Have you ever gone back to a school to thank a teacher that made a big difference in your life??
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Yes I have.  And so should you if that is the case.\nThey tought me that not everything is easy in life and you must work for a goal without giving up or wavering off the path to get that goal.
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Depending on your level of education, it might be appropriate to give your teacher a thank you card at the end of the year or semester.  You can also simply tell them that you appreciate the good job they are doing at any time.  Don't give gifts or come across as trying to win the teacher's favor for a good grade.  That could work to your disadvantage.
202783
I have! He was so cool! Matthew, from my old school. I still like him, and I have ever since kindergarten. I'm in fifth grade now.
1186737
Your professor seemed very much loved and very influential. I would hope that your college would do something to remember her. But if they don't maybe you can suggest it or organize a memorial for your prof.
1187499
i enjoyed most the teachers with passion and fervor. there were fun teachers who would let you get away with anything. they taught little and impacted the students less. but the teachers who really made a difference in my life were the ones who saw their work as something that needed to be learned rather than something they had to teach. today i use them as models in my own classroom. my own students enjoy my passion. they laugh at me when i grow excited with concepts. they tease me with questions about my understanding of the work. today they giggle but, more importantly, they never forget what made a grown person excited about life. i love it when students come back to tell me they learned more than just the curriculum. that's what i learned from my teachers and i hope its what my students learn from me.
489411
gosh, I had no idea what to do when I first started teaching.  a good mentor helps you over that first initial shock of being in front of the class.
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My favorite teacher in high school was my Theater Arts teacher.  She was kind and lenient.  She was real and I could be myself around her.  She let every student know she was their friend first and then their teacher.  She loved to teach but she also loved to encourage her students to be themselves and pursue their dreams.  She always went out of her way to make our classroom expereince enjoyable.  She let us watch many movies as rewards for good grades, purchased chiaroscuro makeup and let us practice techniques in class on classmates,  took us on field trips to art festivals, and held many pizza parties so we didn't have to eat the not so palatable cafeteria food.  I will never forget her.
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Think of one teacher who really made a difference in your life. How about sending that teacher a little card with a personal note inside letting him/her know just how much you appreciate their efforts.  \nI'm a teacher, and boy, any time a student tells me that something, even a trivial thing made a positive difference for them it warms my heart more than anyone could know.  \nHow lovely you are for acknowledging your teachers and realizing that theirs is indeed a heart and soul profession. THANK YOU for speaking up, and here's a little something to escort your entrance into medical school====                 (((((((H U G)))))))))\nBest wishes.
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Write a 'thankyou' poem to show your appreciation or just give her a thankyou card if that's easier. And remember, a goodbye doesn't have to be forever, tell her you would like to keep in touch.  It's so important to show appreciation where it's deserved, sure ur teacher will be touched by your kind/sincere gesture.
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Mrs. Ricca, my 6th grade teacher back in the 1960s.  I wish I knew where she was so I could tell her this!  She showed me what I could do and helped me to build my self-confidence.
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my 3rd grade teacher. i always hated school not because i was an idiot but because i remember being first to finish and i would have to sit there for long hours doing nothing but listening to long lectures. the only year that i remember liking was my third grade teacher mrs. amenta. then she ended up getting injured and took a leave of absense. that broe my heart :-( god bless her where ever she is
964412
You would be surprised how often in real life this question gets ask. You tell your teacher that you appreciate there devotion.
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After 16 years I finally got to meet my daughter this year. We spent yesterday making Thanksgiving dinner for the rest of the family together. \n\nI am so grateful for her, for my family, and for the amazing gift of life.
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If it doesn't have to be somebody famous, how about interviewing one of your own teachers for the "present" part?\n\nA past educator with a GREAT story was Helen Keller.  I don't remember the whole story, but she was born blind and deaf.  She had a teacher who worked with her (I think her name was Annie Sullivan), and then later she became a teacher herself - - INCREDIBLE!!\n\nGood luck!
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yes i have.\nWhen i was in high school my girlfriend was going to stay in our home town and not go to texas A&M school because of me so i told her that did not love her that she should go to school and for get me worse thing i ever did.
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This happen to me in jr. high.  I told my mom,  she said, " the teacher must of really wanted you to go, maybe there was something you could of learned that now you missed out on. "  Don't worry about the teachers threat.  I did and had a knot in my stomach,  my teacher just wanted the best for me, and thought the old way of do it else would work.  The only misery I have is wondering what I missed out on learning, even if it was a lesson or two.  Every lesson is something to grow on.  So Just ignore your teachers bad method.  Nothing will happen.
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My favorite teacher (Maria Luise Auer) never teached in my class but in my school, but she impressed me very much:\nfor example: we were visiting an ice cave during night (it was cold, slippery and we had torches to see something), I was very anxious, she took my hand and brought me savely to the cave; she showed me how to make a bed properly; during the breaks in school she always had time for me, we talked; and while other pupils wrote the names of bands, actors et cetera on their school stuff, I wrote her name on mine;\nWhen she went to theater with her class I could accompany them; \nNow, I´m almost 9 years off this school, I can call her by her first name, we are still happy when we see each other,...\nI never saw her as a "teacher", I always saw her as my best friend although I have very many respect of her. \nWe know each other for almost 12 years now and there is not much about what I´m more happy like about this!! \n\nShe is really the cutest and greatest teacher in the whole world and she is also like an older sister for me.