tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28674373.post6797385317284264100..comments2023-11-02T04:30:03.841-07:00Comments on Maryann Miller's - It's Not All Gravy: Teachers Who Made a DifferenceMaryannwriteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28674373.post-48589825564785511422010-05-17T20:16:19.297-07:002010-05-17T20:16:19.297-07:00Appreciate all the comments. It is so nice that so...Appreciate all the comments. It is so nice that some of us have had such memorable teachers, but I do feel a little sad that some didn't.Maryannwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28674373.post-77580970733213224702010-05-17T17:27:14.281-07:002010-05-17T17:27:14.281-07:00I can not think of any school teacher that had a r...I can not think of any school teacher that had a real influence on my...I had several I liked and some I didn't like so well. Anyways, just wanted to say I enjoyed reading the posts on your blog. God bless, LloydSolid Rock or Sinking Sandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815501572621378327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28674373.post-46748570297411886142010-05-17T15:02:29.272-07:002010-05-17T15:02:29.272-07:00Ken, your story reminds me of what happened to my ...Ken, your story reminds me of what happened to my granddaughter when an art teacher told her there were no blue bunnies, so she had to do her picture over. Her mother framed the blue bunny and it is hanging in her office. "Don't destroy creativity" is our motto.Maryannwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28674373.post-5129253656743504012010-05-17T08:23:14.307-07:002010-05-17T08:23:14.307-07:00Junior High -- Mr. Jacobson & Mr. Webster for ...Junior High -- Mr. Jacobson & Mr. Webster for showing me that things I loved--like nature--were actual school subjects.<br /><br />High School - Mr. Holtby who still stands over my shoulder as I write, reminding me of those basic grammar rules, and especially his "SWYM" comments on papers -- Say What You Mean.Terry Odellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610682530545306687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28674373.post-10885857494480183102010-05-16T11:29:55.535-07:002010-05-16T11:29:55.535-07:00Sad to say and I'm serious...I can't remem...Sad to say and I'm serious...I can't remember the name of even one of my teachers.<br />I’ve enjoyed looking over your blog. I came across it through another blog I follow, and I’m glad I did. I am now a follower of yours as well. Feel free to look over my blog and perhaps become one as well.Covnitkepr1https://www.blogger.com/profile/14155059748601952927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28674373.post-1824369774112891612010-05-16T08:05:18.741-07:002010-05-16T08:05:18.741-07:00I remember a teacher in college, Dr. Stedman. He w...I remember a teacher in college, Dr. Stedman. He was an English teacher and he encouraged my writing. I ended up working as his assistant and learned a lot about writing and editing from him.<br /><br />Helen<br /><a href="http://straightfromhel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Straight From Hel</a>Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28674373.post-835880961799511772010-05-16T07:27:48.165-07:002010-05-16T07:27:48.165-07:00I had two high school teachers who were both so in...I had two high school teachers who were both so influential in different ways that I can not choose between them. <br /><br />Mrs. Rosemary Lucky was the best English teacher I ever had, and she is the reason I am so attentive to grammar and punctuation. She also taught me to do library research, bibliographic citations, etc. so well that by the time I got to college, research papers were a cheerful walk in the park.<br /><br />Mr. Greg Hartel was a fantastic environmental education (biology) teacher. Whenever possible, in lieu of a classroom lecture, he got us outside into the field, where we collected our own plant specimens and even did a grasshopper population study by capturing, tagging, and releasing grasshoppers in an empty lot near the school. I remember more from his interactive, experiential approach than from similar classes in college. He taught me to observe the tiny details in the world around me.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12247612996397058730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28674373.post-49117353557082285432010-05-16T06:49:55.050-07:002010-05-16T06:49:55.050-07:00Strangely, it was a negative experience with a tea...Strangely, it was a negative experience with a teacher that really effected me. I had written one of those what I did over the vacation pieces. In it I had described the moon as white gold. He insisted that the moon was silver and that I change the wording - even took off points for it. I realized that while he may know more about English than I (then fourteen) I was a writer and he was not. <br />To know that I was a writer didn't change much then; but now that I have two novels published and many poems and short stories, I can safely say he changed my self-concept and my eventual life.Ken Weenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14518433815909216348noreply@blogger.com