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An article regarding my first day of tagging in my fifth posting, Medical, as a House Officer.

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Orchestra Anyone?

Who was your most influential teacher? Why? When I think of my most influential teacher, there is only one, my high school Orchestra teacher. A Jewish lady, towering at about 5' 2", she was very tall in my life by making sure I stuck to my music, so I would stay out of trouble. She was a goofy lady who could turn angry at the drop of a bad note, but her patience was impeccable as she stuck to it until we got it right. My orchestra teacher was very disciplined and made sure I attended all […]

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Orchestra Anyone?

Who was your most influential teacher? Why? When I think of my most influential teacher, there is only one, my high school Orchestra teacher. A Jewish lady, towering at about 5′ 2″, she…

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Inside the Red Head's Head Mar 22, 2024

Daily writing prompt Who was your most influential teacher? Why? View all responses

Just yesterday my friend Larry sent me a text asking if I remembered the names of any of our high school teachers. My first thought was of course I do. My second thought was me trying to remember them and exactly one came to me. My senior year English teacher. Was she influential? She was brutal. Easily one of the toughest teachers I ever had. She kicked our academic asses on a daily basis and I was able to rise to the occasion. My grades in that class were very good. Unfortunately she was the only name I could remember off the top of my head. Mrs Acone.

Larry was specifically asking about our ninth grade Earth Science teacher. Somehow, magically, I was able to come up with it. Now, the very next morning, we get this question? Are the internets reading my mind again? Is this some X-Files level shit here?

Most influential teacher… okay… Mrs Acone is on the short list. Mrs Adams is too. I was in third grade. I was in the second highest reading group in the class. Mrs Adams, for some reason I am not aware of, bumped me up to the highest level reading group. A little bit of faith in a little tiny me and next thing we know I am an A student all the way into my high school career. Well… in every class except math. My math skills went south at some point, but other than that I was at the start of a very good public education career.

One other candidate for most influential requires me to fast forward all the way to my last time around in college. Dr Canning was my Computing I professor. He asked me for my resume one day. At the time it included a mention of attending Northeast Broadcasting School. He jumped on that and offered me a job in a lab he ran. I wouldn’t be doing anything code based in that lab. Instead he wanted me to start a Computer Science department focused talk show on the campus radio station. I took the job. The result was not only a radio show that ran for the next three years or so, it was that I had a peer group in school that I could study with, and a private, locked door lab space where we could meet to study. It was the key to me finishing my Bachelors Degree with some really excellent grades.

So there are a few influential teachers from my very distant past. There are probably a few more I could add but, as implied by the start of this post, I might not remember any of their names.

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