Teachers

Teachers who affected your life:

Miss Walker.  My curly haired 3^rd grade teacher.  She was young and spirited.  She loved Miss Piggy and talking French.  She was the first one to identify that I was smart, that I had something special.  She got a few of us a special French tutor just because she thought it would be fun.  She gave me creative writing prompts when I was bored in class. 

SHE GAVE ME CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS when I was bored in class. 

Miss Brown.  She was frustrated and cold.  Because I was smart, she felt demeaned and without use.  What good is a teacher to a student who already knows?  She found out my weakness, and exposed it in front of the entire class.  Tearing open my wound, letting it bleed and fester for all to watch, point and giggle at my discomfort. 

SHE SCARRED ME.

Mr. McCreven.  Taught me it was ok to ask why.  Sometimes he had the answers.  Sometimes he didn’t.  And that was ok too.

Miss Suraci.  Taught me that art is not just paints, pastels, or clay.  Taught me that a teacher can also be a friend, a protector, and a teacher should allow you to grow and learn at their own speed, sometimes on their own path.

THEY HELPED ME GROW.