Who influenced you at school?

More stoney silence.!

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Are you new Bunnyroller or have we met you before, perhaps under another name? It is usual for someone new to either fill in their profile or simply post telling us a little about themselves, e.g. Are you a Granny or Granpa? whereabouts do you live? are you retired? - We would love to know.

It would have to be Miss Walton the Art teacher. She really put herself out to help when, 3 months before O Levels, I suddenly realised I should have taken Art instead of Chemistry! She also backed our (unsuccessful) campaign to be allowed to wear black stockings She only died last year and I have since discovered how many pupils she helped, even taking some of them into her own home when they were in dire need! She organised me and my friend getting into Art School after A levels.

I was also influenced by her mother who was a very flamboyant gypsy-like lady who used to pose for us. I decided that was the sort of old lady I wanted to be - haven't quite cracked it yet - but I'm getting there!

One of the only bad-ass teacher i knew was my second language she used to teach with such a grudge on us like we had done something very wrong and even if we pay all the attention she wants and answer all the questions she wants. But she could never be happy with us and would always be angry with anyone who would talk to her.
But this one day we found her that animals made her feel very calm and composed and from that day onwards we would bring about animal topics in her session and she would reply a lot better than before !!

Good move on your part !

Thanks Nonu - everyone has move on but sometimes one is not ready to move on but he has too because of his own consequences !!

It was probably my Latin teacher Mr Dawson. We started his subject in the second form, age 12, after having already done a year of French. He spent the first two weeks telling us tales of Ancient Rome and the Romans, so we understood the context when we started the hard part - the language! He was kind and understanding as a teacher, and made me understand how language works.

I never got personally close to any teacher though - I was equal parts bolshie and shy.

Hey Joan that's a pretty good latin teacher you had in your second form....wish i had a teacher like him .my french teacher Mr.Roberto he used just literally read french stories to us in french and would never translate it to us ...He will give each and a dictionary to find the meaning yourself and we would never crack the right translation of the context !!

Yes, he was very good: he's the reason I understand grammar.

Your Mr Roberto was a lazy inadequate teacher. Dictionary use should always be a last resort.

Our form was called 2L, 3L etc., and specialised in languages, sciences and other academic subjects. I think this is why we got such good language teachers. We also did French and German: there was a teacher plus assistants from France and Germany, so we got to interact with native speakers. My older brother was in love with the French assistant, Arlette Briarde.

At the end of term the school put on a hockey match between the teachers and the pupils; the theme was 'Pyjama Game'. Pupils were in sports uniform, teachers wore night attire. Arlette turned up in semi transparent baby doll pyjamas.

After that, all the boys were in love with her.

They never did the pyjama game again.

Which teacher influenced my at school? Ha! Ha! not one of them did.

lol, that's quite funny Joan , Good to know ,I wish i had studied with you but no regrets anyways that's a common thing to happen in a boarding school . From being from a boarding school even i have experienced the same thing whenever a nice looking girl comes all the boys start staring at her as if God has come down from heaven itself !!

MargaretX - that's good to know no one influenced you ...but literally no one ever influenced you in school ??

There might be someone who might have influenced you in your school days . It might be anyone and might be very small influence but there might have been something somewhere ??

Miss Mckey

Our science teacher. Extremely strict, but an excellent teacher - No one dared to misbehave in her class but golly we learnt a lot and our GCE passes were outstanding.

My English teacher who gave me Northanger Abbey to read and got me hooked on Jane Austen. He encouraged me to go to college when my parents wanted me to leave school.

Absolutely no one--I do not really get influenced by people

No pressure , i really appreciated it thank you !!

Anyways today i was told to give a lecture at a school and agreed on it and guess what ??
I tried to convince all the young boys and girls but in the end i think i made convinced a handful of them feeling relieved !!

The teacher who has had the most lasting influence on my life was a Mrs Wilson who taught me when I was in middle infants. She realised I was mad on horses and when I was 10 she arranged, and paid, for me to have 4 lessons at a riding school.

She started a passion that has lasted for over 50 years!

Now a pensioner, I still have a horse and as I hack over the moors I thank that wonderful woman for giving me something that has given me so much pleasure for so long.

That's a lovely story , jenn you are so lucky to have such nice teachers and i would love to meet a teacher with such a kind , generous and helpful teacher .Jenn thanks for sharing !!

There is this one boy who influenced me to try something new and after trying it i was so happy that from now on i will never hesitate again so
now all credits goes to the boy !!

Now we are all wondering just what he persuaded you to try, and whether you have censored your post?

Let's just say that he persuaded me nothing more than that !!

My Classics teacher. She had confidence in me which I hope I repaid. Every year, she entered a number of us for a classical speaking competition held at Glasgow University. I would never have envisaged myself standing in front of all those pupils from the 'posh' private schools, spouting Demosthenes or Homer... and beating them all. In later life, when required to speak in public, I had to reflect that if I could do it in Greek, I could do it in English!

My Deputy Headmistress. I didn't realise it at the time but she influenced me but as an adult I find myself quoting her quite a lot. In fact when we were in France her French language teaching came in very useful. I usually say to my husband 'Miss Lord would be proud of me'. She used to tell us off for wearing our uniform skirts too short etc and we thought she was a bit of a nag. I see now she had our best interests at heart. I would love to thank her but unfortunately she died in a care home aged 90. I realise now she was a lovely kind person.