Today's thing is "every kid should have one outstanding teacher". I am sure that most of us have at least one teacher that made a big difference in our life and Kelli and I are going to tell you about our outstanding teacher.
My fifth grade teacher was named Ms. Bastow and she was awesome! She would spend her summers traveling the world so she had all of these great stories that she would use to teach us different concepts. For example she used her trip to Washington D.C. to teach us about the presidents, the white house, and U.S history. I think what made her outstanding is that I actually remember a lot of the things that she taught me. I don't really remember a lot of the concepts I learned in elementary but I remember hers because of the way she taught them to us. She is a great teacher!!
Kel checking in here:
One of my many outstanding teachers would have to be my high school history teacher Mrs. Woodhouse. In Jr. High, I remember very vividly getting in long drawn out arguments with my history teacher wanting to know why it was so important to learn about things that had already happened. Why couldn't we focus on more important things that would help save our future. He tried to tell me that they were important, I just didn't listen. Ninth grade geography was the first time that I started to change my mind about all of this. It was the first time that I had the opportunity to have Mrs. Woodhouse as a teacher, and it was the first time that I ever had a teacher show me, not just explain to me why history was important. Although we had to suffer through many sleepless nights due to projects, culture points, and current events, there were so many lessons learned beyond the classroom walls that will never be forgotten. I had the pleasure of having her for four years as a teacher, and I was able to go on an American History tour of the East coast with her. She had such a deep understanding and love of all of it that it was basically contagious. Due to her, I am now a huge lover of history and one of my most favorite channels on TV is the History Channel!
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