Remembering the teachers that have touched our lives
SEATTLE -- They connected with us, related to us, and they taught us.
Tuesday is Teacher Appreciation Day, so I went around asking both those in school and those for whom school is in the distant past: "Who was your favorite teacher?"
"My favorite teachers are Miss Autry and Miss Smith because they're funny and they keep the class entertained," a pre-teen Isaiah tells KOMO.
"My favorite was my senior year English Lit teacher, Dinah Wakeford," Karen shares. "She encouraged me to write, and to take risks."
Think about it for a second...which teacher will you remember?
"My favorite teacher is probably Mr. Teski," one teenage girl told me. "He just made me love math again."
"My favorite teacher is Miss Superkiski," Jason says with a laugh, "because she keeps the homework easy, unlike Miss Autrey."
"Mister Kolaski," another woman tells KOMO. "He made science interesting."
It's tough to explain, but sometimes it's just the little things...
"My favorite teacher was a third grade teacher named Mrs. Mathy, because her name was 'Mathy' and I was 'Kathy,'" Kathy shares with a bright smile.
And sometimes, the bond is more of a lifeline...
"When I was in second grade," Mikhail begins, a 200 pound plate-glass window fell on top of me. It sliced away the whole right side of my face. Mrs. Randall scooped me up in her arms, and the last thing I remember seeing was Mrs. Randall's pink dress as she picked me up. She rushed me out to the police car that took me to the hospital, where they saved my life."
Thank you, teachers...especially for the moments we'll never forget.
"One of may favorites was an old spinster named Miss Olsen," Larry begins. "One day she was talking about we needed to have better posture, and she's like 'And you need to tuck your buttocks down!' "
"The whole class just roared," Larry continued. "And she looked at them all and said 'It IS a proper word, you know!'"
That easily was the highlight of Larry's sixth grade career.
Tuesday is Teacher Appreciation Day, so I went around asking both those in school and those for whom school is in the distant past: "Who was your favorite teacher?"
"My favorite teachers are Miss Autry and Miss Smith because they're funny and they keep the class entertained," a pre-teen Isaiah tells KOMO.
"My favorite was my senior year English Lit teacher, Dinah Wakeford," Karen shares. "She encouraged me to write, and to take risks."
Think about it for a second...which teacher will you remember?
"My favorite teacher is probably Mr. Teski," one teenage girl told me. "He just made me love math again."
"My favorite teacher is Miss Superkiski," Jason says with a laugh, "because she keeps the homework easy, unlike Miss Autrey."
"Mister Kolaski," another woman tells KOMO. "He made science interesting."
It's tough to explain, but sometimes it's just the little things...
"My favorite teacher was a third grade teacher named Mrs. Mathy, because her name was 'Mathy' and I was 'Kathy,'" Kathy shares with a bright smile.
And sometimes, the bond is more of a lifeline...
"When I was in second grade," Mikhail begins, a 200 pound plate-glass window fell on top of me. It sliced away the whole right side of my face. Mrs. Randall scooped me up in her arms, and the last thing I remember seeing was Mrs. Randall's pink dress as she picked me up. She rushed me out to the police car that took me to the hospital, where they saved my life."
Thank you, teachers...especially for the moments we'll never forget.
"One of may favorites was an old spinster named Miss Olsen," Larry begins. "One day she was talking about we needed to have better posture, and she's like 'And you need to tuck your buttocks down!' "
"The whole class just roared," Larry continued. "And she looked at them all and said 'It IS a proper word, you know!'"
That easily was the highlight of Larry's sixth grade career.