The Teacher Who Changed My Life

I had to shape up and start doing my work on time so I can get a good average for the end of semester. My discipline at school has changed a lot to because of football. I used to have bad behavior in the beginning of the semester because I did not think high school cared, but they do if not they will tell my coach. I also would never wear a school shirt because I do not like wearing school shirts. Until the day I walked into reading class my teacher saw me without a school shirt and she took me to the principal

Learning can be difficult, especially in a class like history, but lucky for me my 7th , 10th , and 12th grade teacher made history one of my favorite classes. Coach Fowler is the best teacher and coach that I have ever had. He really knew how to make class fun and keep me focused. He was also my football Coach, which also resulted in me wanting to do good and act right in his classroom. He knew when to joke, and he also knew when to take things serious. Having a teacher and also a football coach that you look up to and respect really encourages you to do good and not let him down.

The Life Lesson Trough a Teacher’s Eyes, is a book written by Dr. Jillian Laderhouse. This book is like a journal where Dr. Laterhouse tells personal experiences that have shaped her life. The book commences off with a strongly affirmation where Dr. Latehouse states that be a teacher is her life’s calling. In the introduction of the book Laterhouse establish her foundation as a teacher, she mentioned many experiences that shape her as a teacher and recall the fact that she lived in a teacher profession family. She mentioned stories about her childhood, stories that have shaped her life into the teacher profession; she stated “I grew in a teacher’s home”. As I read the book I noticed that I have not had the same opportunity as Laterhouse to live in a teacher’s home. However, as I continue reading the book I saw that the lessons learned by the author can help me even though I did not grow in a teacher’s home. It is evident in the book the spiritual life and God centered life.

Let me tell you the guided notes CHANGED MY LIFE! But one of my favorite things about him, other than the guided notes, is how well he interacted with his students. While we were working on homework, he wasn’t just at his desk working, he was walking around and talking and laughing with his students; that made the whole classroom atmosphere more lively. Mr. Khan always told stories and jokes. I always came out of his class learning more that just math. The biggest impact Mr. Khan made on me was reassurance. In his class I actually believed I was good at math and that i could do it; i’ve never felt that way in a math class in my life. If i could say something to him today, it would be thank you for giving me confidence in myself and spending the time to teach me so

My high school English teacher saved my life. This seems like a huge thing, but at the time, to me, this was a seemingly small event in my life. I was at a low point in my life, I was tired, hungry and depressed, I felt alone. I was ready to give up on everything, including myself. Although I felt like this daily, no one knew. I had learned how to hide my emotions quite well, the dangerous combination of teenage depression, anxiety and a crappy home life never once had been displayed across my face in the way of anger or hurt. Instead I just bottled it all up. Yet, in the midst of reading Beowulf with the class, my English teacher noticed.

At the end of eighth grade year, I was ready for high school with all of the new experiences and challenges that comes along with it that it brings. Throughout the summer I had participated in activities that allowed me to become familiar with the school and some of the students. Unfortunately, school didn’t start good at all. All the amazing people I had gotten to know during the summer, I didn’t have any classes with. On top of that, I am such a pariah in my EGE class. From the first week of school I knew that connecting with my fellow peers in that class was going to be a challenge because

While he admits he has a relaxed teaching style, he says to “always have high expectations because students don’t deserve a teacher that set’s anything else.” When I asked about his classroom

I had only been in school for a mere few hours, but the reality had already started to settle in. My first four hours of the day were nothing to stress about, they were as easy as sinking a layup, but as the day went on, my eyes got heavier and the classes only got harder. I thought after listening to my first four teachers talk, that things were going to be as easy as last year, I thought I wouldn’t have to stress, and it would be a cakewalk once again, I thought that I wouldn’t have to study, just as I had done last school year. That all changed when I walked through the door of my fifth hour class. It was that moment that I realized that this school year was going to be nothing like the last, it would not

4.a. Initially this question was challenging to create a response, because I have had so many wonderful educators that have influenced my identity beginning in the first grade. After examining my high school experience, I decided that I model my teaching style similar to “Mama Trauffer,” my high school English teacher. When I was in high school, we had a variety of courses instructed at different levels. Mrs. Trauffer taught me Historical Fiction and Shakespeare in 10th grade. Indifferent to her course requirements, she selected different reading assignments. In Historical Fiction, our class read classics like Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, and James A. Michener’s The Bastard and in Shakespeare, we read Othello, King Lear and a variety of sonnets. Mrs. Trauffer’s teaching empowered by developing a love for reading and a connection between historical times and fantasy writing. Her initial assignment was to inquire about our families’ history and create a timeline of our family’s history and she used this throughout the course as a reference for her students to understand what their ancestors went through at a particular time. Although she had course expectations to follow, she inspired her students to explore their personal thoughts and debate with others on topics related to the readings. Debating our personally beliefs of Shakespeare’s sonnets and she never judged us as long as we could support what we believed showed that in reality there are often more than one way to view things, thus

I was once employed as a tutor by a community college, and one of our responsibilities was to tutor a group of high school students. One of the high school students I tutored was also of Hispanic ethnicity who had to move to Tennessee due to his family being displaced by a hurricane. The student was unable to concentrate at home due to them having a chaotic living environment because of too many individuals living in the student’s home. This led to disorganized and disruptive behaviors by the student, and eventually to academic struggles. Though my role as a tutor did not allow me to talk to the family as a group, I did coordinate with the high school counselor regarding the student’s behavior and the counselor eventually brought the family

Recently I enrolled myself in one of the most challenging classes in my entire high school, AP US History (APUSH). Even though it’s been a struggle to keep up with everything in the class, I still know that because of this class I now have having a better understanding of life. My APUSH teacher has not only lectured my class about history but he also taught us life lessons every once in awhile. Throughout the year my teacher had us read books that have inspired him in his life in hope that we will take something away with us before going off on our own in the world. We read books like The Energy Bus by and The Traveler’s Gift by Andy Andrew,two books that teach people how to keep positive, make the right decisions, and be successful. My teacher

On a frigid afternoon junior year, Mr. Richmond, my beloved high school theatre teacher, changed my life. Lecture days in theatre class typically invited sighs from our energetic class of predominantly kinesthetic learners. On this particular day, Mr. Richmond announced he would be lecturing and the class energy dropped, as was to be expected. Nothing average occurred past that point, though. Our teacher proceeded to pass out a one-page handout that would impact me forever: a page of remarkable quotes on passion. As Mr. Richmond spoke, I scanned the handout. Toward the bottom, I found my all-time favorite quote. Gabrielle Berstein said, “Allow your passion to become your purpose and it will one day become your profession.” I suddenly found an articulate explanation of my innermost desire: to live purposefully. I still refer to the quote in times when I feel lost. Mr. Richmond’s lecture helped me acknowledge my passion for helping autism-spectrum kids in addition to theatre; and Berstein’s quote enabled me to articulate and follow my dreams.

Choosing a favorite teacher is fairly difficult when one puts into account all the types of teachers they have known, all of them are important. Teachers are the second most important people in our lives, right after our parents. Teachers are persuasive and have the power to build a child up from an immature student to become a responsible adult; or they can completely and utterly crush a students hopes and dreams.

Who has been a influence to you? Mom, dad, or anyone in your life? Well, there always that someone or person who has or had influenced you or even changed your life during you past years in your life. My influence is my one and only father. My father has influenced me in so many ways that has actually changed my life. The main three ways were for me to keep on task, keep safe and stay out of drugs and, and mostly, to believe in yourself.

For some reason or another certain students are drawn to particular teachers while other students are more fond of others. In my life I have studied under three memorable teachers. Teachers with which I was able to connect, to laugh, to share my misgivings. While I may have been close with each of these teachers, it is very clear, in retrospect, that each was very unique, and represented an entirely different class of teacher.