Comments on: Classroom heroes.

By: Rich D.

Rich D. — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:45:29 +0000

This is probably the sweetest thing you’ve written since the memoir about your mom (a copy of which I still have, by the way, and once showed to my own mom). Our English teachers shaped our lives in more ways than they could have imagined.

By: Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett

Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:03:32 +0000

I had Rudy Weber as a sub for a class once. One of the guys was acting up (I think it was Peter Lewis, remember him?) and Weber said: “Why dooon’t you poot your hed in a bucket twise and pool it out once!” (Accent attempted.)

By: stephen

stephen — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:31:47 +0000

Thanks Kimmie! Great story, well told. My teachers were Jud Stent and Rudy Weber. I wish I had stayed in touch with them, or at least told them how influential they were in my life. Good memories.

By: Marissa

Marissa — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:43:56 +0000

LOVE THIS STORY!! My hero-teacher was Mr. Hart. He made us stand at attention to deliver answers in class with our hands by our sides. We stood for the rest of the class if we got it wrong. And I didn’t even mind standing. I loved the pageantry of it all. He took me to lunch (probably not allowed anymore) and told me that I had passion – and it was that passion which would get me far. When he passed away, it felt like a chapter in my life was over.