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Discuss a teacher who had a positive influence on your life. What did he/she do that was influential for you?
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My fifth-grade teacher’s wife passed away while I was in his class. He showed us his humanity. Kids need to look at teachers as not super human but human, and how we deal with our lives.
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My kindergarten teacher, though planning a wedding the same year she taught me, was very involved in my life as I had dealt with my parents divorcing and then both remarrying. She was emotionally available for me. She would ask quesitons about how I was feeling, yet push me eduationally at the same time.
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My seven grade math teacher believed in me so much that at the end of the school year she gave me the seventh grade math award. I became a math teacher because of her.
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My third grade teacher Mrs. Cirasoll paid enough attention to realize that every time she turned the lights out for a movie, that I would fall asleep. She contacted my parents and they figured out that it was a medication I was on, that not only made me fall asleep but that I was lethargic. After that she worked with me to catch up on subjects I had missed. She was very aware and kind to all her students not just me.
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My father was a teacher. He “helped” me with my homework by asking me questions until I figured things out for myself. He taught me to slow down and think carefully.