Comments on: Back to School Giveaway #1

By: Will Turner

Will Turner — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:25:28 +0000

Kelly, I’m too late to enter the contest, so I’ll just advise you to use “lets” (without the apostrophe) in this context.

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:48:54 +0000

That would be Janet Smyth, a college instructor of mine who was both a CPA and a lawyer by day and taught at night. I didn’t take a law or accounting class with her. I actually had her for Theology! Most of us in the class were accounting majors and she always said, “As accountants we work all day to keep our books balanced – but you must also keep your spirit in balance.” That is why, she said, she chose to teach Theology in the evenings – to give her spirt a break from her career. She was a great reminder to me to never let my job become my life. Today none of my outside pursuits are remotely related to numbers. She taught me to work to earn a living but once work is done to LIVE.

By: Brittney

Brittney — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:35:50 +0000

Mrs. Andersen for 11th grade English because she taught me how to properly use commas.. and she loved everyone.

By: EllAnn

EllAnn — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:47:14 +0000

Mr. Gates, 8th grade history. I started that year hating history and ended up loving it. He was able to bring history “to life” instead of just boring reading.

By: Maureen E.

Maureen E. — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:05:37 +0000

Christopher Mueller, my law school civil procedure and evidence professor. Somehow, he managed to make the rules of civil procedure interesting and even compelling. He showed us how they really matter, and how they can change the course of litigation and connect to the constitution. As for evidence, well, he wrote the book! (literally). On my one and only foray into federal court, I was in charge of one defense witness. The judge was one of the toughest on the bench. On the direct, the opposing counsel was wildly violating the evidentiary rules. There, like a whisper in my mind, I heard Prof. Mueller explaining the rules, and I lept from my seat “Objection!” The judge looked at me, waiting for my response. “Hearsay” The judge nodded, “Sustained.” It went like that for the rest of the direct – every one of my objections (and there were a lot!) was sustained, and after a time the judge started looking at me, waiting for my objection, when opposing counsel started straying again. I’ll never forget that moment, and I have Prof. Mueller to thank for teaching me so well that I could hold my own in federal court.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:40:47 +0000

Mrs. Schwartz, my math teacher in 9th and 10th grades.

By: Vicki K

Vicki K — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:28:41 +0000

My favorite high school teacher was Mrs. Holly. She was kind and funny and she always had me read my poems or stories to the class because she liked them. She was great for my ego.

By: My Journey

My Journey — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:00:13 +0000

Mr. Polansky

Amazing Bio Teacher who put up with a PITA like me. I literally bothered this man EVERY day with annoying questions, and not once did he get angry or annoyed, but rather answsered the question or if he didn’t know would politely tell me he’d get back to me. And he always did.

By: NMS

NMS — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:32:42 +0000

My favorite teacher was Dr. Hani. He taught all the hard tax classes in my masters program. The man was a genius!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:29:49 +0000

Mrs. Wagner, my third grade teacher. She made learning fun with lots of music and movement. She didn’t play favorites. She encouraged each student to be the best they could and was always available for a hug or a word of encouragement even after moving on to the “upper” grades.