Temba Maqubela - he was my sophomore chemistry teacher. He spent the first 25 minutes of class teaching us about chemistry, and the final 35 minutes relating it to real life situations. He was simply incredible.
Oh man so many to chose from! Mr Robert- history all 4 years of HS, and Mr Roerig- chem and physics (which I should have failed but he always gave me b's because he knew I wouldn't go into a scientific future and didn't want to kill my dreams of college), and Easterbrook- English in 10 and 12 grade who rapped literature to us and held parties for us at her house. Very 10 things I hate about you esque.
College def Mayor Coonerty who was my advisor and helped me get the eff out of Santa Cruz.
Ms. Roediger (Chemistry) and Mr. Woodman (Biology) of HS. The former was an amazing teacher, and not just because she gave me the Chemistry award. She also taught me that "rock" in songs rarely means "rock."
Mr. Woodman swung around a bag of dead cats that we were to use for dissection and made a girl cry (not me - shocking I know).
Oh, and I learned a lot from both of them. I actually haven't been that challenged in school since.
Mrs. Geruso, 5th Grade. She was so awesome. She insisted when we came back from gym class that we all have a bottle of water, sit, calm down and relax.
She was the one who foiled me and my twin brother's plot to switch places on April Fools Day 1991. (No Tamika, not the Ft. Totten twin; the other one)
1. My mother. She went back to school when I was 8 and my brother were 11 to work on her Master's and has been an elementary school teacher for 20-something years. She is SO dedicated to her school, community and students. And today is her birthday. Every years she remembers the challenger explosion -it really affected her.
2. Mr. Cala: for being hysterical, stern and intuitive to know that my nerves about Math were all in my head. Got a 98 on that regents exam! YEAh trig.
I had a super awesome first grade teacher - Miss. Lawler. And my fourth grade teacher, Miss Baker, was also wonderful. My senior year English teacher Mrs. Chapman was very influential - she yelled at me for falling asleep during Hamlet (what? it was December, the middle of the week and I had been up since 5AM for swim practice) and warned me that being a little romantic like Tess of the d'Urbervilles was going to get me in trouble.
I have three. The first two both ironically English teachers...Mr Flint who burst into tears when Oliver Twist leaves the workhouse. It was moving. The second was Mr Seath who on the first day said: "The name's Seath, that's death with an S" He was amazing but unfortunately got fired for sleeping with a senior. The last was my math teacher who was so bad I had to teach myself and thus inspired me to become a teacher.....
Shelton Davis, my grad school advisor. He was someone who really inspired me, who got me excited about education and language and human rights. I think a lot of what I am doing today reflects back on the time and knowledge he passed on during grad school. You also always left his class or meeting feeling like you were walking on sunshine. Such a positive man!
I'd like to honor all the teachers for their efforts and, of course, the Challenger's members. I didn't know it at the time of the explosion, but I would end up going to high school at Derryfield with Scott McAuliffe, Christa's son. He was 2 years ahead of me--awesome kid!
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Mrs. Vegas (1st and 2nd grad); she let us chew America's Original Double Bubble Gum in class!
Mr Brady, 6th grade. His big saying was "Don't accept hamburger when you deserve filet mignon"
Professor Melvin Ely (who incidentally shares a name with a mediocre NBA player) inspired me to pay it forward by joining Teach For America.
Temba Maqubela - he was my sophomore chemistry teacher. He spent the first 25 minutes of class teaching us about chemistry, and the final 35 minutes relating it to real life situations. He was simply incredible.
Oh man so many to chose from! Mr Robert- history all 4 years of HS, and Mr Roerig- chem and physics (which I should have failed but he always gave me b's because he knew I wouldn't go into a scientific future and didn't want to kill my dreams of college), and Easterbrook- English in 10 and 12 grade who rapped literature to us and held parties for us at her house. Very 10 things I hate about you esque.
College def Mayor Coonerty who was my advisor and helped me get the eff out of Santa Cruz.
Ms. Roediger (Chemistry) and Mr. Woodman (Biology) of HS. The former was an amazing teacher, and not just because she gave me the Chemistry award. She also taught me that "rock" in songs rarely means "rock."
Mr. Woodman swung around a bag of dead cats that we were to use for dissection and made a girl cry (not me - shocking I know).
Oh, and I learned a lot from both of them. I actually haven't been that challenged in school since.
man, so many.
Probably Miss O in 7th grade, who told me that if I were 10 years older, she would marry me...
Mrs. Geruso, 5th Grade. She was so awesome. She insisted when we came back from gym class that we all have a bottle of water, sit, calm down and relax.
She was the one who foiled me and my twin brother's plot to switch places on April Fools Day 1991. (No Tamika, not the Ft. Totten twin; the other one)
1. My mother. She went back to school when I was 8 and my brother were 11 to work on her Master's and has been an elementary school teacher for 20-something years. She is SO dedicated to her school, community and students. And today is her birthday. Every years she remembers the challenger explosion -it really affected her.
2. Mr. Cala: for being hysterical, stern and intuitive to know that my nerves about Math were all in my head. Got a 98 on that regents exam! YEAh trig.
I had a super awesome first grade teacher - Miss. Lawler. And my fourth grade teacher, Miss Baker, was also wonderful. My senior year English teacher Mrs. Chapman was very influential - she yelled at me for falling asleep during Hamlet (what? it was December, the middle of the week and I had been up since 5AM for swim practice) and warned me that being a little romantic like Tess of the d'Urbervilles was going to get me in trouble.
Tom Thorne. Latin teacher all through high school. Great role model for me. I still go back and have dinner with him and his wife whenever I can.
I have three. The first two both ironically English teachers...Mr Flint who burst into tears when Oliver Twist leaves the workhouse. It was moving. The second was Mr Seath who on the first day said: "The name's Seath, that's death with an S" He was amazing but unfortunately got fired for sleeping with a senior.
The last was my math teacher who was so bad I had to teach myself and thus inspired me to become a teacher.....
Shelton Davis, my grad school advisor. He was someone who really inspired me, who got me excited about education and language and human rights. I think a lot of what I am doing today reflects back on the time and knowledge he passed on during grad school. You also always left his class or meeting feeling like you were walking on sunshine. Such a positive man!
I'd like to honor all the teachers for their efforts and, of course, the Challenger's members. I didn't know it at the time of the explosion, but I would end up going to high school at Derryfield with Scott McAuliffe, Christa's son. He was 2 years ahead of me--awesome kid!
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