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My fourth grade teacher she was very kind and took time to help me during a rough year of pnuemonia.  She gave me the encouragement I needed to keep trying and helped me with the holes of missing so much class.

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High School teacher help by taking on the struggle and made the journey worth the pain of learning Geometry Proofs. Early Morning Meetings he attacked the problems as if he was one of us.

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Many teachers-made school a safe place

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My third grade teacher encouraged me to be brave by showing it is possible to do so.

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A fourth grade teacher, I had a lot of health issues with pnuemonia that year and she took extra time that I need to feel like I could get caught up.

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6th grade teacher had high expectations for me and was honest with me. She challenged me to do my best.

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Mr. Paul in high school - made English interesting and fun. He talked with students on their level, tried to understand the student point of view.

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My high school English teacher got to know me as a person and what my interests were. He always told me what a great teacher I would be. He is one of the reasons I became a teacher.

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Mr. Frazee.  My second grade teacher.  He was so silly.  He would give us plastic ants as rewards to keep in our pencil boxes, we learned sign language, we had detective badges as we leveled up on things, and most of all-- he was a cartoonist in the local newspaper and he drew a cartoon of every student when it was our week to be the VIP.  I still have it and I showed my class the other day actually!

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HS teacher was kind, funny, and gave advice that I trusted about going to college. He always seemed interested in what his "kids" were up to and we could tell he cared.

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Mr. McCarty at MVHS really supported my creativity in understanding and explaining Biology and also Anatomy & Physiology. He publicly and one-on-one praised about my capacity to go beyond the assignment expectations to make the projects my own. He used my work as examples. In my senior year, he had me as a TA, and he empowered me to run the dissection demonstrations for the class. I became his student teacher of sorts. I felt very proud and confident.

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High school - social studies.  Set high expectations but was very supportive in getting individual  students there

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HS math teacher. I became is assistant later and talked about real life stuff with him.

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Mr. Blount my high school math teacher. He had high academic expectations for us but he also spent time sharing with us about his own personal life, showing us photos and artifacts from different experiences he had. He would also demonstrate that he trusted us by letting us help him with things around the classroom or school or giving us special leadership roles in class that showed he really believed in us.

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When I was in school, teachers were not your partners, they were your teacher.  I loved my science teacher.  He made learning fun.

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My 4th grade teacher, Mrs. B, the relationship was very positive, I felt cared about and heard in her class. Throughout elementary school (1st-5th), I would spend my Summer writing a research paper and give it to my teacher on the first day of school. She took the time to read it and give me feedback on it, prior teachers did not do this, Mrs. B also referred to the essay to tell me that my writing has improved. She also was the first teacher who actively tried to stop the bullying that I experienced through elementary school. It felt like a partnership because she listened to me and had high expectations of me.

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Mr. Hansen would call us Miss Ellis or Mr. Schmidt which I thought was nice. Also he really listened to our ideas about Hamlet in junior year English. He was also very enthusiastic about teaching and you could tell.

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Mr. Elston. 8th grade English. He was funny, emotionally accessible, passionate about subject matter, and held me to high standards. I felt like a partner in my education because I got to pick the topics of many projects. We were given rubrics to assess ourselves so we knew what the expectations were.

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Mr. C in high school: challenged our small town thinking, treated us as adults whose opinion mattered.

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Ms. Scott. She was funny and passionate about her subject area. She was both my dance team coach and my science teacher for two years. I always felt welcome in her classroom and it became a safe space for me. She continuously pushed me to do more, to strive for success. I would have gave up many times in high school if it wasn't for her "tough love."

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2nd grade teacher. She made everyone feel important. Every child in the class.

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Mrs Johnson---positive, told lots of stories, and loved teaching first grade.  She helped my family out  alot too and I still run into her from time to time.  Still the same amazing energy.

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He took the time to make connections and get to know us as a person outside of academics. He honored students different talents outside of academics.

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Mr. Hardebeck high school humanities.  Opened my eyes to the world around me while growing up in a small town.  Was the first teacher that also helped me realize my potential.

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Whoever said Mr. Mouw...he was amazing! My track coach, Mr. Johnson made connections with each of us. Everyone felt special and valued.

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Ms. Hernandez would rave about my writing. She was the first teacher who ever loved my writing. I worked so hard in her class because I finally felt like I could write a great paper.

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Jess delBosque - made Spanish fun. Serious but also used humor to connect. Still friends with him today.

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Mr. Jacobsen (Jake) at MVHS. He was really funny and made Business Law interesting. He treated everyone like a grown-up and expected us to act that way.

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She was kind, caring, and understanding. She always made me feel like I was important to her. She took the time to make sure I was successful.

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Mr. Mouw, He knew how to relate to kids. He told us stories and seemed to really enjoy us. We would do anything for him.

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Mr. Krull. High school math. Too long of a story to type to explain how much of an impact he had on so many students.

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Mr. R. He was funny and told interesting stories and took us to the store to get a candy bar for our birthdays.

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Recall an important teacher in your own life as a student. How would you describe the relationship? What made it feel like a partnership?