I had one of those.... Mr. Fischer... a short grumpy (not really) German man who also taught Math... He'd slap a yardstick down on his desk if he thought we weren't paying attention. He was very resentful of parents, students, teachers, who thought kids were little birds that should just sit there and have things spoon fed to them like babys... We had to work, and think, or that ruler would SMACK our desks. He was a BRILLIANT teacher, and every so often, a wintery little smile would sneak out when he saw that we had gotten a concept, or that we were really working... By the end of the year, the class was doing college level calculus problems (this was 8th grade Jr. High)... Brilliant man. He retired the next year, and as I remember, died shortly therafter of a heart attack or heart disease. I STILL figure out bills, tips, and taxes in my head in honour of him. I hope it looks down from Math Teacher heaven and gives that wintery little smile.
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Date: 2012-07-17 06:56 am (UTC)