What was your favorite teacher like?

[Number 9 Dream]

My all-time favorite teacher was a college Psychology professor I had two years ago. Professor Rooney was the nicest man I ever had the pleasure of meeting, and it was such a treat to go to his class. I took him for Child and Adolescent Psychology and he made the subject so fun. He was so friendly, so funny, so warm...he kinda reminded me of an older John Ritter (kinda looked like him too ) He always told us he was so lucky to be teaching, so we knew right off the bat that he was passionate about it and wanted to be there. Most of the time he cracked jokes, but at the same time, we always came out of that class knowing so much about psychology. He truly is amazing. My friend liked him so much that she bought him a Sigmuend Freud action figure...lol, he loved it.

Anyone else?

[Penny Lane]

I went to a very small rural elementary school. In fact the school consisted of grades K- 12! My husband graduated the year that I was in the 5th grade. We were in the same school but didn't meet until years later, Well, anyway my favorite teacher was my 5/6 teacher. I had her for 2 years. She was an elderly woman whom I adored! She always was so interesting and interested in her students. She took us on many field trips and always made each holiday a special event. Our classroom was always decorated for each major holiday. And she always had special projects for us to do. She was totally dedicated! I loved her! Sadly she passed away many years ago but I will always remember my 2 grades with her as a happy and precious time of my life! Her name was Grace Hunn. She was awesome!

[Janice]

That would be my Psychology Professor in college. Her lectures would mesmermize the students. We stayed in contact for several years but eventually lost touch.

[AllIWantIsYourClutch]

I really love all of my teachers. I would have to say my all time favorites are my current english teacher, my junior US history teacher, my junior english teacher, and my sophomore english teacher. The male honors teachers, which include all that I mentioned, at my school are in some kind of "Male Teacher Gang" as we call it and they're all pretty much awesome. I love how they're all really good teachers, but they also joke around and aren't all work work work with their students.

[Kay Scarpetta]

My favorite teachers were in 7th and 8th grade, but Ms. 'C' wins my heart. I had her both years. We still see eachother a lot and keep in contact. She's like your best friend (that you never had, in my case)

[*Pleasant Tomorrow*]

Mrs. Grow in 5th grade. I was shy so I never really did talk or have any discussions with any of my teachers, but she had us write journal entries and so that sort of helped me open up. She told me that I reminded her of her when she was my age and that we seemed to think alike and have a lot in common. She was who made me want to write. I would write something quickly, something I thought was crap and when we read it to the class she would listen shocked, as if it were a masterpiece. She said I should seriously consider becoming an author. So, yeah, she had a lot of influence on me. I really miss her, haven't seen her since my last day of 6th grade. She retired that year.

[EmoJoe]

I have a lot of favorite teachers cause im a teachers pet like that

Anyway my all-time favorite would be my 7th grade english teacher, my 1st grade teacher and my 6th grade english teacher. All of them were nice, and my 1st grade teacher didnt yell, she just told the kids nicely to stop acting up, which worked more then yelling, and my 7th grade teacher was funny and made jokes a lot and her class was fun, and my 6th grade english teacher was just really nice.

[Brian]

My third grade teacher is my favorite of all time. Three of my sisters had her. I was very lucky to have her as a teacher during a time when I had trouble communicating and was scared to go to school every day out of fear I would get sent to the principal's office and get yelled at (he once yanked a phone out of my hand and gave me a very nasty glare because I had trouble talking to my mother about something that happenedl; this was when I was in 2nd grade) She was the first teacher who really understood me and probably the only one during my years at elementary school.

[Courtnee]

I have my favorite teacher this year. (Coach Rawls) He's hilarious and everyday I laugh my ass off in his class. ah,yes.......It makes the depression go away for a little while,anyway

I just look forward to forth hour everyday. I'v had some good memories in that class. Too bad my last day of that class is in 2 weeks!

[-*Forever*-]

Mr. Austin. The greatest teacher you will ever meet. He was my sophomore English teacher, and my acting teacher as well. I don't have him yet this year, I do next semester. He has a very interesting way of teaching, he's hilarious, he's more like a friend than a teacher. He's just an all around awesome guy and I heart him. SO excited for his class this year.

[The Chauffeur]

My one and only teacher was Mrs. Whipps. She was my elementary school art teacher who knew about my bad times in school and often got me out of class for special assigments. She also pushed me to compete for a spot in the classes at the Art Institute, and I managed to win a spot for many years. She had a lot of confidence in me at a time in my life when I really needed it. She was a lil more than just a favorite teacher, she was like a guardian angel to me.

[Hollow]

my eighth grade algebra teacher. she was funny as hell, especially while she chewed out students who were acting up..lots of high pitched voice mimicking and witty ways of saying things. whenever i heard her yelling at someone i'd be listening closely and giggling at everything she said.
my sophomore english teacher. a lot of kids thought she was a bitch but they were just the ones whom she punished all the time for misbehaving. she was cool and smart. i remember her sort of ridiculing most of the students once for hating gays when they'd probably never even met one. she let me get away with saying "holy sh-t" out loud after she announced that my friend had been killed the night before, i know of many teachers who would have just idiotically told me to watch my language or sent me to the office.

that's all i can think of cuz im lazy n stuffez lolz

[consentida]

There are two teachers that I had in high school that I absolutley adored. Words cannot describe how amazing these two women are. One of them was there for me at a time in my life when no one else was. And the other helped me remember what it was like to be truly happy and why I should love myself no matter what anyone else says. I'm so thankful that I met and got to know them.

[PZelda]

I've had a few.

- My kindergarten teacher. She is the sweetest lady you will ever meet. She just adored being able to work with kids. Some years ago (I think '98 or so) she quit teaching kindergarten and moved up to teaching second grade. She loved teaching kindergarten but wasn't feeling challenged enough after teaching it for so many years.

- My 7th grade geography teacher. I also had a crush on him, he was EXTREMELY good-looking AND an awesome teacher on top of that. Man...He was so funny. He loved telling lame and cheesy jokes to the class. The students would always laugh at them because of the way he told the jokes. My desk was always next to his desk...Even more awesome, hehe. I miss that. He moved away at the end of my 7th grade year and I haven't seen him since. Hard to believe that was almost 10 years ago.

- My junior year English teacher. MAN, now THAT is a lady who really knows her stuff! She was one of these very firm and strict teachers, but she was very good to all her students and always willing to help her students if they had problems with the material. I had her English class at a bad time of the day...7th period, last class of the day so she was usually cranky after dealing with misbehaving students in her six previous classes. There were two stupid ******* boys who always clowned around in my class...they hardly ever obeyed her. Otherwise it was all good and really not that bad. I miss her class...I would do my junior year all over again if I could because that was such a fun year.

- Last but not least, my 8th grade English teacher. I freaking ADORED my teacher that year. She was literally one of THE best teachers in the state and is even a National Board Certified Teacher now, I think the highest a teacher can achieve. She was (still is) VERY passionate about teaching English and pushed each and every one of her students to do their best in her class. My sister had the same teacher for English when my sis was in 7th grade (the year I was in 4th) so we knew each other for a good 4 years before I finally ended up with her for 8th grade English. There were a LOT of fun things we did in class. I cannot possibly list them all...some of them included a Friday reading workshop where we would spend the entire class time reading a book of our choice...Having hot chocolate parties in class (happened frequently)...Helping her to decorate her room for whatever season/holiday it was at the time...etc. I LOVED when we got to help her with Christmas decorations...She hung these long wreaths from the ceiling, I forgot what they were called...she had us toss tinsel over them. Man, that was freaking awesome. We hit it off immediately and became more than friends, more like sisters or something. I still correspond with her regularly, but have not seen her in 2-1/2 years. I miss her sooooo much. She gives the BEST hugs too...I would love to be able to talk to her face-to-face and give her a big hug. That is a pretty big deal because I am not a hugger and will only hug a few people.

I love this thread, what a great idea! Lots of fond memories...

[Nighthawk76]

My favorite teachers were my third grade teacher, Mrs. Miner, and my sixth grade teachers, Mrs. Ver Plank and Mrs. Kiley.