What a teacher, Nicole! I could not believe his classroom is in a public school either.
He really does have “moxie”! I would love to have been in a class like his when I was young. I remember Ms. Aboud but not Mrs. Jackson at Sharpstown Christian School.
My most inspirational teacher was my third grade and low fourth grade, (we had low and high grades in the forties and fifties), teacher, Mrs. Helen Hayes in Houston, Texas. She had a citizenship club for our class with a notebook and we did a short talent show every Wednesday. The notebook had lessons on Honesty, Loyalty, Tact, Cooperation, Friendliness, etc. We spoke of all these good character traits every week and then I sang a song, and a boy and girl in the class did a tap dance for us.
My high school speech teacher called “Pappy” by all the students was loved by everyone. He taught me how to speak correctly and inspired me to do public speaking.
Your pictures in this blog are wonderful. Loved reading it. Wish all school teachers were like your Mr. Ramsey. Love you,
Mother

Mr. Ramsey is indeed an inspiring teacher! Your daughter is very lucky to have him. I’m a high school teacher and it is not easy to motivate and inspire students today. It is so wonderful when students get excited about what they are learning in school and even more wonderful when they come back to visit and tell you that you made a difference in their lives. That’s what keeps us going. I’m sure that ‘s what keeps Mr Ramsey going.
My fifth grade teacher is the teacher in my life who had moxie. Mrs. Kaplan made every subject interesting. I always liked to be creative and she nurtured that interest. She had a little group after school that helped decorate the bulletin boards for each month. She also taught us to sing together as a class. I remember the experience of all of our voices finally blending together after many attempts. The whole class felt a feeling of bonding. It was in her class that I actually got the courage to speak I front of the class to try out for a poetry contest. I didn’t win the contest but had that experience to build on.

I can remember several teachers but only two stand out, one good and one bad memory of their behaviors. The one bad teacher….he’s probably dead by now, I had him for art in high school…and nothing I did seem to evoke a praise from him….and then he needed to know why I would paint everything brown and black…..I was depressed in his class. All he did was brag about his own artistic prominence. He’s paint murals on the chalkboard. But was very critical towards everyone, even his niece who was in my class. I realized later why she was always so dejected and never ventured out of her shell.or should I say…Hell? Because he was a terrible teacher to everyone but those rich kids!( I won’t mention his name, because he’s not worth mentioning….I want to forget him, because he affected my life so much…I stopped painting because of him!)

But the OnE teacher I loved made the best/affect on my life….because she practice what she preached. She taught us to respect others no matter he bad we felt. She would ever embarrass her students when they did something wrong, but she’d ask them to come up to her desk, get the student to sit down or stand very close to her, and she’d whisper all she said so no one would know what she said….I will never forget what she said to me…that I looked like Mona Lisa and she explained to me who she was, and she’d would lecture as she went, talking you as if she were a nurse to a patient. Man I wish we had more patient teachers like her. She captivated my attention and motivated me to dream! And she gave me responsibilities…. because she saw my potential in me….I became a safety patrol, took it quite serious. She opened up my mind to better uses of the time I had in her class. She made me the head honcho over a project, building a castle and getting supplies for the other kids. Before that class I couldn’t care less about history….but she connected it to me on a personal level….its why I love history and geneaology today. She/expanded my horizons! Its what a good teacher does…. teach and reach into the hearts of her students….Mrs. J was my greatest teacher! May she rest in peace with the fact that she was a great teacher. She pased away. But I will always remember her with gratefulness….she was there for me in the sixth grade….But her influence lasted my whole life…because I can still hear her cheering and rooting me on.