What I remember
Happy Friday Everyone!
I was looking at some old pictures yesterday after I posted my question of the day about nicknames, and it has got me feeling all nostalgic.
The train of remembering got me thinking about my school experience. I have memories of things I did in school and I do believe that the content I learned created a knowledge base that I have leaned on throughout my life, so it certainly was important. However, what I remember the most are the people that I worked with, and the overarching skills I learned (like organizing, managing time and synthesizing information)!
My grade school was a PreSchool to 8th-grade school, and I remember every teacher I had from first grade on.
-In Mrs. Valadota's first grade I remember her welcoming me to my desk on the first day - I sat across from a boy named Chris Terrien, who I think is a cardiologist now.
-In Ms. Pelette's Second grade classroom, I member that she noticed I needed glasses and that I had a hard time learning. She set me down the Special Education pathway. I also remember that she had a set of plastic bowling pins. They were fun!
-In third grade, I got to move upstairs and was in Mrs. Quinn's classroom. She had a really cool hairstyle and seemed really hip. She had a set of young twins.
-In fourth grade, I had Mrs. Terrien - no relation to the boy I sat with when I was in first grade. I once told her, after she got upset with another student, that she hadn't been very nice to him which is funny because she was such a nice funny teacher. Maybe that's why I spoke up because it was out of character for her.
-In fifth grade, I had Sister Jean-Marie. (I went to a catholic school). She was so kind and gentle, and very soft-spoken. But every once in awhile our class would push the limits, and she would raise her voice. When that happened it would snap us all back to order pretty quickly!
-In sixth grade, I had Mrs. Hammond who had an amazing sense of humor and the best laugh. She and a friend and I worked together each day when the rest of my class when to French. We both needed extra academic support. Mrs. Hammond was awesome. She would feed us red Swedish Fish from her desk drawer while we worked!
-In seventh grade, I had Mrs. Majercik who was my homeroom and math teacher. I remember her teaching us how to solve equations by banging on the chalkboard and saying, "what you do to one side, you must do to the other!"
-In eighth grade, I had Sister Joanne (who coincidentally was Sister Jean Marie's biological sister). She was always a bit impatient with us and would get very flustered. I think it was due to all the sentence diagraming that she used to have to teach us! It was a hard skill that nobody liked to do!
I know you guys are all working hard to try to keep up with what you need to learn, but remember it's the relationships that you make and the life skills you are learning that are really going to set you up for success in the future. So put lots of energy into connecting with your teachers and practice these skills, and you'll be on the way to success!
Have a great break, everyone! Please reach out if you need anything!
Mrs. Hempey
I was looking at some old pictures yesterday after I posted my question of the day about nicknames, and it has got me feeling all nostalgic.
The train of remembering got me thinking about my school experience. I have memories of things I did in school and I do believe that the content I learned created a knowledge base that I have leaned on throughout my life, so it certainly was important. However, what I remember the most are the people that I worked with, and the overarching skills I learned (like organizing, managing time and synthesizing information)!
My grade school was a PreSchool to 8th-grade school, and I remember every teacher I had from first grade on.
-In Mrs. Valadota's first grade I remember her welcoming me to my desk on the first day - I sat across from a boy named Chris Terrien, who I think is a cardiologist now.
-In Ms. Pelette's Second grade classroom, I member that she noticed I needed glasses and that I had a hard time learning. She set me down the Special Education pathway. I also remember that she had a set of plastic bowling pins. They were fun!
-In third grade, I got to move upstairs and was in Mrs. Quinn's classroom. She had a really cool hairstyle and seemed really hip. She had a set of young twins.
-In fourth grade, I had Mrs. Terrien - no relation to the boy I sat with when I was in first grade. I once told her, after she got upset with another student, that she hadn't been very nice to him which is funny because she was such a nice funny teacher. Maybe that's why I spoke up because it was out of character for her.
-In fifth grade, I had Sister Jean-Marie. (I went to a catholic school). She was so kind and gentle, and very soft-spoken. But every once in awhile our class would push the limits, and she would raise her voice. When that happened it would snap us all back to order pretty quickly!
-In sixth grade, I had Mrs. Hammond who had an amazing sense of humor and the best laugh. She and a friend and I worked together each day when the rest of my class when to French. We both needed extra academic support. Mrs. Hammond was awesome. She would feed us red Swedish Fish from her desk drawer while we worked!
-In seventh grade, I had Mrs. Majercik who was my homeroom and math teacher. I remember her teaching us how to solve equations by banging on the chalkboard and saying, "what you do to one side, you must do to the other!"
-In eighth grade, I had Sister Joanne (who coincidentally was Sister Jean Marie's biological sister). She was always a bit impatient with us and would get very flustered. I think it was due to all the sentence diagraming that she used to have to teach us! It was a hard skill that nobody liked to do!
Have a great break, everyone! Please reach out if you need anything!
Mrs. Hempey
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