Who influenced you at school?

Just realised that somehow a combination of the people who have taught me, have left me with the conviction that to learn more is the most important thing...........I am still learning!

Shouldn't that be 'goes away'?

'Teacher is a one who knows the way, shows the way and goes the way '

One of the famous quotes !!

HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY !! To all the teachers who have helped me to reached where i am right there are the most important element in my life !!

That's a lovely , Really good to know , There are so many wonderful teachers out there and people really don't appreciate any one of the teachers that is really bad !!

Miss Brodie, French Mistress. She would play Edith Piaff in the background as we went on a virtual shopping trip to Paris. Mr. Carmichael, Music, Miss Anderson, English and Miss MacDonald, hockey mistress. I eventually played for our school and went on to play in a Ladies Club when I left school. Wish I had the energy to play a game now.

I believe that when I was at school* the greatest influence was The Goon Show... It was iconoclastic in a way that our masters really didn't cotton on to, although some were recently demobbed after WWII. There was a definite Generation Gap, although I don't recall hearing the phrase.

*up until 1953.

Thanks a really nice story there by rubylady , it's a very simple and sweet one ,I was influenced by my class 2 teacher she taught us many important lessons and she cared about us a lot and she used to have this Labrador that used to come behind her everywhere she went and then one day the dog died and all of us cried and we also learnt that we will lose all our dear ones so cherish what you have in this moment !!

That's a very positive attitude annodomini , I wanted to tell you the number 1 thing that people are scared are from is Public Speaking ,and then comes snake , spider and the list goes on , I am happy for you as you have overcome the wold's greatest fear !! Cheers !! Keep it up !!

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.

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!

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

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

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 !!

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 !!

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.

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 !!

No pressure , i really appreciated it thank you !!

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

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.

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.

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 ??

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

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 !!

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