Which teacher did you like most at school?

[k_s]

Mr urwin the physics teacher kicked ass. He used to electrocute troublesome pupils in 'experiments' and would wave lumps of radium around expecting us to be able to see how radioactive it was. I'll never forget him telling us the stupidity of 'nourishing' shampoo- pointing out that hair is dead and giving it vitamins makes as much sense as feeding a brick.

My old art teacher, while a bitch, was really hot too.

 

[marty21]

My old art teacher, while a bitch, was really hot too.

if we're talking about hot teachers

the student placement when we did geography a level

lovely lass

 

[editor]

Neville Davies, Maths, Cardiff.

Didn't really like him at the time because he was a tough teacher, but he had a quirky sense of humour and bags of enthusiasm and without him I would never have passed my O Level.

 

[k_s]

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[Cloo]

Mr McGregor... he was a crap teacher, but I had him either as German teacher or form teacher for my whole school career. He'd been there forever, and was starting to teach kids of kids he'd taught years before. His catchphrase was a sarky 'Yeah, yeah, yeah', and he happily let everyone call him a 'fat bastard'. We had a relationship where we could merrily take the piss out of each other, which made the day go past pleasantly.

 

[davesgcr]

"Boss" Jones - headmaster and science teacher - God bless his soul - a great humanitarian and inspiration.Very firm and fair.Full of good stories

Olive Harding - taught me a love for geography and the Welsh landscape.

"Mallet" Thomas - a woodwork teacher of the old school - 34 years in the same classroom and Welsh as welsh could be - accused me of replicating Shadrachs fire when i overenthusiastically stoked the coal fire in his woodwork room with aboiut a scuttle of best cobble coal on a cold day.

That school sounds like Llaregyb High !

 

[Epico]

Ms Joliffe, English teacher - she was a self-proclaimed failed actress, incredibly enthuisiastic, could counter gobby kids by being equally gobby, told the kids what she really thought.

There were lots of teachers I liked though (I'm not a swot, I just liked school). Qudos to Mr Stewart, Mr Williams & Mr Piriou (Maths, History and French respectively) for the praise when I turned corner in school. Mr Davies (physics) was a wierd one, but had a sense of humour (and used to join us for a smoke ) Miss Webber and Miss Watkins were both cool & fit, but I thought everyone was fit back then.

 

[geminisnake]

I got on really well with my sociology teacher, Mr Mudge. He lent me his boxed set of the Concert for Bangladesh

 

[brixtonvilla]

Stuart Brain (Years 5 & 6) - a gentle, fair intelligent man who inspired just about everyone with a love for music. Probably the main reason I'm a primary teacher today.

John Halcrow - a very dry Scotsman who was the exact spitting image of Shakespeare. Changed maths from being a seething ball in frustration & lack of comprehension into an elegant, beautiful and inspiring subject.

Dr Roy Winston Darnley Fenn - Latin & Sociology. Not an easy man at all, but he inspired a love of knowledge for its own sake and encouraged people to aim high.

Peter Horrocks - Art. A very talented artist in his own right, but one who never tried to overwhelm you with it. Introduced me to great art and real coffee, neither of which I could live without now.

 

[eme]

Miss Maguire - primary school teacher, dunno what year it is now, but we were 9 or 10...

She made papier mache models of characters in Shakespeare plays so we could remember who was who in the plays and made a times table machine that buzzed and lit up when you got it right (high tech eh?) anyhow she was a brilliant teacher cos she was so passionate about learning, but cross her and she threw big lumps of french chalk at you.... god I sound like I went to school in 1901 or something*....


*1984 really

 

[Megaton]

My geography teacher, Mr Cope. He was a right character.

 

[el_starkos]

Mr Clarke (English) who took us to see The Cure and New Model Army as a 'school outing'

 

[Pingu]

two stand out

Mr Owens who taught me physics. mainly for making it interesting but he also had a slightly quirky way of teaching. we did stuff in his lessons rather than being taught. So you learnt by experimentation rather than the knowledge being imparted. He was a good laugh

Alan - my psychology teacher. Cant remember his surname but he was just called Alan by everyone. Learnt so much that wasnt in the textbooks. Part of our course involved helping as a classroom assnt at a school for kids with behavioural issue. Just stuff like dishing out paint etc but learnt more by doing this than from reading books.


worst teacher - Mrs anderson - chemistry. Unless you were in his favourite gang you go taught fuck all

 

[aqua]

none

I loved Mrs Priest our English teacher but only fleetingly did she have any part of my life

the rest were useless and un-inspiring

I struggled at school, I was bullied horribly for years

 

[wtfftw]

Mrs Thomas in primary school. She was liked and respected by all the students. She used to talk to the plants and we'd rearrange the classroom at least once a term. I used to pop back to visit until I hit about age (I dunno) 20.

At my first secondary school Ms Worman was great. I just dug out a school report to check her name and she could well be her. The son would be the right age and it says she taught. She was my form tutor and english teacher from age 11 until 14 (when I moved school). I think it was her first teaching job but she used to lend me books and encouraged me with my writing.

My second secondary school had Frau Sahmland. I hadn't learnt german for as long as everyone else (wasn't taught that I recall at my other school) but when I launched in at the deep end for GCSE she was great. She got a handle on the class by the second lesson or something (seating plan and all). She didn't brook shit. She was amazingly understanding about my disability. She arranged the german exchanges with her home town. I got an A!

 

[Orang Utan]

Funnily enough, it was one who gave a beating for not doing some extra work he'd set me

 

[thought]

In juniour school there was only ever one teacher who could teach. She was mrs hall.

Not only have i fond memories of her teaching me, but also I spent much time in her room, as i had dreadful problems with my ears, and she had the best blanket in the world, for lying on the desk with the blanket over your ears, keeping them warm :d

Seniour school, I had a great english and history teacher, who was a bit of a dragon, but she actually understood and knew the class dimensions, so the trouble makes actually got caught out.. the rest of our teachers in my first seniour school were failiry hope less on the whole.

Second seniour school... All the teachers were FANTASTIC. I really cant criticise any of them. if you wanted to learn they would move mountains and rivers to help you. If you were ill, home schooling was never a problem, if you werent interested in school. Fine we will find you something structured to do... Sadly like all good schools it got closed down a few years ago, and is now a housing estate.

 

[thought]

, but cross her and she threw big lumps of french chalk at you.... god I sound like I went to school in 1901 or something*....


*1984 really

Hehehehe..

My geography teacher used to throw tables and pupils across the floor, but we all still respect him and thought him brilliant, cos qurky as he is, he is incredibly intelligent, and a fun teacher... if not slightly insane.

 

[SwizzleStiX]

Favourite teacher Mrs Brian, she used to teach me at Eardley school and was lovely She'd always give me loads of gold stars and when i had chickenpox, she send a card through with pink spots all over the envelope, really wanted her to come to my wedding, but when i sent the invite, think she felt too much pressure so did not show I loved her she believed in me, and also gave me a lot of encouragement in learning to read.

 

[Xanadu]

Had a great french teacher in secondary school. She was really strict, but very very good. Our maths teacher was similar.

Best of all was probably our latin teacher. He was rather eccentric, and relatively scary, but had some great greek/roman myths and tales to tell.

 

[debsinleeds]

mr brown the pe teacher was yum
another one mrs robinson was really strict and fierce but it all worked out in the end, i got a b in maths

still in dead end job thou

 

[sam/phallocrat]

Jonathan Keates, who I had for both GCSE years of English Lang and Lit (got A and A*) - a terrifically disorganisd, oxford educated old school queen (he spoke a bit like Brian Sewell, but not quite as bad). He was forever losing coursework and having hissy fits but taught with a true passion and didn't give a fuck what people thought of him. He was also a published author, poet and an expert on the Operas of Handel and Purcell (wrote biographies of both of them, which was why I suspect he took so fucking long to mark our work). I think he had a bit of a soft spot for me, nonetheless he was a most righteous human being.

Mike Smedley - head of music for the whole of my secondary school career. Whilst again being insanely diorganised and not much cop as a music teacher he was (and still is, though he's retired) a incredible talented choral conductor and motivator of singers. The repertoire he intoroduced me to, and the musical performances I had the honour of taking part in thanks to him played a large part in sustaing my passion for the choral ouvre, and for putting me in the position I am in today musically. Him being a countertenor (albeit a crap one) probably influenced my decision to sing alto when my voice broke as well, which is something I'm inexpressibly thankful for.

Honourable mentions also go to - Mr Howard (primary), Mr O'Sullivan (English), Mr McDonough (History), Mr Kilbride (History) and Mr Heminway (RE).

 

[Red Faction]

maths- at A level i had an awesome teacher mr mann
at first i didnt really like him- and i dont think he liked me
but then i thought fuck it- ive got him for 2 years if i just work hard he wont have anything bad to say about me
and suddenly he changed totally into being a really nice guy, really supportive etc
which is a shame cos some of my mates decided 'fuck him'
and well... he fucked them
they got Es.

history + politics
had a great woman- mrs portwin as a teacher
didnt get good grades in history mind, but she really made you think for yourself about so many things and got me well into topical issues etc

biology- my favourite teacher ever
Howard Jones from Llanelli
school chaplain as well
made biology so much more fun than any other teacher had
made it really interesting
and you could just talk to him, any time about anything
he was a dude... hope he's still alive

french- had this burley celtic supporter for GCSE
over the 2 years my grade went from E to A*
says it all really

 

[Mrs Magpie]

At the moment I'm working with a brilliant maths teacher...really excellent teacher, fun bloke and I really look forward to his lessons, and I'm not a pupil!
JC2 will no doubt be unsurprised to discover he's a Canadian.

 

[Ms T]

I remember quite a few of my primary school teachers with fondness.

Miss Hanson - who had bleached blonde hair and drove a red sports car. My Dad fancied her I think - he said she was "vivacious". She wrote on my report that I was "a joy to teach". My Dad still takes the piss about that.

Mrs Aston - looked like Lesley Judd and always smelt lovely.

Mr Ellaby - he used to let me skip sewing and do art or "special projects" instead.

And I suppose there should be a special mention for Mr Wolstenholme, who was a bit scary and a real old-school headmaster who used to give people the slipper. (He resigned when corporal punishment was abolished in Sheffield ) He made sure I got into a really good secondary school (not the local comp), for which I probably owe him my amazing education.

 

[northernhord]

Most of the teachers at our school were fuckin pricks, there was one English teacher who was laid back and helpful

 

[chazegee]

Karl Friesson, my Biology teacher. Ex city boy, retired from the big bucks at 30 to follow a more noble cause (he had hoped)
Top Bloke.

 

[G. Fieendish]

Jean Lambert, my English teacher at secondary school....
Left teaching to enter politics, as a Green Party MEP...

 

[i-am-your-idea]

Mr Buxton, wonderful teacher. asked why open freezers in supermarkets dont warm up. and nobody knew! and i said because only hot air rises! and it was right!

 

[Prince Rhyus]

Noreen Ives for Maths - she was outstanding and I'd have probably got more than a D for A-Level maths had she been my teacher. (Instead I had two pretty useless and uninspiring people.)

Nicholas Kinloch for history - one of the best and most knowledgeable teachers of the subject and an inspiration.

Rob Eastwood at Sussex for Economics - an under-utilised lecturer who was not only a passionate man about his subject but seemed to understand the human impact of flawed economic policies.

John Pollard formerly of Anglia Ruskin University - brilliant and knowledgeable man even though a harsh marker!

Hugh Davies for French - a genius. Worked out that the previous 3 years of learning had been a complete waste and started from scratch teaching me grammar in both English and French.

Maggie Heywood - you left me a fantastic legacy. What a shame that of mine and so many others was squandered by the secondary school system that squeezed all of the creativity you inspired in us.

Joan Clarkson for German - evening class teacher, always has a smile on her face making classes much more pleasant after a hard days work