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It was a hard year - we had a fellow student pass away of random causes, a 6th grader commit suicide, and a previous principal pass away from cancer. All of this was a crazy year and she gave us the attention and space needed, and I ended up getting a 100 on the regents. She was the first teacher to make me feel like I was an exceptional math student and she started my love of writing on chalk boards too ;)

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He was one of the first professors I had in my graduate program in the School of Education @ St. John's...but he was also my freshman advisor & dean throughout undergrad when I was majoring in Communications. Reconnecting with him as a professor in a different field solidified that making this career change was right for me. For the last 2 years he has been a mentor and more and I am eternally grateful for his friendship and expertise. He's watched me go from a girl with a criminal justice major/ communications major 9 years ago to where I am now!

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Professor Chambers, in college for my math major I had to take Linear Analysis (which is where you basically prove everything you learn in Calculus) and it all was over my head!  But we used to go to office hours every week and would spend hours there trying to grasp whatever concept he was teaching that week and he was just the most patient professor I had ever experienced at the college level.  I felt like he taught me more about what it meant to be a teacher than any of my Ed professors.

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Professor Chambers, in college for my math major I had to take Linear Analysis (which is where you basically prove everything you learn in Calculus) and it all was over my head!  But we used to go to office hours every week and would spend hours there trying to grasp whatever concept he was teaching that week and he was just the most patient professor I had ever experienced at the college level.  I felt like he taught me more about what it meant to be a teacher than any of my Ed professors.

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My 3rd grade teacher who picked up on how I read and have me the support I needed, my Linguistics professor and Lit Professor in Grad School who honored the work I did and told me I could have a career in this field 

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My 3rd grade teacher who picked up on how I read and have me the support I needed, my Linguistics professor and Lit Professor in Grad School who honored the work I did and told me I could have a career in this field 

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Pushed me to do well when all I wanted to do was hang out with friends Jr. year.

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My Latin American Studies professor in college

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My Latin American Studies professor in college

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She was the first teacher/professor to state that our health and family come first. So when I was going through a tough time, she listened to me and gave me extensions. Thanks to her, I was able to pass my classes that semester.

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He was just cool and let us skip senior meetings to hangout in his xl office while he was teaching

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My Global teacher Mr. Mcgee, he convinced me to become a peer mediator. I think he knew me better than I knew myself.

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My Global teacher Mr. Mcgee, he convinced me to become a peer mediator. I think he knew me better than I knew myself.

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He taught me how to ease up on myself and write from the heart.

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I know this was meant to be about teachers we had as kids but...

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I know this was meant to be about teachers we had as kids but...

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Christy Kingham. There were some days it was hard to hold on. I often fall down on the side of stoicism to get me through. When that didn't work, Christy managed to see me and help. Great teacher.

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IDK about seen but my high school automotive tech teacher, Mr. Rogers. 

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IDK about seen but my high school automotive tech teacher, Mr. Rogers. 

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My uncle who taught me how to make bread pudding

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My uncle who taught me how to make bread pudding

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I was 6 or 7 years old and a huge fan of Elvis Presley. For some reason I believed I could sing like him if I would eat Elvis' favorite meals. So nobody wanted to help me make a peanut butter banana sandwich or bread pudding because it was not exactly politically correct to cook any American dishes in East Berlin. But my uncle did it anyways and said America cannot be the class enemy if they have food like that.

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It wasn't until my 3rd year in college that I felt "seen" by a teacher. Mrs. Smith was my health teacher/advisor in my college health science program.

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My 2nd grade teacher. She congratulated me on my graduation from elementary. Funny but I just thought I was her favorite student.

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My 2nd grade teacher. She congratulated me on my graduation from elementary. Funny but I just thought I was her favorite student.

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Mr. McCue for English, so passionate and patient. Found ways to make us shy kids feel seen and not embarrassed. 

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Mr. McCue for English, so passionate and patient. Found ways to make us shy kids feel seen and not embarrassed. 

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Really motivated and inspired me to do my best.

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Mr. Hui, my 12th grade math teacher. He changed his approach to make sure I was able to learn

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Mr. Hui, my 12th grade math teacher. He changed his approach to make sure I was able to learn

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My HS Forensics Teacher - she inspired me to get my undergrad in Forensic Science! Her class was always fun and engaging. At the end of the year we dissected a chicken (which we allowed to decay in our senior courtyard). The following year she had me come back to lead the duck dissection for her new students.

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Professor Wong- my math professor in college. I was the only English major in class, and he didn't know what to do with me. I had an awful relationship with math. He changed that. Worked with me. I got the highest grade on the final exam. He started class with congratulating me. To be fair... it was a logic test so... but still. The highest math grade I ever got because he believed in me.

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Professor Wong- my math professor in college. I was the only English major in class, and he didn't know what to do with me. I had an awful relationship with math. He changed that. Worked with me. I got the highest grade on the final exam. He started class with congratulating me. To be fair... it was a logic test so... but still. The highest math grade I ever got because he believed in me.

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Mr. Cole- the math teacher/drama club advisor.  He put me in my first play and let me write out the lyrics to "The Who's Tommy" on his white board every morning.  Being in 7th grade is weird.

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Mr. Cole- the math teacher/drama club advisor.  He put me in my first play and let me write out the lyrics to "The Who's Tommy" on his white board every morning.  Being in 7th grade is weird.

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I had her for history in high school, but I spent my lunches working for her, filing papers, organizing cabinets, making spreadsheets (she was the school treasurer too). She knew exactly how to keep my ocd busy!!

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She encouraged me to pursue writing.

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I have had many wonderful teachers. I remember fondly my 5th grade Russian teacher, Illona Vladimirovna, who was young, demanding, and super cool. 

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I have had many wonderful teachers. I remember fondly my 5th grade Russian teacher, Illona Vladimirovna, who was young, demanding, and super cool. 

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My favorite teacher will always be my first grade teacher Mrs. Manse. She was just the best.

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My favorite teacher will always be my first grade teacher Mrs. Manse. She was just the best.

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My dance teacher, who gave me rolls that pushed me, access to new teachers to continue pushing me, and the opportunity to choreograph and teach my own classes

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When I was a junior in HS, I moved to a new school. This school has 9 branches and every quarter, we hold an inter-scholastic meet. Ms. Pulmano gave me the chance to join the Math contest and for two consecutive year I made our school proud!

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My junior year of high school I was a mess - I mean I was a mess during most, if not all, of my high school years - on the outside things seemed okay (at least I thought I was succeeding in putting up a front) - anyway the German teacher at my school who was also the advisor for Student Government had reached out to my mother to share that she was a little concerned about me.  I was of course 🤬 when I found out that she had called my mom, but in hindsight that moment helped open up a dialogue with my mom and more importantly caused me to do some self-reflection and almost 20 years later I'm still a mess lol but doing my best each day to be less self-centered, more honest and more compassionate. 

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My junior year of high school I was a mess - I mean I was a mess during most, if not all, of my high school years - on the outside things seemed okay (at least I thought I was succeeding in putting up a front) - anyway the German teacher at my school who was also the advisor for Student Government had reached out to my mother to share that she was a little concerned about me.  I was of course 🤬 when I found out that she had called my mom, but in hindsight that moment helped open up a dialogue with my mom and more importantly caused me to do some self-reflection and almost 20 years later I'm still a mess lol but doing my best each day to be less self-centered, more honest and more compassionate. 

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My college professor for Latino Studies. I took 5 of his classes and he always praised my work ethic because I was always the youngest student in the class. (This was freshman and sophomore year and he taught 400 level classes) 

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My college professor for Latino Studies. I took 5 of his classes and he always praised my work ethic because I was always the youngest student in the class. (This was freshman and sophomore year and he taught 400 level classes) 

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My AP World History teacher, who later became my Government teacher.

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My AP World History teacher, who later became my Government teacher.

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I wanted to drop out of AP SO SO bad because I was really struggling and he would not let me. He kept telling me that I had it in me and he could see it, but I couldn't yet. I begged and cried and my parents sided with him and I was so angry with him for a while. Towards the end of the year, I realized that he was the first teacher I ever had who actually pushed me and showed me that things in life are hard and you have to tough them out. School was always "easy" for me until his class and I freaked out because it was the first time I didn't excel in school. Every time something gets hard, I think about Mr. Glen and how he taught me to fight for myself the way he fought for me.

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There's so many! Mr. Leibert though was the first one to truly show me that teachers are humans too. He was there for me and my family during a tough time and would be in regular communication with my parents.

I'd also like to shout out my middle school principal. He picked up my little brother every morning and brought him to school each day for the whole year to help him through similar times.

They all became part of the family. They'd show up at our games after school or on the weekends, sometimes even when they weren't school related games but club. Came to our HS graduation parties too many years later.

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Go. This is Mindy

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My high school principal. She gave me so many tasks to help with in the main office during my lunch period. She told me I was one of a kind with a big heart. After college graduation she told me to keep being me and I’ll do amazing at all things 

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My high school principal. She gave me so many tasks to help with in the main office during my lunch period. She told me I was one of a kind with a big heart. After college graduation she told me to keep being me and I’ll do amazing at all things 

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I have to be honest, none of my teachers ever made me feel that way. All I remember was getting yelled at for talking too much or not doing my work correctly. Constantly criticized. 

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I have to be honest, none of my teachers ever made me feel that way. All I remember was getting yelled at for talking too much or not doing my work correctly. Constantly criticized. 

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I'm not trying to be a bummer, I promise!

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My 9th-11th grade English teacher Marjorie kept "looping" with our class because she knew we had a passion for the power of words

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My 9th-11th grade English teacher Marjorie kept "looping" with our class because she knew we had a passion for the power of words

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Marjorie instilled in me my love for Shakespeare. She also allowed us to create and innovate in a very traditional LI school setting, which was amazing.

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My 9th grade English teacher allowed me to be super creative and write an alternate ending to Lord of the Flies. First time I got excited to be in an English class.

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My 9th grade English teacher allowed me to be super creative and write an alternate ending to Lord of the Flies. First time I got excited to be in an English class.

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My sociology professor in college. She said I have something in me I couldn’t see yet. 

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My sociology professor in college. She said I have something in me I couldn’t see yet. 

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  My music teacher in middle school was very supportive.

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  My music teacher in middle school was very supportive.