Comments on: Cheerleaders

By: mireee

mireee — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:16:33 +0000

I know how you feel. Hadn’t it been for my French teacher at college (14 to 18 years) I wouldn’t be studying Translating and Interpreting at University. Inspirational teachers are so valuable and needed.

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 31 May 2009 04:53:03 +0000

As an avid reader of this site (and evilbeet and Zelda Lily) I must say that this post has really touched me in a way that no other posts ever have. As a teacher I am so happy to see that what we as teachers do, really does make some small change in the world. It means a lot to me and other teachers who read your sites.

I am also so glad on another level that this person helped guide you to write for a living. Your three sites really help me out when I’m down. I remember having a silly fight on the comments page one day about how you only wrote a gossip blog and how wrong I was to come here expecting something above just crass, mean spirited fluff pieces but it is so hard to explain to others how your sites are not like other gossip sites or even other blogs.

Anyway, thanks for sharing this wonderful post.

By: alice

alice — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:09:52 +0000

it seems like a big part of life that people never seem to mention, the passing of our favourite teachers. It’s a bitter sweet reality for early adulthood. It’s great to mention it on a relatively public forum like this, the more we each talk about it the more (much needed) respect teachers will get. Myself and my peers lost one of our favourites this year, his influence is infinite.

By: Alethena

Alethena — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:51:08 +0000

I’m sorry to hear about the passing of your mentor. I noticed that you updated a storm today on your affliated sites-which I love, because your writing is what drew me to evilbeet in the first place. Know that your writing is warm, inviting, giggling, and just plain draws me in, in a way that self-aggrandizing blogs just never will.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:58:15 +0000

I’m so sorry to hear about your loss.

I had a teacher similar to that, only it was 3rd grade and no one had really hit the crazy, scary parts yet, but I do remember that being the only year of school I was sad to see end and to this day I still remember her (Mrs. Sherry Vincent) as the first teacher I’d ever had encourage me and help me come out of my shell.

When I was first nominated for the National Dean’s List in college they had an option where you could list a teacher you felt was an inspiration so I googled her and hunted down the last school she worked at.

She had passed away from cancer less than 6 months before I emailed the school, she couldn’t have been more than 50 years old.

I’m so happy for you that you did get a chance to thank Ms. Bryant for being there for you, I’m sure it meant the world to her to see how far you’ve come from that little girl who needed her, and even though you never got a chance to tell her some of the ways you felt about her I bet you she knew.

Also, I agree with your mom, she’ll still be there. :)

By: Al

Al — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:54:33 +0000

I didn’t know that you tried being an astronaut!! :)

JK… seriously, that was really touching. Your teacher sounds amazing.

By: jessiee

jessiee — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:00:18 +0000

That’s a lovely post.