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Mrs. Peer, Ed Fenn Elementary

Mrs. Peer, Ed Fenn Elementary

by TeacherLove on Tuesday Dec. 6th in Browse by State/City, Ed Fenn Elementary, Gorham, New Hampshire

Mrs. Peer was my fifth grade teacher in a very small public school in northern New Hampshire. Everyone knew everyone else, and my grade was infamously well known.

Mrs. Peer treated us with respect. She challenged us. She pushed us to be better students. Most importantly, she read aloud to us.

One of the books she read aloud, Goodnight Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian, is the first chapter book I remember re-reading over and over again. I had struggled with reading as a young child, and Mrs. Peer helped me learn to love stories. I read more, and my reading improved.

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Mr. Rocklin, St. Paul’s School

Mr. Rocklin, St. Paul’s School

by TeacherLove on Wednesday Jun. 8th in Concord, New Hampshire, St. Paul's School

Of the many wonderful teachers I’ve had, Mr. Rocklin, my junior-year Humanities teacher, was particularly influential.

How would I describe Mr. Rocklin? Thick round glasses with thick lens, liable to amplify the size of his eyes. Cow-licked tuft of hair. Nasally voice, pitch undulating in proportion to the level of passion (always astronomically high) for that which he was teaching. Bookish attire, say khakis, button-down shirt and a tweed jacket or, if feeling peculiarly casual, a Hawaiian shirt. His doppelganger, as his Facebook profile readily confirms, is The Office’s Dwight Schrute. He is the uber-nerd.

Mr. Rocklin’s influence has been subtle but pervasive, creeping slowly into, and becoming a part of, my own teacher identity, shaping who I am and how I see the world.

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