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Ms. Lee, Roff High School

Ms. Lee, Roff High School

by TeacherLove on Tuesday Dec. 13th in Browse by State/City, Oklahoma, Roff, Roff High School

I had Ms. Lee for English I through IV. She didn’t believe in accepting less than your best and never gave out 100s on writing assignments.

I was friends with her youngest son and he told me that one night she spend four-and-a-half hours grading a one page paper I had summited to find a mistake so I could get my usual 99.

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Francis Nine, Ponca City Senior High School

Francis Nine, Ponca City Senior High School

by TeacherLove on Monday Jun. 20th in Oklahoma, Ponca City, Ponca City Senior High

As a kid, I hated math. I dreaded the mental math questions my father would lob at my siblings and me. (It really is extremely embarrassing to be beaten by a sister who is seven years younger than you.) I would still hate math today, but for Mr. Nine [no, seriously] who taught me Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, and AP Calculus.

By the time I had Mr. Nine, he had also taught my older brother as well as fellow classmates’ siblings and parents, yet he looked young and was all-fired to teach math. I think Mr. Nine was a great teacher because he while was passionate about teaching math, he was realistic about it. He knew it was hard, and that he had to be patient. Every Tuesday and Thursday night, he hosted two hours of free math tutoring available to anyone in need of some math help. He rewarded students for mastering new concepts without making them feel dumb when they couldn’t get something. I was thrilled when I got to demonstrate a homework problem that I had gotten correct.

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