Been A Bit Quiet On Here In The Last Couple Of Days....

[corylus]

I'm just wondering if you can recall an inspirational teacher at school who might have changed or steered your life. Mine was my biology mistress (yes, that was her title) she encouraged all of us to succeed in her classes and to look to further education to fulfil our potential and also widened our appreciation of music and theatre.

She was also pretty good at teaching us to dissect various creatures that were kept in the fridge in her laboratory.

I owe a lot to her.

[Slapshot]

Two i remember.... Physics teacher was just inspirational.... he taught me that no matter how hard life got there's always time for a giggle....has stood me well in life and the new PE teacher we got when I was in 6th year (scottish schools).... taught me how to really lust after a woman.. ;0) well... we were 17 and they send us a stunningly fit lady PE teacher only a few years older than us... that's asking for bother...

PS... the physics teacher was also able to convince me that physics was where my life was going... he was spot on

[Zacs-Master]

Mr. Smith my maths teacher. Maths was a real struggle for me and he turned something which I hated into something I really liked. If it wasn't for him I probably would have failed maths O lev and my life might have been very different.

[DTCwordfan]

Art teachers from 8 years old.....three of them, two of them husband and wife and graduate prize-winners from Minty's Uni....she was a superb life-drawing and watercolourist teacher, he was more into conceptual design and modern art, as well as pottery, though I never got a chance to do that and would still love to find someone to teach me.... The third one was when I was young and very encouraging, not least in explaining and getting me to work on my sense of perspective at a young age.

[Prudie]

There are 2. The tyrant of the primary school - Miss Sullivan- I was terrified the year I went into her class and finished it adoring her. the other was my secondary school Maths teacher - Mr England - who took me from bottom set Maths at 12 to loving the subject enough to do A level, a degree and then teaching it myself for 10 years. Bless them both at their blackboards in the sky.

[corylus]

Just wish I'd thanked my biology mistress, too late now though.

[bednobs]

crums, teaching is sucha hard job, you think they'd at least get a bit of respite in heaven!

[paddywak]

Not really,looking back most of them seemed to be cane wielding sadists and the rest didn't give a dam.

[Old_Geezer]

No. No one stands out, although I'd like to think I recall most. Primary school teachers for sure.

[ChillDoubt]

Did you have a particular beef with your English teacher, paddywak?









Dam= Damn.
Sorry, couldn't resist! I'll get my coat........

[DTCwordfan]

Mrs I was the only teacher from school I kept in touch with.

I also kept in touch with my tutor at Uni - I was her only science student when she was Dean of Arts and she 'kept' me for the whole of my undergrad. She was devoted to Geography and the University, having lost her fiancée in Kenya during the war. She ended up as 'Master' (Mistress?) of the University.

One of my fav stories about her is that she visited the U. of Kansas in Lawrence. After a few lectures, she was approached by a fellow Prof and asked if she could simplify her language as the students didn't understand the words that she was using.

"No way, at my University, if I use a word that a student doesn't understand, then that student goes and looks it up in a bl--dy dictionary."

[paddywak]

chill

dam6 () a form of damn or damned.
damfool adj stupid, ridiculous.
damme interj damn me.
dammit interj damn it.
as near as dammit see under near.

\u00A9 Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd: The Chambers Dictionary 2003; The Chambers Thesaurus 2004

[joeluke]

It's always quiet on here these days

[Sqad]

None at school........but at Med.School....quite different.....full of heroes.

Donald Hunter..Physician....sensational teacher...loved him...powerful.
Willy Evans .Cardiologist...10 commandments which we must never do.
Sam Richardson..charismatic surgeon..always had a female as his house surgeon.
Prof Dorothy Russell....pathologist...made medicine live even in the mortuary.

all had an effect on my life.


Jean Marquet a Belgian ENT surgeon, the best "cutter" I have ever seen.

[gness]

Not one from my schooldays.....most were nuns.....but they did in a way teach me how to teach children......

In later life I did A levels for a strange reason and had two fantastic tutors who were truly inspirational....and still are many years later...x

[ChillDoubt]

I guess we had different types of teachers, paddy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam

[DTCwordfan]

Did the so-called 10 Commandments include: "Thou shalt not touch the patient's lingerie."?

[granny grump]

2 - another biology teacher Mrs Hogben and and English teacher and my form teacher Miss Davies Both of them were approachable and made their lessons interesting

[boxtops]

Most memorable were my primary school teacher, and my French teacher at secondary school. They knew how to control an unruly class, and we respected them.

[askyourgran]

My PE teachers, first at primary school and then secondary school, they took me on to sport, representing the schools in netball, running and hurdles, high jump etc.