My Student Experiences

This is a portion of a discussion for a class I am taking at Texas A&M University at Commerce. The course is Educational Psychology.

Tell about a favorite teacher and how his/her teaching methods made a difference in your life:

I wish I had a teacher that really stuck out in my mind, but unfortunately, I do not. None of my teachers in elementary school, junior high school or high school made much of an impact on me. In fact, I can't remember hardly any of their names.

I remember my fourth grade teacher used alcohol on her hands to clean them from the germs in our class, but she told me to never do it myself.

My sixth grade teacher had the girls in her class file her nails and brush her hair for her.

I had one teacher in junior high mark one of my answers on a test wrong even though I could prove that it was right - but it wasn't the answer she was looking for.

The only thing I really remember about high school was a creative writing course I took and the teacher said my writing was very good. I don't remember a single teacher's name from high school.

I went to at least 9 schools from K - 12. I wasn't a bad kid and we only moved one time. Desegregation, building a new school, going to a private school for awhile, and so on meant I didn't end up with a lot of continuity.

In spite of all of that, I was a straight-A student.

In college, I did have three teachers stand out. One because she helped me to see that a written work I created could be critically evaluated without it becoming a criticism of me personally. Another teacher stood out because he had principles and was very demanding of his students. The third stood out because he truly believed my writing was good and gave me opportunities to share it within the university setting and outside of it as well.

I know I added more to this discussion than necessary, but I also think it's important to note all the teachers who failed to make an impression on me as well.

~Carla