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OK we have slagged 'em off .
Now is your change to tell us all about your best teachers.
why they where good,why they got your respect and why most of all you remember them with fondness.
I shall start the ball rolling,so to speak.
Mrs Lowe......
primary school.When it was anyones birthday the class made a cake and Mrs Lowe iced it in the most vivid shade of green icing,it was then cut up into 30 ish very slim slices and was eaten whilst the icing was still dripping. my bestest memory from primary school.
secondary school My Physics teacher who gave me the motivation to become a scientist.Thankyou Mr eek I have forgotten his name it will come to me later............
Now is your change to tell us all about your best teachers.
why they where good,why they got your respect and why most of all you remember them with fondness.
I shall start the ball rolling,so to speak.
Mrs Lowe......
primary school.When it was anyones birthday the class made a cake and Mrs Lowe iced it in the most vivid shade of green icing,it was then cut up into 30 ish very slim slices and was eaten whilst the icing was still dripping. my bestest memory from primary school.
secondary school My Physics teacher who gave me the motivation to become a scientist.Thankyou Mr eek I have forgotten his name it will come to me later............
Mr dark: secondary school english teacher. i was never very good at english as im dyslexic and he helped me through my GCSE's put alot of extra effort in gave me extra help.
And
Arthur chilvers,
my college teacher, for the same reason as above helped me through my college course which meant i passed my appretaship, he stood up to my boss when he didnt understand my dsylexia and how hard it made things.
i wouldnt be whaere i am today without those 2 teachers
And
Arthur chilvers,
my college teacher, for the same reason as above helped me through my college course which meant i passed my appretaship, he stood up to my boss when he didnt understand my dsylexia and how hard it made things.
i wouldnt be whaere i am today without those 2 teachers
I had a particularly great bunch of science teachers in senior school. They had an easier job, I guess, than the 'poor downtrodden' teachers in state schools in poor areas with massive classes - it was a public school and our top science sets were only around 12 kids.
However they really managed to infuse enthusiasm and the idea that learning shit was *fun*. My chemistry teacher let me design an experiment for the class that involved splitting the class into 3 groups, one making gunpowder, the other weedkiller explosive, and the last nitrogen triiodide (massive crystals, nearly blew the lab up). Never forget that one (cheers Mr Cole) along with my A level organic chemistry practical where I nearly managed to synthesise amphetamine sulphate (kids eh
)
My maths teacher (also did computer studies) was massively addicted to caffeine but had a crazy record of getting his entire class top grades in both GCSE and A level maths... all sorts of teaching strategies pulled out of his arse depending on how tricky the pupil was finding it. And he only got massively pissed off with me when I wrote a (harmless) virus for the school's Acorn Archimedes computers, soz Mr Hopwood...
My girlfriend trained as a teacher, (her two parents were both teachers) and eventually (having got a top qualification) decided the aggro wasn't worth it. Sad for those who want our teachers to be good, but after seeing various teacher friends and family losing it mentally she changed careers... no doubt she ain't the only one. They need to be valued more!
However they really managed to infuse enthusiasm and the idea that learning shit was *fun*. My chemistry teacher let me design an experiment for the class that involved splitting the class into 3 groups, one making gunpowder, the other weedkiller explosive, and the last nitrogen triiodide (massive crystals, nearly blew the lab up). Never forget that one (cheers Mr Cole) along with my A level organic chemistry practical where I nearly managed to synthesise amphetamine sulphate (kids eh
) My maths teacher (also did computer studies) was massively addicted to caffeine but had a crazy record of getting his entire class top grades in both GCSE and A level maths... all sorts of teaching strategies pulled out of his arse depending on how tricky the pupil was finding it. And he only got massively pissed off with me when I wrote a (harmless) virus for the school's Acorn Archimedes computers, soz Mr Hopwood...
My girlfriend trained as a teacher, (her two parents were both teachers) and eventually (having got a top qualification) decided the aggro wasn't worth it. Sad for those who want our teachers to be good, but after seeing various teacher friends and family losing it mentally she changed careers... no doubt she ain't the only one. They need to be valued more!
Mr McLeod -- he taught us Engineering Science in the very last year it was run in the Scottish curriculum. Apart from inspiring enthusiasm in all his students, he used to let us build motorised buggies from Lego and Fischer Technic and race them on the last day of term. He also allowed anyone with any mechnical inkiling(sp?) to express themselves - cue lots of radio controled cars being brought into school and being generally messed about with during class.
Got an A in that subject and still think about the calculation principles in daily life. I wonder why?
Got an A in that subject and still think about the calculation principles in daily life. I wonder why?
cyberface said:
My chemistry teacher let me design an experiment for the class that involved splitting the class into 3 groups, one making gunpowder, the other weedkiller explosive, and the last nitrogen triiodide (massive crystals, nearly blew the lab up). Never forget that one (cheers Mr Cole)
That's a cracker! My chemistry teachers simply made sure that it was me who got asked the questions to which the answer was "it explodes, Sir".
cyberface said:
along with my A level organic chemistry practical where I nearly managed to synthesise amphetamine sulphate (kids eh
Practical for A level? We never had that. When did that come in? One thing I didn't like about the A-level course was the lack of practical work - I can only remember doing one or two interesting syntheses, most of it was rote learning.
What were you supposed to be synthesising in your practical? 1-phenyl-2-something-propane and you just decided to aminate it?
I can think of a few teachers that I remember with fondness but I think my nomination should go to Mr I. T. Hunter for his handling of the situation in which I was at boarding school and fücking hated it.
Pigeon -
the nitrogen triiodide was certainly a cracker! The teacher saw the size of the crystal we made, said '
that boys' and took it to the fume cupboard at the rear of the lab to cut up with a scalpel... I ran to the other end of the lab, and after the enormous explosion and cloud of purple smoke I was massively relieved to see him laughing his tits off.
As to the A level practical, well I'm 30 so it was a while back but it definitely existed... and looking back I can't believe he wasn't aware what I was trying to do! Of course now with more knowledge and a fat internet connection, I know my A-level recipe wouldn't have worked, at all Perhaps he knew that 
It all got thrown away in the 'waste solvents' bottle in the end, but certainly got me keen on the subject!
the nitrogen triiodide was certainly a cracker!
The teacher saw the size of the crystal we made, said ' that boys' and took it to the fume cupboard at the rear of the lab to cut up with a scalpel... I ran to the other end of the lab, and after the enormous explosion and cloud of purple smoke I was massively relieved to see him laughing his tits off. As to the A level practical, well I'm 30 so it was a while back but it definitely existed... and looking back I can't believe he wasn't aware what I was trying to do! Of course now with more knowledge and a fat internet connection, I know my A-level recipe wouldn't have worked, at all
Perhaps he knew that It all got thrown away in the 'waste solvents' bottle in the end, but certainly got me keen on the subject!Excellent! He was a brave man to be letting you make it at all!
So your practical, you just had to come up with some synthesis that ought to be possible in the time allowed, off your own bat, and get on with it? Or did you just finish really early and decide to do something interesting to fill the time up?
So your practical, you just had to come up with some synthesis that ought to be possible in the time allowed, off your own bat, and get on with it? Or did you just finish really early and decide to do something interesting to fill the time up?
Pigeon said:
Excellent! He was a brave man to be letting you make it at all!
So your practical, you just had to come up with some synthesis that ought to be possible in the time allowed, off your own bat, and get on with it? Or did you just finish really early and decide to do something interesting to fill the time up?
I still can't work out how we got away with it - there were a couple of us in the class who had the standard syllabus down pat and were constantly trying to do something exciting and trickier than normal A level.
I submitted the shape of the molecule I was trying to make and the synthesis steps. I got the grade OK, I presume it was based on the plan and execution of the written steps. No way would that synthesis have worked!
Mr Milward, my old history teacher was pretty instrumental in the direction my life took.
He once told me "Mark, you have a brain, and if you knew how to use it, you'd be a genius. As it is you're just plain dangerous".
He also told me I should be a lawyer, and as all his other observations had been spot on, I decided to take his advice.
Unfortunately I'm still dangerous...
>> Edited by Nuggs on Monday 8th August 10:32
He once told me "Mark, you have a brain, and if you knew how to use it, you'd be a genius. As it is you're just plain dangerous".
He also told me I should be a lawyer, and as all his other observations had been spot on, I decided to take his advice.
Unfortunately I'm still dangerous...
>> Edited by Nuggs on Monday 8th August 10:32
A fiery redhead...
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