jimmy_from_north_buffalo Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 any grade. Why did you like the teacher and what did they teach. Did a teacher ever make you like a topic you previously hated? Just wondering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I couldn't begin to pick out just one in grade and high school. I don't recall any duds, until college... I have trouble understanding all this need for personal attention. That was the very last thing a kid wanted to have happen when I attended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guffalo Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 any grade. Why did you like the teacher and what did they teach. Did a teacher ever make you like a topic you previously hated? Just wondering 851649[/snapback] Washington Elementary School, Kenmore NY 1969 Mrs. Farnham 5th grade All I know is she was kind and caring and what impressed me was sometime during the school year, her house had burned down, She and her family had lost everything, but she never missed a day (that I recall), never complained, always came in with a big smile and words of encouragement. She made the biggest impression on me growing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Mr. Himmelberger, 12th grade AP Government and Politics teacher. Best class I ever took pre-college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Sue Potrikus, Liverpool High School Math teacher...got my ass through summer school geometry, then had her for trig...one of the best teachers in liverpool, ask anyone from there that was around during her tenure...she was the tops. Dr. Franklin B Krohn, a marketing prof at Fredonia was another outstanding teacher...thanks to both of them specifically and all of them generally! any grade. Why did you like the teacher and what did they teach. Did a teacher ever make you like a topic you previously hated? Just wondering 851649[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBTG81 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Mrs. Piantadosi, 2nd grade, 1987. She was HOT HOT HOT! In college (Rutgers), Donna Toma who taught Adolescent Pysch and Abnormal Psych. Awesome teacher, and we later found out that her dad and my grandfather were partners in the Newark Police Department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeboy Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Sr. Vincent...St Teresa's seventh grade College...Leslie Fiedler...taught Whitman...the man was by far the smartest and most literate man I've ever met. His "Love and Death in the American Novel" was the basis for American Literary Criticism for a generation. Just died recently. One of my classmates in that class was Wolf Blitzer. Law School...Heywood Burns...great criminal law and procedure prof., later dean of CUNY Law School, and died a few years ago in Africa where he was helping draft a new constitution for one of the countries. Ken Joyce, Property, was a strong second here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Mr. Himmelberger, 12th grade AP Government and Politics teacher. Best class I ever took pre-college. 851666[/snapback] Actually, given your take on this subject... Oh, forget about it... You did only say "best class I ever took pre-college." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 College...Leslie Fiedler...taught Whitman... 851753[/snapback] Mr. Feidler must have been up in years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Tim Johnson, Algebra 2 and Stats. Great math teacher, better then any I've had in college. Funny as hell too, he made class interesting by making fun of all his students everyday. The other one would have to be this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puhonix Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Kendale Elem. 4th and 5th grade, Mrs. Dolores Potter. She made me love reading, and while I didn't get into a literature career, her enthusiasm into reading made me like it, like books and stories, and reading is never a bad trait to have. And then in College, George Dawson and Randy Spaid had the biggest impact on the teacher that I've become. I couldn't do what I do now without their molding my techniques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 High School - Howard Van Scoter (pronouced Scooter) - Regents Physics. I swear each class was like being at a comedy club. The guy was always on. College - Dr. Wimp - Differential Equations. Taught the subject in such a way as the entire class would seem to go "aahhhh" like the kids in "Better Off Dead". If he was the prof in all my college classes, I would have gratuated SCL. Maybe you need to have a funny name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeboy Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Mr. Feidler must have been up in years... 851845[/snapback] nah...he taught Donna Whitman...not a bad looking honey....Oh wait a minute..the course? It was Walt Whitman... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 nah...he taught Donna Whitman...not a bad looking honey....Oh wait a minute..the course? It was Walt Whitman... 851946[/snapback] Walt was quite the huckster. I read somewhere that he'd take jobs with newspapers under a pseudonym, and write glowing praise about his works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheRocks Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Elementary School: 3rd Grade - Mrs. Ainsle (ain-slee) Just in case you were wondering. She was an older "gray hair in a bonnet" type, but she was kind and an excellent teacher. Jr.-Sr. High: Mr. Martin. English. English class was tough for me....but he required me to take a regents level class because he knew if I applied myself I would pass. I always liked teachers that set the bar high. College: Mr. Jones. Biology. His first name was Jim. I kidded him about his name all the time. I hated the class, but I like him very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Geometry - Frontier Central - Mr. Baldelli. I heard he became a prick after they made him principal though. Accounting - RIT - Peter Ciacia - He had to be good to make accounting fun! My favorite teachers now are both my daughters - one home-schooled three kids and they are now top of the class in public schools. The other is Babyrock - elementary ed (5th grade) and Varsity cheerleading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 When you say "best" do you mean "hottest"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM57 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Lew-Port High School: Math - Mrs. Mathews, Pre-Calculus - Nicest woman ever, made everything seem so simple. I'm actually taking Calc I in college now and I go back to her for help, she makes it that easy. Social Studies - Every teacher from 6th-8th grade, as well as 11th-12th grade (Mr. Brennan, Mr. Sicoli, Mr. Bollinger, Mrs. D'Anna and Mr. Townsend, in order) As you can tell, I really enjoyed my history classes in high school, and I can see now why Lew-Port has one of the most highly regarded Social Studies departments in WNY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nixon Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Stella Niagara Military Academy: Sister Mary Margret. She always made learning fun, but could be a mean a SOB if you pissed her off. We used to call her Sister Knuckles, because her hands looked like a boxers hands. Ugly son of a gun too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffal0 Bill5 Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Mrs. Worth, AP English & Lit. It is interesting how we always used to refer to teachers with the phrase "I had her in ____ grade" Thanks to the Letourneau's and LaFaves of the world, that just has a whole new twist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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