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George Washington Carver: The Amazing Life of the Man Who DIDN’T Invent Peanut Butter
April 4th, 2013
By Marcus A. Hennessy, CEA (ret.) “It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that …
No Taxation Without Representation
April 2nd, 2012
For Jeff Reed, a 4th grade teacher at Sag Harbor Elementary School, KIDS DISCOVER isn’t just a tool for reading and learning– it’s a catalyst for innovation in the classroom. When Jeff approached us with his idea to hold a classroom trial …
A Tale Of Teacher Inspiration
November 20th, 2011
An Inspirational Story from Paul Cameron: I’m a high school guidance counselor from Sainte Genevieve High School in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Each year I go to the Senior Language Arts classes and share my Vietnam War experience with the class to supplement …
A Tale Of Teacher Inspiration
September 7th, 2011
An Inspirational Story from Kathleen Patrizio: Hi! My name is Kathleen Patrizio. When I first began to teach I worked in a center for adults that were developmentally disabled. The program was located in Brooklyn New York. I had a happy group …
I CAN Do It!
September 6th, 2011
Title – I CAN Do It! By – Kathryn Mullen After I graduated from college in mid-year, I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to be a second grade reading tutor at the same school where I had just finished …
A Student That Has Been Inspired
August 31st, 2011
Title – A Student That Has Been Inspired By – Sarah This is a story of how inspired I was by my fifth grade teacher. My name is Sarah and I just finished the fifth grade. My teacher’s name was Mrs. Wilston …
The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Cups of Coffee
August 31st, 2011
Title – The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Cups of Coffee By – Marcey Gaitan A professor stood before his child development class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and …
The Difference a Good Teacher Makes
August 31st, 2011
Title – The Difference a Good Teacher Makes By – Carolyn Hopkins I have been teaching for four years now. I am a tenth-grade English teacher. Needless to say, I love my subject and vowed to one day impart my love of …
Miss H. thinks you’re a Star
July 25th, 2011
Title – Miss H. thinks you’re a Star By – Mollie I student taught a couple years ago in second grade, and I was lucky enough to be with the same class for an entire school year. In May, when I was …
Putting the Pieces Together With My Students
July 25th, 2011
Title – Putting the Pieces Together With My Students By – Perry Thomas Lopez Fellow Peers and Friends, I had written a story for this great website a while ago. A few teachers have responded favorably to the last topic, so I …
Education, Education, Education
July 25th, 2011
Title – Education, Education, Education By – Mary Auguiste-Ernest As a ‘foundling baby,’ Mary was left abandoned in a derelict building in the UK. Throughout her life, she spent many years in children’s institutions, foster care, and didn’t find her first real …
A Little Piece of Me
July 25th, 2011
Title – A Little Piece of Me By – Sharon Cronk-Raby I had just completed my student teaching when I realized my life had been forever changed. For those who are unfamiliar with the teaching profession, student teaching is a ritual that …
Needs Versus Wants
July 25th, 2011
Title – Needs Versus Wants By – Carla Baxter One of the extra-curricular activities I am engaged in is acting as a coordinator for the Indigenous & Torres Strait Islander background students attending this school. As they are considered a disadvantaged group, …
Unsure
July 25th, 2011
Title – Unsure By – Crystal Anderson My name is Crystal. I am currently doing my student teaching and everyone who has ever been there knows that this is a difficult time. Day after day I would go and teach my heart …
It’s Your Choice
July 25th, 2011
Title – It’s Your Choice By – Jennifer Ponsart Teaching middle school can be a challenge for some and a great pleasure for others. I love it because my students can begin to make their own choices about which way their lives …
Kathleen Patrizio’s Breakthrough with one Special Student
July 25th, 2011
An Inspirational Story from Kathleen Patrizio: Hi! My name is Kathleen Patrizio. When I first began to teach I worked in a center for adults that were developmentally disabled. The program was located in Brooklyn, New York. I had a happy group …
The Difference a Good Teacher Makes
July 25th, 2011
Title – The Difference a Good Teacher Makes By – Carolyn Hopkins I have been teaching for four years now. I am a tenth-grade English teacher. Needless to say, I love my subject and vowed to one day impart my love of …
Good Morning, Sunshine…
July 25th, 2011
Title – Good Morning, Sunshine… By – Rhea As an educator, I often reflect upon the experiences I had as a student myself. One teacher in particular changed my life. I will be forever grateful to her. Her inspiration not only changed …
Mentor Teacher
July 25th, 2011
Title – Mentor Teacher By – Shellie Rutherford (District Teacher of the Year – North Florida) I teach 1st grade at a school in North Florida. I’ve been teaching 7 years now. I started in ESE with a “tough” group of “real” …
Using chess to teach literature and writing
July 25th, 2011
Title – Using chess to teach literature and writing By – Lisa Suhay My Pinocchio Moment One of my 16-year-old creative writing students is lying “dead” on the floor of my classroom, her fluffy black feather halo askew, orange CAUTION tape draped …
Christmas Angel
July 25th, 2011
Title – Christmas Angel By – Susan Smith I teach a Special Education class of six students. It is a separate class of behavioral disorders, bright children but troubled. This year after struggling to get through the first half of the year …
Teacher’s Good-bye
July 25th, 2011
Title – Teacher’s Good-bye By – Mary Ann Lana The school year is winding down. Progress reports are finished, printed, and ready to be stuffed. Portfolios are updated with writing samples, reading assessments, and attendance records. Each day I pull a few …
“John”, “Adam”, and God
July 25th, 2011
Title – “John”, “Adam”, and God By – Doug Suess Having taught nearly eight years now, I could probably write a small book on interesting stories. However, I have to stick with the one that started it all. I was attending college …
“The Shredder Junior”
July 25th, 2011
Title – “The Shredder Junior” By – Laurel Think back to the 1980′s and try to remember a TV show called, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”. Remember the four turtles who lived in a sewer? Their opponent was the tough “Shredder”. In my …
Pamela Elliott’s Incredible Story About the Extreme Impact a Teacher Can Have on an Individual’s Life
July 25th, 2011
An Inspirational Story from Pamela Elliott: This past school year I was pleased when a student I had in third grade came back to personally invite me to his wedding. He said I was the only teacher that had believed in him. …
Crabby Miss Franks
July 25th, 2011
Title – Crabby Miss Franks By – Angela Franks This is my favorite first year teaching story. During my third block class, I was bummed due to the number of students sleeping. I made a comment that I would like some type …
The Day Time Stopped
July 25th, 2011
Title – The Day Time Stopped By – Shari Smith It was like any other mid-September day in 3rd grade, Room 303. I was teaching math, like I typically did each day at 10:00 a.m. Students were grouped in clusters of four, …
The Christmas Trophy
July 25th, 2011
Title – The Christmas Trophy By – Megan Simmons This past year was my second year as the music teacher in a rural community. These children had never been exposed to much music at all, and this year, we had a program …
We Hold This Truth to Be Self-Evident
July 25th, 2011
Title – We Hold This Truth to Be Self-Evident By – Elizabeth Napp He was still a child when his parents had to leave his native Paraguay in search of a better life in the North. The second to oldest in a …
A “New” Book for Christmas
July 25th, 2011
Title – A “New” Book for Christmas By – Sandra It was nearing Christmas during my first semester teaching at a new post. I loved my small self-contained special needs class more than any group I’d taught in the past. They were …
Inspired By a Student
July 25th, 2011
Title – Inspired By a Student By – Stacy Mathis I had been teaching lower elementary students for six years. This was my first year teaching at the middle school level. We had been in school for about 2 weeks when I …
An Empty Desk and a Broken Heart
July 25th, 2011
Title – An Empty Desk and a Broken Heart By – Sarah As a first-year teacher at a Christian school, I was expecting my fifth grade students to be perfect. Perfect in behavior, in attitude, in spiritual growth, and I even expected …
Unusual Motivation of Inner City Kids
July 25th, 2011
Title – Unusual Motivation of Inner City Kids By – Debbie All kids need to be motivated to learn. The motivation depends on their personal backgrounds and values. Some kids have to be tricked into learning. I took the challenge to teach …
Jackie Carter Breeden’s Story About The Checker King
July 25th, 2011
An Inspirational Story from Jackie Carter Breeden: I am presently teaching 8th grade English at Albritton JHS on Fort Bragg in North Carolina. I started teaching in my own classroom in 1979, at Welch JHS in Welch, WV. The three years I …
Our Words Live On
July 25th, 2011
Title – Our Words Live On By – Michele Wineland My father was a teacher, coach and school administrator. He passed on in 1993 after colon cancer was found only two months previously. It had been eight years since his passing, when …
A Bracelet that Changes a Teacher’s Outlook
July 25th, 2011
Title – A Bracelet that Changes a Teacher’s Outlook By – Amber Graduating from college in December 2009, I returned home to substitute teach in the school system in which I grew up in. This was one of the greatest things that …
The Wright Brothers Project 2
July 25th, 2011
Title – The Wright Brothers Project 2 By – Perry Thomas Lopez August 15, 2002 Hello, I am writing to you in order for me to share my experience with other teachers who might be inspired by my project last year. …
Belinda
July 25th, 2011
Title – Belinda By – Danny Brassell On the first day of school, Belinda stuck a pencil in Rory’s eye and called him a name not suitable to be heard by most adults, let alone by a classroom full of seven-year-olds. That …
From the pages of book into my life.
July 25th, 2011
Title – From the pages of book into my life. By – Ramnon Sandoval I had been reading Piers Anthony’s tales of the magical land of Xanth for years and knew his characterizations as well as I knew my own children so …
Teachers Turn Lives Around
July 25th, 2011
Title – Teachers Turn Lives Around By – Kim Geare I had just been sent back to prison for the second time. I was 18 years old and didn’t much care about anything — nobody seemed to care about me all that …
“Special” Students
July 25th, 2011
Title – “Special” Students By – Mrs. Cheryl Stokes I returned to teaching elementary music in Nov. 1997 after a 13 yr. break. At that time I had a student that could relate to music but was not very verbal. The wonder …
Second Mom
July 25th, 2011
Title – Second Mom By – Sandra Stiles Recently I had the privilege of meeting a former student, “Jeanie,” for lunch. She had been one of my sixth grade students. She was preparing for a career as a pediatric oncologist. I was …
Never Judge a Teacher by their Appearance
July 25th, 2011
Title – Never Judge a Teacher by their Appearance By – Taryn Sennott My story is about my 8th grade history teacher. He was the best teacher I think I’ve ever had and without him, I don’t think I’d be where I …
Songs in the Key of Art
July 25th, 2011
Title – Songs in the Key of Art By – Greg Percy Letter from Greg: I was trying to teach my "kinders" about the primary colors, but this one particular group was having great difficulties. On Day One: I wore red, yellow …
The Greatest Thing I’ve Ever Done.
July 25th, 2011
Title – The Greatest Thing I’ve Ever Done. By – Wendye Harnwell I haven’t climbed Mt Everest or seen the Canyon Grand Nor have I back-packed round Australia or trekked the outback lands Antarctica is not a place that I have ventured …
My First Day and my First Breakthrough
July 25th, 2011
Title – My First Day and my First Breakthrough By – Janice Marie First of all, I am a non-traditional entry into teaching. I have worked in the computer industry for many years. During those years, I spent most of my time …
The Universal Language
July 25th, 2011
Title – The Universal Language By – Joel I’m a student teacher, doing my graduate diploma of education. I’ve been on professional practice this past week at a school with a very multicultural community within it. In my year 5 class I …
A simple gesture of support
July 25th, 2011
Title – A simple gesture of support By – Janice G Originally, I wanted to be a welfare worker. I wanted to guide others in developing independence and the ability to seek resources to create their own destiny. So instead I’m a …
Please Don’t Leave
July 25th, 2011
Title – Please Don’t Leave By – Cassidy Anderson My name is Cassidy. I work for the YMCA right now and am very happy. Before I worked for the YMCA I was working for Kiddi Kollege (KK). After I told my kindergarten …
Who you are speaks louder to me than anything you can say
July 25th, 2011
Title – Who you are speaks louder to me than anything you can say By – Lee Ryan Miller At the beginning of my 8:00 a.m. class one Monday at UNLV, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One …
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