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Giveaway: Seagate and Roxio have your back to school storage needs solved!

Posted on 04 August 2009 by Judie Stanford

Update: This contest is now closed. Since I personally know at least one of the entrants, I had Wayne randomly pick a number. He chose 12, which means the winner is crloga1.

Thank you all for entering; keep your eye out for future giveaways on Gear Diary!

It’s August, which means that in just a few weeks school will be starting again. To help your favorite student (or yourself!) prepare for the plethora of data that will soon need storing, Seagate and Roxio are offering one lucky Gear Diary reader the chance to win a 500GB Seagate FreeAgent Go (value $149.99) external hard drive, a Seagate FreeAgent Go Dock + (value $39.99), and a one year membership to Roxio PhotoShow (value $39.99)

In order to enter you just need to leave a comment telling who your favorite teacher was (or is), what subject they taught, and why they were (or are) your favorite.

This contest is open to Gear Diary readers in the United States, and it will run until Midnight CST on Monday, August 10th.

Small print:

• One Gear Diary reader (with a shipping US address) will be randomly chosen to win the following prize package:

Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB Portable External Drive – value $149.99

Seagate FreeAgent Go Dock + – value $39.99

One year membership to Roxio PhotoShow – value $39.99

• The Contest will close at Midnight on Monday, August 10th.

• The winner will be notified via email at some point on August 11th. Be sure that you check your spam filter for an email from judie at geardiary.com.

Good luck, and let’s hear those stories!!

This post was written by:

Judie Stanford - who has written 1699 posts on Gear Diary.

I started Gear Diary on September 30, 2006, and my goal was that this not be an easily labeled site. We all have gear that we use daily – some of it electronic and some of it organic. I think it is fascinating to explore the equipment that makes our lives easier, more entertaining, more productive, and more manageable. My hope is that Gear Diary visitors will find this site to be a comfortable and friendly place to discuss interesting topics – and not only those that are tech related, as well as a location to discover various types of gear – whatever that term may end up implying – that they never knew existed. My specialty is in-depth reviews written in a layman’s terms, because everyone can understand technology, sometimes it just takes a little translating. +Judie Stanford

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Jake_Speed
Mrs. Shaw, math in fifth grade, gave me a whole new outlook on math, which I originally hated math. Now I use it very well all the time.
jaxim
my favorite teacher was my High School US History teacher: Mr Darton. Not only because US history was my favorite subject but because the way Mr Darton taught it. He got me prepared for college.
I and my fellow students would have to read chapter and then take a test on the chapter before Mr Darton taught the chapter. It sounds like backwards way of teaching but it really helped. First off, reading the book and not relying too much on the teacher to take a test is a great way to prepare for college. All throughout my college days, that was what I would do and going to class almost always was a waste of time (but as a good student, I always went to the classes).
But back to Mr Darton. After we took the test, he would teach the class and because we had already taught ourselves the chapter, he would be able to go well beyond what the chapter covered. Rather than wasting the time to go over the chapter, we was able to cover much ground. And since we crammed for the test, we were more interested in what he was talking about.
Thank you, Mr Darton.
davrosdiablo
Mr Grant, elementary school teacher. He loved teaching with a passion, and we all fed off it. He made history exciting, maths was interesting and english was also a hoot (I know, hard to believe).
If I win I’ll call it my Grant!
fishgal
It’s a win win, i get a chance to say thanks to my favorite teacher and a chance to maybe win cool stuff i can use.
Ok my favorite teacher was Mr Capp he taught jr high science. He was my favorite teacher because he made learning interactive and fun. He even let us teach sometimes. More than that he looked for ways that made learning really fun. Things we would do anyway that kind of snuck the learning in. I still remember some of the songs he taught us about science and rocks. Crazy cool!!
Thanks to all the teachers out there!!!
http://www.mobilitysite.com breley
Wow, that’d be a tie for me…Mrs. Bolger, my high school French teacher for 4 years, who was such a good teacher that she earned Teacher of the Year in 2006. She made learning French a joy. The other is Mr. Peterson, my high school grammer/English teacher…a midwest Henry Higgens that taught us to think and appreciate literature and how a proper gentleman of yore behaved. I can still see him peering down at us students through his horn-rimmed half-moon glasses like he strolled out of Yale.
Wahoomcdaniel
Mr. Sommers, 5th Grade Science Teacher
His signature was a breeze to copy on blank hall passes.
poqeteer
Hmmmm… Well I’d have to say Dr. Barry Levine. He taught me compiler design. Actually really enjoyed that class.
paschott
Mr. Talotta (aka Mr. T) – taught band when I was in High School. My most memorable/favorite because he took an interest in his students – all of them. He listened to their concerns, was frank with them, and was concerned about excellence. He expected our best and we frequently gave it. Our little band from a little high school was able to do a lot more than people expected us to be able to do and we turned out some good musicians. He also had a great sense of humor and was able to connect with his students to the point that we wanted to be around him.
ChessieCat
Mr. Cliff, my 5th grade teacher. He was the first teacher that showed me how to be creative. He taught several subjects but writing stories was my favorite.
lloydrv
Ms. Jennifer Vicente in 5th grade. She taught computer class and she’s my favorite because i had a crush on her.
melvynadam
I had a teach called Mr Butt who taught math. He was an absolute lunatic and we loved him for it. He’d come into the classroom and announce something utterly bizarre and then claim to prove it. My favorite was “Zero is any value you like”.
Twenty years later I have Wikipedia to help me understand what he was talking about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_(number)
“Dividing by zero…allows you to prove, mathematically, anything in the universe. You can prove that 1+1=42, and from there you can prove that J. Edgar Hoover is a space alien, that William Shakespeare came from Uzbekistan, or even that the sky is polka-dotted. (See appendix A for a proof that Winston Churchill was a carrot.) — Charles Seife, Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea”
crloga1
Mr. Stallcup, my sixth grade teacher. He taught us so many more things than just the regular school stuff. He really made learning fun and exciting.
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An interesting aside (as I’m not eligible anyway) … Seagate had a Facebook contest … and had 5 winners. Of those, only *one* claimed the prize …
So a couple of weeks ago they announced another 4 winners. And since then … one more person stepped up. So now, over a month since the contest closed, they are looking at a *third* redraw for the remaining 3 of 5 prizes . Heck, I’d happily take one!
Heatwave316
Mine has to be Mr. Buke my 12th grade Honors European History teacher. His teaching style was great, he didn’t need a book. We would just start talking about history. We could start the class in mideval London, and finish somewhere in present day China. His favorite saying was that history was a mosiac, and its very true.
uzziah0
Doc McClenahan.
He was a math teacher at Joliet West HS, and I was in his computer class; we had 5 TRS-80s.
I went to Jr College, and heard he got left got when they close Joliet East and consolidated all the teachers. He was the head of the West math department, but the least seniority.
Then I went to the College of St. Francis in Joliet, and he was the head of the math department there.
I took many math classes with him (all that the school offered). Diff Eq was my favorite and I did great in that class.
There were a few of us that hung around, and talked with him a lot. Even though I was majoring in CS, I had enough math for a minor in that; and talked about what to do after getting my BS. So, he encouraged me enough to go to grad school, where I got my masters degree in math!
deejmartin
Dr Carter.
Dr. C is my favorite teacher of all time. I had the privilege of having this professor my sophomore year of college…and it was the dreaded Organic chemistry course. At the time, I wasn’t sure of my future–my major, my job, nothing. Everyday, this man inspired me to learn more, and he was always available for a chat; very hard to do in an organic class! I spoke to him about his experience in the chemistry field, graduate school, as well as music (he loves what he calls ‘people who can play their instruments’–he is a classically trained guitarist) and cooking (makes a mean hummus dip).
I wound up with a B in his class and I learned so much.
I now work for him in his research lab. Speaking with him has cleared up my future; I plan to attend a graduate program in chemistry. Not that I have a man crush on him, but meeting a well-rounded individual who demands respect in any arena he so chooses is inspiring. He honestly cares about his students and I my hope is that I too can reciprocate to struggling students what Dr. C did for me
vlbsweeps
I really can’t remember many names, but I have been lucky to have had many very good teachers. When I decided to return to school and attended the local JC. My English teacher made learning enjoyable, my Algebra teacher (also a Jr High Algebra teacher) was extremely helpful, which, after 30 years of no math, I was very appreciative.
jimzat
One teacher who stands out in my memory is Jeff Hunt who taught astronomy and my BASIC programming class. His approach to teaching was fun and somewhat light hearted. He would only allow us access to the computers (Apple ][‘s) only AFTER we showed him our flowchart for the assignment.
Once we got out program written and tested, if there was nobody else ready to use the computer, we were allowed to do what we wanted on the system (usually play games that we brought in from home, Zork was a favorite of mine).
He had a free hour during the last class period of the day and a couple of the students would hang out in his office shooting the breeze waiting for the final bell.
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My seventh grade music teacher, Mr. Peffers, taught us to play The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald on guitar and didn’t laugh when I wrote a report on punk rock. He was awesome and if my memory is correct, he looked a lot like Ned Flanders from The Simpsons. Which is also pretty fabulous.
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LoisS
My favorite teacher was Mr. Gustin from my junior year in high school. I liked him because he always took extra time to explain things to you if you had a problem. He also explained things in an easy to understand way. I guess I remember him most because I also had a crush on him.
http://www.justanothermobilemonday.com Brandon (aka netsyd)
My favorite teacher was Ms. Kennedy. She was my 5th grade teacher – and the reason I think she was my favorite was she was not only a good teacher, but one of the most entertaining I had. She was the most entertaining because she was a martian. Yup, you read that right. She swore up and down she was from Mars. Even wore those little alien antenna all the time.
thehotrod
My favorite teacher was my high school english teacher. Mr. Smith gave us a lot of freedom both in class and in our homework. It was very refreshing.
My least favorite was Mrs. Mull, 3rd grade teacher. She constantly yelled at me and said I was disruptive to her class. Granted I was probably somewhat disruptive, but that’s because I did my work fast and then I got bored. 3rd grade should be a little more fun and a little less boot camp.
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My favorite teacher was Ms. Breen in first grade. She rewarded us with cookies for clean and well-organized desks and good behavior. Though she may have been responsible for the OCD that has plagued me periodically since (as well as encouraging my love of sugar cookies), I still look back on those days with much fondness.
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David Baughn
Favorite Teacher…. Wow! So Many! I’ll go with Janie DeLaney – my high school Journalism teacher. She was someone who did not speak down to her students, but rather got down on their level to lift them up to reach their full potential… She was very inspirational and through her actions, she taught me many of the tools I use now to communicate with and to teach my employees…
crloga1
Thanks for the great contest. I really enjoy the site.