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7.8. Ley Nº 19.983.Publicada en el Diario Oficial con fecha 15 de
ever had the pleasure of learning from. She was my 11th grade Spanish teacher at Providence Sr. High in Charlotte, NC and I absolutely adored her. She never talked down to us as students; she treated us as equals, expecting us to conduct ourselves in a respectful manner.
However, she always made class fun with great activities and wonderful assignments that made us think. On an individual level, she took a personal interest in each student in her class. She asked about our families and friends and how our
extracurricular activities were going. She invited us to dinners at her house so we could experience what a true Cuban family was like. She loved each and every one of us like her own. I hope she is out there somewhere, still teaching children the beautiful language of Spanish and the incredible culture that makes up Latin America.
Mrs. Murphy
taught us French by making us sing, dance, tell jokes, use body language, stamp out rhythms, squish our faces in strange shapes...and she smelled of French perfume!-Contributed by Jocelyn Phelps about her high school teacher
Omar Chanona
promotes non-lineal thinking in his students. His learning strategy is based in Internet concepts and hyperlinks, movies and TV shows, and one character: Sherlock Holmes.-Contributed by Alfredo Flores Romero about his college Audiovisual Pedagogy instructor
I remember
Mrs. Portman
to be a little quirky, but in a funny way that kept me engaged. She was this little tiny lady that always had a smile on her face. What I remember most was how she taught us how to follow directions using a non-traditional technique. For example, each student had a driver's license that was used for setting the right behavior. Speeding = running in the halls; driving the wrong way = not staying in single-file line; honking = talking; accident = hitting or running into another student; etc. Each violation was a point and the object was to get the least amount of points in a given week. It was a fun way to learn how to follow directions and rules. I think I got a lot of speeding tickets, but I never lost my license.-Contributed by Kevin Christensen about his middle school teacher
Patricia H
. was my high school Math teacher who was so impressive to me that I wanted to be her. She knew her subject so well that I think I was a bit in awe of her intelligence. She was also young and attractive so it was a bit of a mismatch (for that day) in what one thought of as a Math teacher.___
While others were intimidated at times, I found
Ms. Pomeroy
to be one of the most creative and innovative teachers I have had. She encouraged everyone to achieve and excel in every effort. As individuals, we needed to believe in ourselves and as a class, we needed to believe [in] and support each other. She believed that we could choose to alter our lives [through] our attitudes.-Contributed about a middle school teacher
He was
a cool guy
. He allowed the class to pace ourselves through the curriculum. As students, we enjoyed that Friday was often a quickie, and we made up for it on Monday/Tuesday. He really treated us as if we knew a lot of it already, and just sought to have us discover what we already new, and learn a newterminology for it.
-Contributed by David Coleman about his college Business Economics instructor
Mrs. Dalche'
taught foreign languages at my high school. Russian was the one I chose. She was a character: pretty, petite and energetic. She wore the brightest colored clothes she could find and impressed us all with her Peter Max designer stockings (it was the 70's). Her passion for the language and the culture was communicated in everything she did in front of that classroom and proven out by her own commitment, [evidenced by] spending a summer at Moscow University. She stuck by some simple rules:1. Once we passed through the door of the classroom, we only spoke Russian. 2. Every week, we had culture day and learned about the people who spoke the language.
3. To get a passing grade, you just had to open your mouth and try! I suppose it was all about immersion. We did well because we spent one hour a day, five days a week in a different world. She believed in us and showed it by entering us in foreign language competitions. She also took the time to take us to cultural events in the city (Chicago): museums and concerts and ballets where we could meet real
Russians and hear the language spoken by natives. It wasn't a class: it was an experience that has lasted a lifetime.
-Contributed by Sally Zuhn
Mr. MacKenzie
acted like a peer. In fact, he hung out with us in campus bars and was, as we were in the late sixties, politically active. He presented creatively what could have been very boring subject matter by combining cool things, Science Fiction and Shakespeare, into an undergraduate elective. It was one of those wildly popular courses that you were really happy you got into. He was an easy grader; nevertheless, you came away with insights intoShakespeare's relevance, [which was a] big concept at the time, to the world we lived in.
-Contributed by John Galto
Mrs. Lingerfelt
broke the typical teacher mold: dress, attitude and subject matter. She discussed current culture to help us learn about literature. She always made it interesting, and I credit my love of poetic song lyrics to studying in her class.-Contributed by Tammy Payne about her high school English teacher
Cleve Folger
explained the difference between a growth agency/company and service agency/company and illustrated it with a glass of water, specific examples and important illustrations on how to use this information to better serve and communicate with each group.Heather Morrow
is well-organized. She authors her own course material, which is concise and easy to understand.___
Mrs. Elperin
came to teach at my very small, rural high school in westernIndiana. She had been raised on the East coast and was quite urban and
sophisticated in comparison to the other teachers, parents and students in our little school. She taught higher level
Composition and Writing as well as Latin classes. Mrs. Elperin was often the brunt of many pranks and jokes because she was so different. I have to admit she was a bit odd, or maybe eccentric would be a better description; however, she really had a passion for learning and for the arts. Through her approach to curriculum, she caused us to stretch our minds into areas we had previously never explored. She recommended books for us to read and discuss that stimulated our thinking and gave us a view of what life might be like outside of a little Indiana town. I will always remember her because she gave me the Lord of the Rings trilogy to read.
LOTR has ever since been my most favorite fantasy reading. I try to read/listen to the books at least once every year or so. She also turned me on to life and society in large urban areas by reading Raisin in the Sun (I think this was
her personal copy - in those days in the mid-70's in a small, conservative Indiana town, I doubt the school board would have approved the book for our use), The Jungle and another favorite, On the Beach. I can remember her entering us as high school seniors in a "Latin Convention" held at Indiana University. About 8 of us drove over and spent the day hanging out with her as she hung out with her
colleagues, competing in translation contests, Greek mythology competitions and listening to erudite speakers. It was a significant cultural shift for us. [My
memory of] her will always stick with me as she went beyond the minimum
requirements of the class and catered her teaching by urging and coaxing individuals to read different books and experience our culture more deeply. She really wanted us to know that there was a huge
wonderful world outside of our little town. One last example: I remember that in the senior Composition class, we had been talking about rock music and how many messages about our society are revealed in the lyrics. We listened to King
Crimson's 20th Century Schizoid Man in class. What a rush! I had never listened to this type of rock before. We then examined the lyrics to "de-code" the meaning. It was super cool! She was one of a kind, I think.
He exemplified the term
"absentminded professor"
outside of the classroom and in his appearance, but in the classroom, he was anything but [absentminded]. He was a law professor for an extension university for military and civilian personnel stationed overseas. His students were all adults, usually over 25, that had seen life in many facets.Although he wore the same suit and tie to each class every day, he had the ability to bring the law into the classroom, ensuring that we knew how it applied to each of us, and made us hungry to know more. None of the extension students were law
students but there was never an empty seat in any of his classes and, at times, [there was] a waiting list. Even his Constitutional Law class was filled every time. Although I took his classes over 25 years ago, the tenets he taught have stayed with me. He taught me well!
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Fred Mann
taught History andBroadcasting. From a History standpoint, he went out of his way to make it
interesting and bring it to life; from a Broadcasting standpoint, he was a pioneer who introduced me to this field. He didn't take himself too seriously and made things fun, but let you know when you'd stepped over the line.
-Contributed about a high school teacher
Mr. Otis Weeks
inspired us to stretch ourselves and accomplish much more than other 6th grade classes. He taught us Algebra, Science, Greek literature, Square Dancing, Statistics, and much, much more. He had a telephone installed in ourclassroom and he taught us how to conduct political polls and compute the results. Did I mention that this was in the 6th grade? He was truly an amazing educator, [and] his influence has been far-reaching.
-Contributed by Todd Jones
I thought
Mr. Bastille
was an idiot, but it was his way of getting us to think for ourselves.-Contributed by Rebekah about her high school Geometry teacher
Gretchen Koob
made literature come to life and allowed us to explore what we could not see through creative writing.-Contributed by Jim Lombardo about his high school teacher