Where would we be without teachers?

I ran into a high school classmate today. I don’t think we’d seen each other since we graduated from Johnsonville. We started talking about how many great teachers we had. Teachers who went above and beyond to make learning fun and inspiring.

There was Mr. Eaddy, who taught us eighth-grade history and English. He made history so much fun to learn, it never seemed like work to me. And during the spring, he’d take us outside on Friday afternoons after we’d finished our work and read Mark Twain to us.

Then there were some really great high school English teachers: Mrs. Silverman, Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Eaddy. I learned so much from them and the classes just fueled my love of books.

And I loved taking French classes from Miss Finn. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a teacher with so much enthusiasm and so many creative ideas. That’s probably why I can still remember how to conjugate verbs like avoir and être. And it’s probably part of the reason I decided to go back to school to take Spanish classes.

I think teachers have the most important job. Without them, we wouldn’t have people who’re trained to save lives, entertain us, inform us ... well, you get the idea.

So, if any of my former teachers are reading this, thank you!

Posted by on 06/28 at 09:31 PM

It is obvious that I have a few years on you..

I can remember sitting outside..in Hooterville..listening to Mark Twain read to us about Denny Eaddy and his bass fishing adventures..

J’ville has like the best schools and teachers in the whole wide world..dont it?

All the greats have taught there down thru history..all the way back to Coach “Benjamin Franklin” Carter..Barbara Maxwell..Linda Silvernail..

Our daughter graduated from that high school..2nd in her class..

She started out in that old run down middle school..you know the one..with the windows broken out in the gym..After the new middle school was built..it became a flea market..

Ahhh the History of Hooterville..much can be learnt there...wink

Posted by  on  06/30  at  04:15 AM

Wolf, you are too much.

Jamie, I had some great teachers, growing up in Darlington. My favorite of all, Miss Edwards, was the nicest, but she could be stern. One of my sisters and I helped her clean her room, at the end of the year, way back. She took us to the local drugstore and bought us a milkshake. We thought we had died and gone to heaven.
I’m sure that most of those teachers are in teacher heaven now; except a couple. They went to teacher hell, where they keep getting the “bad” students everyday...ha,ha…

Posted by bewmson  on  06/30  at  04:30 PM

I remember Coach Carter from middle school - he used to throw hot balls down the hallway and all the kids would chase after them. And he had nicknames for a lot of the kids - he used to call me Jaime Daytime. Mrs. Carter, his wife, tried to teach me Pre-Calculus in high school, bless her heart. I never understood Pre-Calculus, no matter how many different ways she tried to explain it to me. I appreciated how hard she tried, though.

Posted by  on  07/01  at  03:46 PM

Marsha Carter was a wonderful teacher..I believe she retired and then returned to teaching for while..

I havent seen much of them since they moved to Marion..

I’m gonna have to look them up soon..The last time I saw them..Benny and I went down to Charleston to do some work on their daughter’s house..

It’s really no biggie Jaime...Marsha never could teach me or Benny anything either..wink

Posted by  on  07/01  at  03:52 PM

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