom and hand me a project). He basically told me if I wasn't going to do it right, get someone else to do it and I'd be replaced. I didn't like to think where I'd be 'replaced' to.

Answer 9

Miss Sylvia Wiggins 7th grade Enlish Lit teacher.

Answer 10

Mr Johnson in Chemistry... because he cared enough to tell me the truth when I asked.... and Ms. McPike an intern teacher who cared enough to care about me and really try to help...... then there was Ms Olson. I was in love with her... but I was only 7 and she ran off and got married to someone else...Oh if I had only been just a little older... like 9 or 10... maybe I would have had a chance....