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.

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.

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

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!

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”

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!!!

If I win I’ll call it my Grant!

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.