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May 7th, 2007 at 1:18 pm by PSoTD

It’s this week. There’s a short list of “famous teachers” online at this site, it seems to me the potential for something more interesting in this vein is enormous..

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3 Responses to “Teacher Appreciation Week”

on 07 May 2007 at 1:34 pm1PSoTD

I’ve never had what I would consider a truly “famous” teacher, but many, many successful ones - both within directly teaching and the educational industry in general. As a student you rarely find out about their professional achievements but thanks to the Internet and Google, you can find out about it later. I had a high school journalism teacher - a great guy named Jerome Burg - who ended up developing software for education as well as teaching (which he still does today).

So… have you Googled your favorite teachers today?
on 07 May 2007 at 3:49 pm2Melanie

I had one who was both famous and a great educator, big band trumpeter Paul Storti. I had never thought to Google him until your suggestion, PSoTD. He died in 1995.
on 07 May 2007 at 9:36 pm3Maya

The choir teacher who inspired me (in ways both good and bad) to become one myself has 2 kids on Broadway now. The best history teacher I ever had came home one day & found his wife in bed with another woman. He killed them both and then himself.