There was only one of my 4 academic teacher that I enjoyed being in class with. One just lectured constantly and I don't think knew my name (although he did give me the .1 that I needed to bump me from an 89.4 to an 89.5 at semester), one refuses to teach, and one just down right doesn't like me. It made learning kinda challenging when I hated to be in class!
When I switched from government to economics at semester, I got a new teacher. She is amazing! She gave us her cell number on the first day of the semester because according to her "you should have access to your teachers if you need help when you are at home doing homework too, not just from 7:25-2:30". I kinda thought it was weird at the time... the week I was gone, I knew exactly why.
I had texted her on the way up to Iowa asking what chapters we would be going over in the text book so that I could stay semi caught up. Of course, we weren't doing anything that was in the text book this next week, rather we were working out of a new workbook that they would be receiving in class on Monday. Lame.
But that wasn't the end of our phone conversation. Throughout the week she would send me a message simply saying "praying for you" or "do you need me to contact your other teachers?" or "remember it's okay to smile!". It was so sweet knowing that she was thinking about me when I was going through that hard time. It does help that she is one of the FCA sponsors!
When I got back to school today, I stopped by her class about 15 minutes before I had to be there for first period to figure out what all I missed. She wasn't concerned about the make up work, she was more concerned about making sure I was okay. And not just "fine, yeah, I'm okay", but honestly and truly okay. Not many people can see through me like that, but she definitely did! It made it seem like in that crazy school, there is a teacher who cares about more than passing students and getting them through the system... a teacher who cares about her students too!
It is teachers like this that further inspire me to be a teacher. I don't think that is a teacher I will ever forget!
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