OP2: A teacher who inspired me

itchyfeet51 wrote:Luckily during my school days I had many great teachers. It could be the one of the reasons that now I’m in teachers’ college. Jo, Jung-sook, who was a science teacher in my middle school, she is the best teacher of my life.

I still can remember the first day that I met her. In March, I was a little girl who was excited at whole new middle school life and she was also a beginner teacher who started to teach students from that year. She looked very considerate and warm-hearted. At the first sight I could feel it from her calm voice and her facial expression.

She said that whenever we had questions on science please feel free to ask her. At that time I took charge of class secretary who kept a class diary and had to get checked it from my homeroom teacher every day. Therefore I had more chances to enter the teacher’s room compared to other students.

One day I had a question which was asking specific heat using the law of conservation of heat quantity. The relational expression is Q=C*m *T (‘Q’ is quantity, ‘m’ is mass, ‘T’ is temperature and ‘C’ is the unknown, specific heat)

I was, no, still I am very clumsy with math so I had difficulty with calculating. I asked the question and she explained it several times but I couldn’t follow her. How foolish was I! Usually in that situation teachers tend to be angry at students saying such as “What a dummy. What on earth, how can’t you understand it despite of my kind explanation?”

To my surprise, however, she said to me, “I’m sorry. It’s my fault. If I could explain well enough you could understand it.” I was deeply moved by her reply and crushed on her. After that event I became a big fan of her. I was almost crazy about studying science to be loved by her. I had lots of questions so almost every day I visited her.

Sometimes I used to date with her such as meeting at a park and wailing for a while, taking a bus together which heads outskirt of a city or drinking milk in cafeteria. Those were not great dates but I was really happy with the fact I was with her.

At that time I was excellent in science thanks to her. I even got a prize in science contest and I was recommended to be a scientist. Actually, it was not my way. I liked her so much that I could be good at science. However, I guess, If she taught me more - When I was 3^rd grade in middle school she got married and went abroad to States.- then I might have became a scientist. Who knows?

I think the teachers’ influence on students is incredible. As you can see because of her I could have became a scientist. Now I’m majoring in Korean education, not science. Her great teaching is, however, still in my mind and makes me decide to become a caring and warm-hearted teacher like her.

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I know the best way to make students study is to make them like me. In my case, I like art teacher in middle school very much and did my best every class and thought myself that I had talent in art. However, when I couldn't see her anymore, my interest in art had gone, too. I hope your future stuents would like you a lot and can't wait your Korean class.

By the way where did you take your photo? It looks nice!
-Jueun

'I hope your future stuents would like you a lot and can't wait your Korean class.'
I also hope it.

By the way where did you take your photo? It looks nice!
Thanks. It was taken in 'The way to India' which is a Indian food restaurant situated in front of north gate. The atmosphere in the restaurant is fantasic. It will make you feel you are in India.

What a humble teacher she was!
I have met many teachers who easily got angry and hit my head blaming my foolishness when I didn't understand his or her explanation.
We should learn from your teacher. We should blame ourselves for our poor explanation when we are teachers.