Tell us about a teacher who had a real impact on your life, either for the better or the worse. How is your life different today because of him or her?
Teachers are about education. And from my experience good and bad teachers teach you skills, even if it wasn’t what they set out to teach you. My school years were the late sixties and seventies—a different era. Most of my teachers taught me well and used skills that I consider imperative today when interacting with or teaching my patients.
- Caring
- Confidence
- Consistency
- Good Communication
- Honesty
- Individuality
- Kindness
- Listening Skills
- Non-judgmental
- Patience
- Respect
- Self-Belief
- Transparency
In 5th class however, my teacher was the opposite. He made my life so difficult. He picked on me, made me the laughing stock of the class and criticised everything I did. This lead to poorer marks that meant my grading in high school was lower than it should have been. Despite this I worked my way back up and the gifts I gained from him are RESILIENCE and a never say never attitude. All of these skills and qualities combine to make me the person I am today. It is all part of the patchwork quilt of my life.
Sorry about your 5th grade teacher, but like how you still found good out of the experience. You are right all our moments, good and bad make up our own unique patchwork quilt of life!
I believe there is some thing positive in all situations. Many situations that we have to go through however we wouldn’t wish on our worst enemy—its what u=you do with them that makes the difference.
Many teachers have effort my life. I had a teacher like your 5th grade one only mine was the 4th grade. My 6 th Miss Secoy went out of her way to help me. Prehahs the biggest influence on me was my paternal grandmother and a Great Aunt. They taught me the importance of education. My Grandmother felt so strongly she make sure all her grandchildren had an education to have good life. Our choice.
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Education is the key to success but to me means more than schooling and higher education. Its also about education in the school of life—how to win friends and influence people, be considerate even in business and deal with conflict effectively.
You are so correct.
My history teacher in the final 2 years of high school! Your blog made me laugh cos this teacher was almost the worst teacher i’d had the misfortune to be “taught” by. He was totally uninterested in his task, boring, monotonous and as I sat in my final exam room I knew I’d failed the subject. My fault, of course, but I went on to acquire a degree in Modern History and English. It taught me that it’s never too late to change mistakes from the past….
He must have planted deep down inside at least a small interest in history that you nurtured into a degree. Sometimes it is fun to look back at how we got places. I think we are often surprised.