#1 thing a teacher said to you that stuck with you.

EVA116 · August 2014

Does anyone have something they remember?

I remember my 8th grade honors bio teacher telling me to suck it up because college professors won't care what excuses I may have.

I am so thankful for that because I learned to get my shit done and get it right.

Also, my second grade teacher told me that you can only use a tissue once. It was not proper to fold it and use it again. Weird.

jesuisfatiguee · August 2014

It wasn't so much what she said as what she did. My AP American History teacher nominated me to go to the National Youth Leadership Forum on Defense, Intelligence, and Diplomacy. I was making C's in her class, but that gesture showed that she believed I was smart and capable, and that meant a lot to me. Still does.

My AP 11th grade English teacher told me not to waste my money on taking the AP test because I'd fail. That stuck with me because it pissed me off lol

TheRunningGinger · August 2014

My AP senior English teacher told our class on the first day that the word can't isn't acceptable in her classroom. Why? Because if, in her lifetime, she could see a black man become a white woman (Michael Jackson) then anything was possible.

It was inappropriate but I definitely remembered it. I transferred out for the second term.

acesup · August 2014

College. Pre-law class but I don't remember the name of it. Dr. Davey. Hands down the most intelligent man I ever met. We were discussing a case and another girl and I got in a very heated debate. After I made my last point he said "congratulations Ms. piglet - you just won your first case". It literally felt like I had won lol.
Kind of silly but I will never forget that moment. It wasn't some grand statement where he made this point point and I had an epiphany. But I felt validated by someone who I truly respected and admired and that felt good.

And no- I never went to law school. Lol

jesuisfatiguee · August 2014

stebnie said:

jesuisfatiguee said:

It wasn't so much what she said as what she did. My AP American History teacher nominated me to go to the National Youth Leadership Forum on Defense, Intelligence, and Diplomacy. I was making C's in her class, but that gesture showed that she believed I was smart and capable, and that meant a lot to me. Still does.

My AP 11th grade English teacher told me not to waste my money on taking the AP test because I'd fail. That stuck with me because it pissed me off lol
Holy Crap! I went to the National Youth Leadership Forum on Defense, Intelligence, and Diplomacy too!! It was awesome!

Wasn't it amazing??? I only went one year, but yeah. I freaking loved it.

[Deleted User] · August 2014

Practice makes permanent, not perfect.

jesuisfatiguee · August 2014

Snowboarderbritt said:

Oh and my freshman geography teacher kept a tally on the white board of how many times I said like or um (nobody else, just me). And threw rolled up paper balls at me while making jokes about me being a cheerleader. I finally had had it with her picking on me, and yelled at her and stormed out. I went to the dean, and he gladly transferred me out of her class and told me he was just glad I wasn't going to sue for sexual harassment.

Dude, that's ridiculous.

NotSharknado · August 2014

"You're attitude will get you nowhere" WRONG, BITCH!..................j/k. She was right.

billybumbler · August 2014

I'm a journalist. When I first started working in the field I was a trainee and the instructor, an experienced editor, told me something that stuck with me.

She said that I was shy, which is true, but that I didn't have to become someone else to be successful. That this was my weakness as others have other weaknesses, I would have to work on it but that I could be myself and do the job well.

Ten years later I still think she was spot on.

sharksfan · August 2014

My 4th grade teacher hated me and used to pick on me all the time. I'd go home crying, and my dad called the school to complain. The next day, the teacher pulled him into the hall, got in my face and called me a lying little brat. The she said, "And if you're Daddy calls again, I'll make sure the rest of the year is miserable for you. " I wish I had told my parents; that woman had no place teaching children.

colliebabe · August 2014

My high school physics teacher told me I'd never get anywhere in life if I didn't put down my Cosmo magazines. You know where I am now? Teaching at my old high school with him.

blueyd1 · August 2014

@sharksfan: that is awful! What a wretched bitch.

My 8th grade Science teacher told me that I shouldn't take Biology Honors freshman year because I wasn't ready. I took it and got a B, so he can shove it.

But that led to Chem Study Honors my sophomore year, which kicked my ass. I got Cs and Ds on all the tests and homework. My teacher, Mrs. Jakalski, tutored me twice a week after class, but chemistry just never clicked in my brain.

Report cards came out and I got a B. I went to her office and asked if she had made a mistake with my grade because I certainly expected to get a C or D. She said, "Your work was a "C" but your dedication and heart was an "A," so I averaged it out." I took a couple more classes with her throughout high school and she remains my favorite teacher.

sharksfan · August 2014

stebnie said:
It makes me a little sad that so many of these are negative stories.

Fair enough; I have a positive one too. My 8th grade social studies teacher have all of us an interesting choice second semester: either we could go through his normal class work and get our grade that way or we could agree to write a college level term paper on a book that he chose and our entire grade would be based on that. I chose option 2, and he gave me a huge book full of Supreme Court cases and had me write case studies for each of them. After teaching myself what a case study was, I really enjoyed the project and got an A. He wrote in my yearbook that year: it's a shame you are heading to high school when you should be on your way to Harvard Law. He was the reason I started college pre - law.... sometimes I wonder if he'd be disappointed that I never went on to law school.

acesup · August 2014

Well this one wasn't a teacher- but I had a coach tell my mom that I was evil.

Mwahahaha!

klondikebar · August 2014

I don't remember anything a teacher said to me specifically. I was a good student and invisible basically. I do recall my cross country coach always telling the team, "get your thumbs out of your butts, ladies." That was the only time in my life I have heard that phrase spoken.

bumpuser260585 · August 2014

My French teacher freshman year told me to go away to college because it will be a great experience. I did and really opened up more.I an so thankful i listened to her.

Littledeer84 · August 2014

12th grade English teacher told us that high school is easy... Real life is hard. She was known as a "hard" teacher so a lot of students complained about her class. But she was so right. Besides that advice she really helped me be prepared for writing college papers.

jesuisfatiguee · August 2014

My 11th grade French teacher told me I had excellent pronunciation. I still wish I'd learned more French post-HS.

zeptattoo · August 2014

My Greek professor told me that a homework assignment shouldn't take more than 20 minutes. If it does, then I'm doing it wrong (like, in a manner that is more labor-intensive than it should be) or I don't understand the material enough to get it done right. More than 20 minutes is a waste of time, although projects are the exception.

Wulfgar · August 2014

My freshman high school math teacher would not "pass" me with a C+ in algebra since he didn't think I would do well in geometry my Sophomore year so he dropped me down a course level. I am now a Mechanical Engineer. This is the same teacher that kept my sister out of Honors Society her Junior year. She told the school to shove it when they asked her to try to get into the Honors Society her Senior year.

momthatlifts · August 2014

"We like to call you the 'infamous Brooke' " . When I was in the 7th grade. Wtf? I was such a good kid too.

mrebecca · August 2014

I had a few really awesome teachers.
3rd grade: I got in trouble on the playground for going down the slide wrong. A teacher sent me back in to tell my teacher what I did. When I told her, she asked which teacher sent me in-- then she rolled her eyes and gave me candy.
She also encouraged me to read a lot. I was at a 7th grade level by the end of the year, thanks to her encouragement. She was really awesome.
Years down the road, she found out she had cancer not long after she found out she was pregnant.
She refused treatment for the baby's sake. The baby was born healthy and perfect, but my teacher didn't survive it.
I mean, she was really an inspirational woman. DH was in her class the year before me, and he agrees wholeheartedly that she was the best.
Ahh, my heart hurts now missing her!

Also, high school art teacher. She made us work. It was hard, but she treated everybody like an adult (get your crap done; no mercy). At the same time, she was very approachable and encouraging to all. f somebody did crap work, she'd tell them it was crap and she knows they can do better. If somebody did crap work and she knew they actually did try, she told them what was good about it.
She had a conference to attend once, and asked me if she could take a paper sculpture I made. I was thrilled to let her! It made me feel great about my work. I wish I had pursued art... Maybe when I'm rich

9th grade English teacher: "Loose women and whores stand beside doors." She only said it when everybody was standing around the door waiting for the bell to ring. It was hilarious the first day. Everybody scattered like, really fast.

History teacher: Spoke German to us. Made us do current events so we'd know WTH was going on in the world. He said once that we should never let our gas tanks get more than half empty.
He was just real about everything. We all decided to write him in as president when we were all old enough to vote. He really liked my Senior project. I brought in one of my pet chickens. He likes chickens.

Geometry teacher: He was a "little person." (not sure how else to correctly say that...) Students thought they'd have an easy class in there because of how he looked. They were wrong. He stood on desks when he was mad.
...I have never seen anybody be more excited for Pi Day.
He helped me realize that you can't let your looks get in the way of who you are (I had really low self esteem).

mrebecca · August 2014

Holy crap, I wrote a novel.

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