My worse education experience takes me back ten years to fifth grade. Mr. Quinn was my weird and out of the ordinary teacher who was famously known for eating chalk. Most people thought he was funny because of his unorthodox way of teach but for a shy fifth grader like myself he wasn’t very funny. Most of the year I would try to avoid talking to him or being called on him in fear of what he would do. Then my worse fear came true after missing a week of school from being sick. When I returned to math class I had missed a lot and had no idea what was going on. The week I spent at home I was receiving work that I was suppose to be doing but I decided my teachers would take it easy on me since I was sick. I couldn’t have been any more wrong. As I sat in my seat hoping not to be called on I was called to the board to do a problem that I had no idea how to do. As I stood at the board sweating with fear Mr. Quinn stood on his desk giving me an earful as I tried to make something up with the whole class laughing. This may not seem like a horrible experience to you but it affected me for the reset of my academic career. Traumatized from this it left my scared to go to the board for the rest of my academic career.
Although I have had many great educational experiences, the one that stands out to me the most is pre-school. Believe it or not I have a clear memory of my pre-school. My pre-school was a private school run but all nuns. Most people picture nuns to be mean but the ones that teach pre-school are the nicest ladies you have ever met. I think the reason I appreciate this so much is because this where my educational career began and it was such a good one. Not only was I having a great time at recess and nap time I was also getting a head start for kindergarten. I clearly remember when I had to start pre-school not wanting to go then after the first day I loved going everyday.
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Preschool was great for me too. There was no pressure and almost everything you did seemed to be fun. Part of the reason everything seemed fun, I think, was because at that age almost everything is new to you and you have less of a fear of new things because you haven't really had time to create bad memories.
Wait a minute, the guy actually ate chalk? That IS weird. I was very shy around middle school and had a similar experience. I had this English teacher in the 7th grade who dressed like fruit everyday and she made me recited poetry in front of the whole class. My hands shook because I was scared so bad and I got teased for days. I think we all have probably had some teacher like that sometime in our lives.
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