My Teaching MVP

Daily writing prompt
Who was your most influential teacher? Why?

Oddly enough, I was discussing this very topic with Kymber Hawke yesterday in her comment section. Today, lo and behold, here we are. πŸ˜„

Anyhow, my pick would have to be my high school history teacher. He was a bit offbeat, funny as hell, and pretty damn smart. Most of all though, he truly cared about his students. He was the teacher that everyone came back to visit at least a couple times after graduation.

He would also occasionally pin an “S” to his shirt and ride a cart across the classroom. Like I said, a little offbeat.

But, when it was time to get tough, he would be tough, and he always tried his best to help his students succeed. He was a top notch guy and is probably one of the main reasons I love history as much as I do.

The only other teacher that might have been more influential is that little thing called “experience”.


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52 responses to “My Teaching MVP”

  1. He sounds like the kind of teacher I aspire to be.πŸ‘

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    1. If you are, you will do a lot of young people a world of good, I assure you.

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  2. Awesome, πŸ‘ πŸ‘ 😎 you and I had very opposite history teachers lol. Mine called me smart but lazy because I didn’t study for his dumb boring test, he was a complete tool. I ended up leaving his class and switching into something else, thankfully.
    I still love history though, so that’s a bonus, not because of him however πŸ˜‚

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    1. My teacher was like none I had had before or since. There were other good ones, but none quite like him.
      At least you still like history despite him. lol

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      1. He sounds super cool. I would’ve loved to have had a teacher like that. On a whole, most of my high school teachers sucked, haha.
        Yep, history is actually one of my favs, surprisingly. Happy about that, lol.

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      2. Yeah, I definitely got lucky landing in his class.

        Personally, I think history is one of the few interesting school subjects, but that’s just me lol

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  3. I can’t remember much, but I remember hating school. The teachers weren’t all that pleasant either. Glad my son is having a better time.

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    1. I got lucky. Most of mine were decent. A few douchenozzles, but there always are.

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  4. Right… πŸ‘
    Got the key word from your experience… ie… ” But, when it was time to get tough, he would be tough,”

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    1. He could be tough, but he was fair. If he got tough, you had it coming for sure.

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  5. Your teacher sounds amazing. It’s the extra special teachers that make their students feel cared about and safe in their presence…then real learning can happen and that’s a kind of magic, too. Loved this, Kevin. SO good.

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    1. Thanks, Janet. Yes, he was a good guy for sure. And he certainly had his own style lol

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  6. It’s cool to have a teacher who can teach you to be cool, you know what I mean? πŸ˜‚

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    1. I might have just learned to be weird from him. Not sure lol

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      1. πŸ€­πŸ˜‚
        you might just be right lol…

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      2. Thank you!

        Wait, what? 🀨

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      3. πŸ˜‚…a very good teacher you had there , Kevin

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      4. Hmmmm… 🀨

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      5. πŸ€­πŸ‘ŒπŸ˜‹

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      6. Watching you. 🀨🀨

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      7. πŸ˜πŸ€£πŸ‘€

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      8. Aye, laugh now…

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      9. I solemnly swear to behave and not to cause any mischief in the village πŸ˜‡

        😈🀣

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      10. Indeed? We shall find out!

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      11. 🀐

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      12. Ho now! Is that fear in your eyes?

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      13. nay… never fear….just trying to behave …πŸ˜‹
        need that place in the army lol

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      14. So you keep saying. 🀨

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      15. πŸ˜¬πŸ€πŸ˜‹

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      16. I feel you are taunting me here….

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      17. who me…πŸ˜‡
        I dare not , Chief …etc etc…lol

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      18. If only I could believe that…πŸ™„
        Etc., etc. πŸ™„πŸ™„

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      19. 🀐

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      20. Merely an observation…

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      21. Just a thought. πŸ˜œπŸ˜‰

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      22. Who says weird is weird

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      23. I certainly didn’t mean it as a negative lol

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  7. Perhaps, the author of these prompts tends to read your comments! You’re popularπŸ₯€ 🦍

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    1. I don’t know that I am quite that popular πŸ˜„

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      1. Thank you. Hopefully for the right reasons! πŸ˜„

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  8. I liked my history teacher her, because he was very theatrical and made everything into a fu historical play. But the one that changed my career, was my math teacher.
    He showed me that this what I was (more or less) good at.
    Also,we would play chess afterschool hours which was a passion in my youth.

    So he, but mainly his style of teaching might have been my biggest inspiration πŸ™‚

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    1. Oh, I do so hate math. With a passion. 🀣
      That said, the fact that your was such an inspiration is downright awesome. πŸ‘πŸ‘

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  9. Right on, Kevin! You already know I think this teacher rocks. But I’m glad I came here today to say it again.

    Thank you for the shout-out! You’re so kind. πŸ™‚

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    1. Thank you for stopping by, Kymber! πŸ™

      And my pleasure, of course. 😊

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  11. Very few teachers are like this and thank heavens for themπŸ‘πŸ»

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  12. I had a history teacher who was possibly 200 years old and just sat and read out of a book.πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

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    1. Oh, hell no. I’d go out of my freaking mind.

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    I had a history teacher

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