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QOTM - O Captain! My Captain! Who's Your Favorite Teacher?

  • 1.  QOTM - O Captain! My Captain! Who's Your Favorite Teacher?

    GENESYS
    Posted 06-05-2024 11:32

    Graduation is upon us, teacher appreciation month is just behind us, and before we know it, a new school year will be here.

    We thought now is as good a time as any to ask: Who was your favorite teacher and why? 

    What is a teacher: 

    • Could be someone from grade school
    • Collegiate/graduate
    • Tutor
    • Trainer
    • Personal Mentor

    Anyone who answers the QOTM gets this badge on their profile to certify their participation:

    For our graduates, congratulations! We hope your celebration is epic and your summer memorable. For the teachers who get to enjoy a break, may your sleep be glorious, your travel flawless, and your meals perfect. For the parents whose kids are home for summer, we extend our sympathies. ;)

    Cheers to the end of the school year! 

    Matt & Team


    #CommunityQuestions(Contest,Community,etc.)

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    Matt Lawson
    Genesys - Employees
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  • 2.  RE: QOTM - O Captain! My Captain! Who's Your Favorite Teacher?

    Posted 06-06-2024 07:49

    I had a math teacher in high school that was a certified clown. No really, he actually went to clown school and performed for many years with Barnum & Bailey. One of the things that I'll always remember him for was that he would use a yo-yo(which he picked up how to use while in the circus) to explain angles and concepts in class.

    He made learning a lot of fun in classes which are not known to be fun whatsoever. That will always stick with me.



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    Seean Weaver
    MAPFRE USA - Telecom Analyst
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  • 3.  RE: QOTM - O Captain! My Captain! Who's Your Favorite Teacher?

    GENESYS
    Posted 06-07-2024 08:03

    That's really cool! All I had like this was a teacher who would sing "Green Acres" to our school name "Town Acres".



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    Matt Lawson
    Genesys - Employees
    Online Community Manager
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  • 4.  RE: QOTM - O Captain! My Captain! Who's Your Favorite Teacher?

    Posted 06-06-2024 07:58

    I had a teacher in high school, Mr. Richardson, who taught 11th-grade English Lit. He was one of those "cool" teachers that everyone adored because he could talk to you - and I mean real talk. He would tell us how being an adult was not all that we saw in the movies - doing what we wanted when we wanted to - and he gave honest life advice. I also grew up in the deep south (Mobile, Alabama) and we, unfortunately, had banned books. Mr. Richardson made sure that our assignments were as many banned books as he could which was amazing. He would discuss them with such passion that even The Grapes of Wrath was a barn burner! 

    Mr. Richardson taught me to always be unapologetically authentic because if I end up rubbing people the wrong way, they aren't my people anyway... those were powerful words to a yet-to-be-diagnosed neurospicy kid. I still live by that mindset to this day and I have been out of his class for 35 years.



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    Amy Sessions
    City of Clearwater - Cutomer Service Manager
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  • 5.  RE: QOTM - O Captain! My Captain! Who's Your Favorite Teacher?

    Posted 06-06-2024 08:29

    @Amy Sessions why do English teachers seem to always get it? My first English teacher in high school had a radical, at least to me back in 1997, way of doing tests.... Everything is open book. Jaw dropping as a high school freshman. His philosophy was, "who cares what you are able to memorize, that will come in time if you use it enough, but you should be able to know how to FIND information". 



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    Seean Weaver
    MAPFRE USA - Telecom Analyst
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