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Congratulations, you can't take a joke.
I can too take a joke. Peegee was serious.
...I think.
I have 4 favorites from High School. My U.S. History teacher from Sophomore and Junior year was very pompous, yet very funny and eccentric. He made the subject very interesting and fun with the projects he'd come up with. He would say things like, "I don't want to sit in the front of a movie theater because I don't want to hurt my neck and I don't want to sit in the back because I don't want to get an S.T.D." And then there was my Senior year English teacher, but it took me a while to warm up to her. I liked her more towards the last two marking periods where she taught a special film based English. It was interesting talking to her about all sorts of things. She was very open-minded and very interested in abstract thinking.
Then there was another History teacher from Senior year named Mr. Stack who is this short little bald man with rage problems. It's so funny. He'd basically lift people out of their chairs. He was completely no b.s. with whatever he said and quite often the discussions were about race and things like that. Class with him was never uninteresting. And then there was my Pre-Calc teacher who was not the best math teacher I've had, but I just thought highly of her as a person because she committed, and still commits a lot of her time to humanitarian causes.
All of these teachers were great not solely for their personalities, but for their hands-on learning that required a bit more effort than just pulling lessons out of a book. Granted, even when they did just lecture, they some how found a way to wove their own stories in to make things like the Magna Carta actually seem remotely intriguing.
Lesson 1: PG is never serious. Except when he is, which is when you should just pretend he's not serious. This is the art to survival desuQuote:
Originally Posted by razorrozar7
My school was a knife-addled rape shed in the slums which couldn't afford the decent teachers with their shoestring budget, so I can't think of many. My Head of Year was the standout individual though. He was this big bloke in his mid sixties who taught woodwork and metalwork. He was genuinely a nice guy, who somehow managed to know how every pupil in his year (over 300 people) was doing in every subject, and if you were underperforming in some area he would make a point to come find you, and (sometimes in not the softest terms) get you back on track. My friend and I got caught wandering through town one lunchtime (looking for a decent meal, as our canteen was absolute :bou::bou::bou::bou:e) and were sent to his office.
He wasn't in his office, and when we found him, he had actually been looking for us, as he had found a textbook that he thought might help my friend with his DT coursework. He looked genuinely sad about what we'd been doing, and said he'd 'deal with us later'. He didn't, and would later say that we had enough to worry about instead of a pointless punishment for taking the initiative.
I met him in a bar last year and we had a pint. He's retired now, too old :(
I dun want the poster above in my class ever when I start teaching. :bigsmile:
My good looks can sometimes be a distraction
I had them, too, but my favourite teachers tended to have more about them than just being attractive. And let's face it, the high school girls always looked hotter than the high school teachers, and for the most part always will.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peegee
I think he is talking about teachers that are featured in some japanese AV videos or something. :bigsmile:
Christmas, if you really do intend to teach, how would you feel if you knew your students were using you for, as BoB put it (and no undeserved disrespect to him), "spank bank material?"
I will be surprised, they are usually too young to be interested in that. Unless they are genetically modified by the FBI or something. :bigsmile:
And I never said I am teaching high school teenagers. We all know Old Manus is just a spoiled elementary school kid that had yet to reach puberty around here! High school? In his dreams! :bigsmile:
oh my god yes do want. Though usually they're ugly or the students pretend to be virgins (or are virgins) and the sex is just bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Christmas
[q]I had them, too, but my favourite teachers tended to have more about them than just being attractive. And let's face it, the high school girls always looked hotter than the high school teachers, and for the most part always will. [/q]
What are you talking about? Children < Adults.
I tend to find 16-18 year olds more attractive than I find 40-65 year olds, but that's just me. Whatever floats your boat!
Pretend you are 16 y/o. The teacher in question is 24 years old. Or 26. I forget things that don't matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
One of my history teachers had a contract that said he couldn't be fired for saying anything that offended his class. Long story short, his class was freaking awesome =^_^=
And my senior-year English teacher was equally awesome without said convenient contract :D