Mrs. Hales: My Passion For Writing

The first teacher that I fully understood what writing meant was freshmen year in high school. My teacher was Mr. Landuyt and he explained to us that writing is for our own personal benefit. At that moment I realized that writing is not just for a grade to keep our parents happy. The most successful thing I have ever written was a short story that I wrote when I was a senior in

Most people have or have had a teacher that has inspired them. For me, the teacher that comes to mind is Mr. Rod Edson. There are many great things that describe Mr. Edson, but a few stand out to me more than others. Mr. Edson has inspired me in many ways because he has a great sense of humor, he is laid-back, and he is motivational.

My teacher inspired me to go above and beyond my normal capabilities, and to reach out to others that were in distress. He inspired me to become a better leader, a better person, and a good role model for many kids in the classes below me. David Glasscock was his name, he is a generous man he invests in other to provide them with the tools necessary to be successful. Without his words of advice, I most likely wouldn´t be the same person that I am today.

My English teacher, Miss Tingley, made us all write about a movie character that we felt connected to. Naturally, I wrote my paper about Matilda. I wrote about how we both loved books and how loving them made us feel different than the rest of our families. After Miss Tingley read my paper we became really close. She gave me tons of books that she thought I would be interested in. I would stay after school in her classroom and talk to her for hours about all of them while she graded papers. I told her her about my past experiences with reading and how I wished that my passion for reading could be useful. She then began to encourage me to become a Rebecca Caudill

My middle school theatre teacher, Mrs. Julie Groover, is the teacher who has inspired me the most. She serves as the director for the middle school musicals, as well as a full-time theatre teacher. She is kindhearted and industrious, and she serves as a wonderful role model to her students.

teachers for helping me get to this point in my life, but there was one teacher that stood out to me, Ms.

Their are many people I have thank for shaping me into the person I am today, but their is one teacher in high school that changed my life. His name is Doug Hollars “Coach Hollars”, and he was the teacher to the leadership class. He taught us many things that would shape

My English teacher inspired me to take risks, read closely, and spend time developing my craft as a writer. I left 8th grade English trained up in grammar, speaking and old-fashioned American Literature. The teacher who propelled me forward and made my high school successes possible is Mr. Phillip Jeffrey Trenthem. Not only did Mr. Trenthem work to broaden my worldview, he changed the way I think about adults, the world of work, and myself. Furthermore, he gave me the tools and confidence to share my voice through writing and speaking.

My eighth grade history teacher, Coach Marlowe, inspired me to be kind to those around you because you never know what might happen. Coach Marlowe and I were so close, every time I had free time I was up at his desk and were talking about the most random things. I would say we enjoyed each other’s presence quite equally. He always told me that if I was able to keep his secrets he would keep mine, it was like a sort of best friend relationship with a teacher.

My earliest memories of writing began when I was around 8 years old at school. At first I thought it would be harder and boring but I ended up liking it. I did lots of paragraphs and compositions at the school, and I must say I had a great Spanish professor and she taught me and helped me a lot because she saw I had good ideas and I was really interested in learning how to write correctly. I also presented some of my writings in competitions at the school and I won some good rewards and great feedbacks because of my age. When I think about writing, Professor Sonia always comes to my mind, I have to thank her for all the support and teaching she gave me. Learning how to write

Another class that I enjoyed was English 2 taught by Mrs. Smith. Yea some people think she is though on her students, that’s because she is but I think that it has a purpose. She gives some challenging assignment that nobody wants to do but somehow she motivates us to complete them. I remember two projects that were fun and effective, not only as school work but to help sharpen our people skills. One of those projects was to write a children’s story book based on an activist from the civil rights movement. Once we completed our book we took part in a field trip to two elementary schools here in Barstow, once there we assigned to a five person groups and we also received a list with the room numbers that we were to visit. We read our books to first as well as to second graders. After we I finished I had some of the children write their named on the back of my book.

In 2nd grade my teacher was Mrs. Terborg, I can remember her by how she had the naughty board and I was always on it because I wasn't always this perfect! She also got a microphone that she taped on her face because of our class, because we were always to loud. That was also the year that Mrs. Malek took in a big sparty to surprise Mrs. Terborg after she had fallen in the winter and was out of school for awhile. Math during her class was one of my best years of math because she explained everything very clearly so I got it fast and was good at it.

The teacher that stands out most in my head is my eleventh grade English teacher. She had a liberal arts background, and enjoyed the classic American writers; Hemingway, Steinbeck, what have you. She was in the class of teachers who was more impressed by actions and honesty

From there, I didn 't fall in love with the thought of English, i.e. literature, writing, etc., until my senior year in high school. My high school English teacher was able to open that door to the realm of the English world for me. It 's sad, because I don’t remember his name, but I do remember that he played a very big role in my love of English and reading in general. He made English fun, but also taught us what we needed to learn. He was also a first year teacher and all the students thought he was one of the best English teachers we had in a long time. I remember more vividly that he gave us choices in what material we wanted to read and made us feel like we had a choice in our education. He made me strive to work

In the second year of high school, I met a teacher who stimulated my passion to English. She not only taught me some methods of studying English, but also showed how interesting learning English can be. After her class, I start being crazy about English.