'Why Teachers Matter'
Why Teachers Matter
Photo credit: Henrique Yoshimura (Post by CARRIE ELLEN BRUMMER) Besides Artist Think, I write for A Hopeful Sign. It has a wonderful, wonderful community of people who contribute articles and share hope with others. It is read more
Thomas Covotsos – Why Teachers Matter
(Post by JENNIFER PASSERO) I would like to thank my professor, Thomas Covotsos, who has inspired me and continues to inspire his high school students in biology and chemistry every day. I am in the last read more
Why I Teach…
(Post by AIMEE LEDEWITZ WEINSTEIN) Last week, while I was walking out of the Temple University building and onto the busy, Tokyo sidewalk, one of my students from last semester stopped me to say hello. I read more
The Math Teacher Who Believed in Me
This story was submitted by AJ (currently employed as a psychologist in the hospital system in New York City). I had always liked math, and did pretty well in it – until 12th grade. My teacher for read more
Coach Foley: Lessons about Sport and Life
(Omar Almanzar tells his story about “Why Teachers Matter”. Omar is a prosecutor for the District Attorney, specializing in the field of domestic violence and family crime.) I graduated from law school four years ago and read more
Mrs. Hand: The Teacher Who Handed Us a Whole New World
(Post by HEATHER ONDERICK) I remember us curled up on the carpet with heads perched on our hands, toes pointed up in the air making lofty circleswhile Mrs. Hand read us the old novel, My Side read more
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