Teachers

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Pauls post brought someone to mind.

Mr. Ed Sinchak was my tenth grade art teacher. He too was an old hippie....Well, he was in his 40s at the time, so...."old" to me. Anyhow, Mr. Sinchak often pretended to not know we were smoking weed in the supply room. This was all unwittingly done because it was believed that weed enhanced our artistic abilities.

To keep it short, we had an art show that year. When my old man saw the class exhibit, a ten foot tall purple Tyrannosaurus Rex, sporting mirrored shades, gold chains, a fedora with a large green feather and smoking a cigar named "Sweet Daddy T. Rex". He looked me right in the eye and said;

"Let me guess. It's reefer, isn't it?"

Dave

Art class was a blast for me, too. The teach had a standing order for a record player from the library and we could bring anything we wanted to listen to. The first time I heard Blows Against The Empire by Jefferson Starship was in that class.

[Oerets]

Read this thread with interest, but sorry all of my teachers had some impact on me. Tried to single out one or two, but then another would come to mind.

A person who decides to teach decides to because of an innate need to give not receive! IMHO! anyway......



Barney

[piece-itpete]

I had some excellent HS teachers, but the ones who really stand out are the exceptional primary school ones. I was lucky enough to be one of the last grades to learn under the 'old' system, God, Country, Personal responsibility (still got paddled).

Nothing wrong with saying the Pledge every morning either.

Pete

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Oerets

Read this thread with interest, but sorry all of my teachers had some impact on me. Tried to single out one or two, but then another would come to mind.

A person who decides to teach decides to because of an innate need to give not receive! IMHO! anyway......



Barney

Barney one of the great rewards in teaching is after you have explained the subject for the third time - selecting different analogies - you see the light go on in the student's eyes.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Nothing wrong with saying the Pledge every morning either.

Pete

I agree..............So long as the constitution is respected and religion is left out of it. But, something tells me we're going to listen to misguided wailing about that forever.

Dave

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I agree..............So long as the constitution is respected and religion is left out of it. But, something tells me we're going to listen to misguided wailing about that forever.

Dave

And they use the original version.