A teacher taught me...

What is something a teacher taught you in school that you still remember or utilize today....

I before E accept after C. I use it all the time when trying to spell something.
Dessert has a double S because you always want a double helping. Desert has 1 because you are alone in the desert.

My personal favorite from my physics teacher. He set some nuts on fire. Did you know that nuts will burn like a candle flame?

Posted by truecap
I had a teacher who would always answer questions with "Look it up in the dictionary" or "Look it up in the encyclopedia" (I'm aging myself, but this was before internet).

Basically, he taught us to use our resources and find out for ourselves. Very, very good life lesson!

+1000

Posted by PotHeadVirgo22
Something my 11th grade math teacher told me.....
"You can always lose money chasing bitches, but you can never lose bitches chasing money"....~~Mr. Sherman~~

Was he a capricorn? Sounds like something a cap would say. lol!!

PERCEPTION I had a math/ physic teacher who said every thing is perception
infinity unlimited extent of time space or quanity unlimited bigger and bigger
or the space between 0 an 1 / 1/2 1/4 1/8 1/16 1/32 1/64 1/128 and on and on forever smaller
its all perception.

Id like to thank Mr. Vellucci.
He was my history teacher and he was the first teacher to ever make me want to learn about history.
He made every story he told like a movie. The man was a great story-teller and if it werent for him, id probably wouldnt have a high school diploma. He has become a principal since and one of these days Im gonna find him and tell him what an impact he had on me and how until I met him, i thought school and history were stupid and irrelevant.
So Mr. Vellucci....thank you man.

All of these were totally awesome. I have never heard some of them before. I think these posts are reflective of why teachers do what they do.

I remember my Macroeconomics professor told us we were going to review for the final. We all were like good because the class was brutal. So this is how it went;

"To prepare for the final next week you will need to know the following;

The contents of chapter 1
You will also need to know the contents of chapter 2
Next, please know the contents of chapter 3
It might not be on the final but it would be a good idea to know the contents of chapter 4"

By this time we were looking at him like he can't be serious.

When he was done he said I can tell you what will be on the test but if I were you I wouldn't trust me.

Lesson: Know what you know.

Posted by size zero superhero
A former teacher of mine in high school advised our class to avoid using the term 'very' in formal writing(such as essays and research documents)in exchange for more descriptive adverbs:
"the night sky was very black" VS "the ominous black night sky"--second sentence sounds well-composed while the former offers minimal detail.
I have no grudges against 'very' in a conversational setting, yet in written context it leaves something to be desired, at least from the reader's POV.

You outta throw this in your unpopular opinion thread.

Mr Iverson: Say what you mean and meant what you say.

Ms. Beth: Look people in the eyes when you speak.

Posted by Nemesis
nala, this is a great thread. it's bringing back a lot of memories haha.

🙂

Thanks Nem. I am considering going to get my graduate degree in Education. I was thinking, hmmmm I would have to take a pay cut so do I really want to do it but its not about the money. It's about the posts in this thread.

My 7th grade English teacher, Ms.McCurdy, is my favorite of all time. Like Chance, she taught us how to analyze everthing by way of poetry. We were reading college level material, and the critical thinking skills it gave us have stayed with me.

She taught us how to read and write as if we were in college. I never really went to HS, so most of what I know is because of the 'gifted'school I went to from 4th-8th grade. Most notably, Ms.McCurdy 🙂

I also know the parts of a ship, and other random information, because of her lol We were poor, inner city kids, so she spent a great deal teaching us things about the world that we otherwise wouldn't have been exposed to. She always said a lot of standardized testing was culturally biased, and she wanted to prepare us.

My memory is horrible.
I hardly remember anything.

I do however, remember the Pledge of Allegiance in spanish.
In California, we had to say it both in English and Spanish.

*shrugs*

Posted by GodMadeBeauty

I do however, remember the Pledge of Allegiance in spanish.
In California, we had to say it both in English and Spanish.

That is awesome. I only know de nada and por favor. Oh and uno momento. I took German in high school and Frau Fissel could not stand my guts. I can't say anything but Guten Tag and Vas is Das. I would say what are you talking about and she would say " Please say Vas is Das." LMAO. I still remember her.

Who teaches high school kids with a Ph.D? Lady please

Posted by size zero superhero

Posted by ArticleL

Posted by size zero superhero
A former teacher of mine in high school advised our class to avoid using the term 'very' in formal writing(such as essays and research documents)in exchange for more descriptive adverbs:
"the night sky was very black" VS "the ominous black night sky"--second sentence sounds well-composed while the former offers minimal detail.
I have no grudges against 'very' in a conversational setting, yet in written context it leaves something to be desired, at least from the reader's POV.

You outta throw this in your unpopular opinion thread.

cool advice, bro

...outta? lol.

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out??ta - /??out??/
Preposition:
1. An informal contraction of —out of,?? used in representing colloquial speech

Think of it as should like it should make a lick of sense. Or...you outta have common sense.

-Trots off-

"there once was an owl who sat on an oak,
the more he knew, the less he spoke.
the less he spoke, the more he heard.
all children should be like this bird."

😄

-Mr Peck espanol 2 classe. one love.

Oughta.

Posted by MsPisces.

Oughta.

Yeah I spell it eithier way.

1. Mr. Henderson: When someone talks out the side of there neck let them bleed until they find the will to patch it up.

2. Ms Cenile: Adding 2+2 is non essential money wise if you stick to those simple numbers.

3. Ms Hall: (4th grade) Don't pee on yourself.

4. Ms Harper: When a girl likes you approach her as a gentlemen.

5. Ms Iverson: Search for a confidant one day not even you can fall back on you.

Hi Chance 🙂

Outta, as in, "get outta here!" Oughta, as in, "you oughta behave yourself"

11 your english teacher was a gift which I had him.