The teachers profiled in “Unforgettable Miss Bessie”, “My Favorite Teacher”, and “And the Orchestra

Every teacher’s worst nightmare – that is the setting to which Madame (whatever you do don’t call her Mrs.) Esme Raji Codell stepped into as her first job fresh out of college. In this sink or swim world Esme, unknowingly, became a lifeguard to thirty youngsters, as she seemed the only one who could protect the children from the rough waters that are inner city Chicago. Through studying her very candid and personal diary, I am awe stricken by her extraordinary display of pedagogy as she exemplifies what it truly means to be a teacher. Esme’s proficiency in her dealings with situations surrounding equity, creating a safe, relaxed and positive classroom environment, expectations as a teacher, gender, diversity learning, multicultural

Both Rowan and Rose begin their essays by describing a particular teacher who left a strong impact during a pivotal point in their lives. In his piece “Unforgettable Miss Bessie,” Rowan sets up an impression of Miss Bessie as a highly respected educator who knew how to conduct her classroom in a way that “there was never a discipline problem” (168). With a firm hand, she guides them to the road of success. She once told Rowan to “make most of what you do have- a brain” (168). Miss Bessie reminds Rowan to not think about what he does not have; instead, he needs to embrace the one thing no one can take from him.

Everyone has, at one point in time, been taught how to do something. Whether it is how to tie one’s shoes or how to do long division, teachers have been around to help people learn forever. Teachers are an integral part of today’s society, and they will continue to be an outstanding asset in the lives of all the students across our country for centuries to come. Because of teaching’s impact on today’s world and children, I chose to interview my former North Allegheny GOAL teacher, Mr. Dan Williams for my Honors American History GREEF project.

Mrs. Hood’s model as a kid was her granddaddy, a former teacher. This sparked Mrs. Hood’s desire to become a teacher. Her teaching

According to Joanne Lipman, in her article “why Tough Teachers Get Good Results”, she had an orchestra teacher who was incredibly strict and demanding. His name was Jerry Kupchynsky, and he was very challenging to the point that he made the students rehearse until their fingers bled. Lipman exclaims, that if her teacher was still living today he would have been fired. Lipman also states that even though he was so strict he is celebrated today. Lipman says she was surprised to see the former colleagues go to this remembrance and was correspondingly amazed by the accomplishments of his former students. Lipman also discusses there is research that proves that there is a positive correlation between music education and academic achievement. Along

Joanne Lipman tells the story of why tough teachers get good results. Lipman is middle-aged, about fifty-four, when she writes this story. Taking the point of view as a concerned citizen, Lipman writes about her old teacher and the situation of America’s Educational System. Passionate on the subject of teachers, she decided to write about the importance of tough teachers. Attending Yale University, Lipman received a B.A. degree in history, which exemplifies in her writing of this article. The journalist’s background is influenced by her experiences with Mr. K, her music teacher. Lipman believes that the teachings of a single teacher, Mr. K, impacted numerous students rather than accepting the possibility that the students were affected by

Joanne Lipman, the voice as well as the author of “Why Tough Teachers Get Good Results” former Yale student. Now fifty-four years old with two fully grown children, Andrew and Rebecca. Writes this paper inspired by a former music teacher Jerry Kupchynsky. A message that the reader can assume in this article that Mrs. Lipman felt gratitude towards Mr. Kupchynsky shown in her writing, "the belated surge of gratitude for a teacher who basically tortured us through adolescence." (Lipman 1). This passage explains even though Mr. Kupchynsky, a strict teacher, Mrs. Lipman felt grateful for the chance to learn discipline at such a young age. Although another logical assumption regarding Mrs. Lipman, if the author happen to come from an upper-class

On September 27, 2013, this article was published by the Wall Street Journal. Written by Joanne Lipman, inspired by Mr. Kupchynsky about how tough teachers get good results. The article starts off with a memory of the author's childhood in New Jersey. About how Mr. Kupchynsky, a strict music teacher, was not afraid to call someone out or poke them with a pencil to correct them. However, when Mr. Kupchynsky died, former students and colleagues from all around came together to perform a concert in his memory. Even though Mr. Kupchynsky was a tough teacher his former students came together to form an "orchestra the size of the New York Philharmonic"(Lipman 1). In addition to this the author points out how successful Mr. Kupchynsky former students

Joanne Lipman, a middle-aged woman from New Jersey, is the author of the article Why tough teachers get good results. Working for the Wall Street Journal, Joanne finds a career in publishing, writing, and editing. While in high school, Joanne learned to play violin from a stern teacher, Jerry Kupchynsky, who valued traditional learning. Joanne states that Kupchynsky “made us rehearse until our fingers almost bled.” (Lipman, Why tough teachers get good results) Although Mr. Kupchynsky’s ways seem draconian, Joanne remarks that Jerry’s style of teaching helped her become a successful woman. Born in the baby-boomer generation, Joanne grew up with traditional learning. Teachers valued memorization and drilling, and praising students was only

Mrs. Hogberg had been my band teacher from fifth grade through high school. Starting in fifth, Mrs. Hogberg would stress the importance of practice so one day you could be an excellent musician like one of the high school students she had brought to band class. In essence, she was helping us students learn that through hard work and perseverance, we could one day be great at whatever career or life we would choose one day. Thus Mrs. Hogberg was the first teacher to introduce the concepts of character to all of her students in the form of performance character by having a good work ethic and to persevere (Seider, 2012).

There are a number of teachers that I could mention in my journal today, there is Miss Lamb, who helped referred me to the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program. Mrs. Child, my third grade teacher who I still have lunch with from time to time to discuss literature. Even Mr. Ford, who would lend me books from his daughter’s personal library because we had the same taste in literature and he knew how much I loved to read. Throughout my years as a student, I have had the honor of being taught by many great educators. However, the most influential educator I have had in my life is the one who not only helped jumpstart my career as a student, but also offered me my first job, and that is my kindergarten teacher Mrs. Walker.

Ellington’s fifth grade classroom. I realize that in my original reflection I had bashed her for her teaching style, but I have slowly gotten to understand it after being in her classroom more and more. During our time in her classroom, Mary Mitchell and I were able to see how Mrs. Ellington taught math to her students. Each time we visited our participation with the students varied, mainly because it would depend on what the students were doing and what they were learning. Most of the time we would just walk around and answer questions and check answers while students were doing individual work. I feel that the main things that I learned from the students and each of the three teachers I got to work with was how to handle students and what punishment systems work and which ones do not. From my perspective, each teacher had a tough love approach with their students. I feel that with these students it was a very effective approach because students knew that their teachers cared for their growth and improvement, but also loved them as if they were their own children. Probably one of my favorite moments in the classroom was when they were doing an in-class project for math that required them to be hands-on and creative. They were to make multiplication word problems for fractions and put them on a flower. The students seemed to love this because they asked a lot of questions and made the flowers colorful and their word problems

Knowledge is power, but knowledge does not always come with power. Knowledge is the facts, a state of awareness or skills gained by a person through experience or education. However, power has the ability or potential to do something successfully and effectively. Without knowledge, you are not capable to perform your tasks effectively and successfully. Education is important for us to gain knowledge. A person that is knowledgeable leads to successful life. Toni Cade Bambara, the writer of “The Lesson,” wrote this story to expose the problem of social inequality and the lack of education for black children. She also convinces us in her short story that the value of education (knowledge) and

I confess a weakness for the ideals of a teacher. I know that a teacher in our country is bound to be poor. Yet to be a teacher is to me a noble ambition. I like to imagine myself watching the slowly expanding minds of young people like the petals of flowers, and helping them to receive eagerly the light of knowledge. But then I hesitate when I think of the poverty, and drudgery of a teacher’s life. It may it may be that, driven by this poverty, I may be forced to sacrifice the ideals that I cherish in order to do my duties to myself and my family. To take up duties to which one cannot be blind to the heroism that underlies a teacher’s calling. To me that is an inspiring

Formal education began eons ago in ancient Greece with the Academy of Athens started by Plato. Ever since the ancient relationship between Plato and his student, Aristotle, the relationship between educator and student has been an important and sacred one. Contemporary educators are some of the most important, yet some of the most underappreciated of all professionals in our society. Each student who passes through a public or private educational system creates bonds with each teacher and vice versa. The types of teacher vary from faculty to faculty, but three distinct archetypes of teacher often stick out to the public eye: the Mrs. Sullivan, the Mr. Stacy, and the Mr. Smith.