Thought for the day - teachers

Today, when I logged onto Facebook, the first thing that I see is a memory for me to share of a picture that I shared 4 years ago.  It was my class picture from 3rd grade.  Hard for me to believe that was 34 years ago!!  Some days I really do wish I could go back and do it all over again, but oh well.  Until time travel is created, I'll have to sit that one out.

Anyway, it got me to thinking about my teachers.  I used to be able to name all of them through high school.  Now, not so much.  I could pull out the yearbooks, wherever they are and look them up.  If only I could remember where my yearbooks are....out in a box in the garage somewhere no doubt.  Still, it is nice to try and make myself remember them.  Faces I've no doubt about, but names slip by me.  I never really had a teacher I didn't like, honestly.  I wasn't always the best student, but that's another story lol  Let's see whose names I can remember.

Mrs. Shell was my kindergarten teacher.  Sue Richmond was 1st grade.  I remember when show and tell was a weekly thing back in those days.  One day she brought in a music box from her collection to show the class and I was hooked.  We bonded over music boxes and I loved being in her class.  Mrs. McLarty (McClarty) was 2nd grade.  Mrs. Whitley was 3rd.  I knew her from church as well.  Adored her as a teacher.  She and Mom actually grew up together.  Mrs. Thaxton was 4th grade.  She was homeroom and reading.  I had Mrs. Strickland for math - our first year changing classes.  In 5th grade, Mrs. Carson was homeroom and reading.  This was the year that Mom got sick and Mrs. Carson was extremely good to me.  I had Theresa Painter for math.  Loved that class and she inspired a love of graphs and logic for me.  And, of course, there was Mrs. Goebel, our "Academically Gifted" teacher.  She was a huge influence on me, although I did not realize it at the time.  She was finally able to tap into my creative side and let me loose.  Mrs. Trexlar taught music, Mrs. Glenn taught art.  Mrs. Hargett was the gym teacher.

Once I hit middle school, teachers start to blur because now we were changes classes all day long.  6th grade was Mrs. Harrington for homeroom.  In the "AG" classes, I would have the same teachers all 3 years.  Mrs. Frick for reading, Mrs. Hargett for math and Mrs. Liles for science.  How I dreaded those sometimes daily 10 point quizzes in Mrs. Liles' class.  How I passed, I'll never know.  I had Mrs. Purcell for social studies one year and Mrs Fisk for English in 8th grade.  Mr. Nanny was the band director 6th and 7th grade, Mr. Sturdivant was the director 8th grade through high school.  Mr. Robinson taught art, which we went to once a month or so.  I did drama with him in high school, but this was my only time as his student really.

High school gets fuzzy as well because having different teachers for each subject it can be hard to remember them.  I remember Mrs. Surrett for 9th grade English. I was nervous about having her because she did not care too much for teaching my brother, but we got along just fine lol  Mrs. McGovern for 10th grade English and Mrs. Baker for 12th grade English.  Mr. Tyner taught Spanish.  He passed away over Christmas break and we had a different teacher.  He was probably one of the best teachers MHS ever had.  I remember Mrs. Dunlap taught chemistry.  She was a lot of fun but also very no nonsense.

I know that there are many others I am forgetting.  But each one brings back fun memories.  I suppose I'll have to dig out the yearbooks and look them up.  At the time, I did not realize how much these people would influence and shape my life.  I feel lucky because I think that I am one of the last generations whose education was about quality and not quantity.  We were taught to think and not how to take a test.  I feel blessed having had that.

Cheers