To kick off the Campaign for the Common Good, and celebrate the teachers who rock, we're inviting people of all ages to share a story about a teacher who changed their life.
To read about teachers who have made a difference for someone in your area, click the icons on the map below. Below the map, you can also browse all the stories.
I had been a straight A student until the eight grade when I decided that other things were much more important than school work. I continued with this attitude when we moved to yet another new place at the beginning of my freshman year in high school. At the end of the… Read More »
I thought I was the perfect student. Hard work, attention to detail, focus, and respectful behavior were routine during my days as a student in the classroom. I wanted and needed a major scholarship to go on to a university. Correspondingly, I was rewarded with many "A"s for my efforts except for… Read More »
Mr. Tone, a former math teacher at Frontier Central made a lifelong impression on me. Many moons ago when I was in high school I hated math. Mr. Tone took me under his wing and started meeting with me and one of my friends to review math concepts. He helped us understand.… Read More »
When I was in 4th grade my teacher, Marvin Sage, once overheard me play the school's upright piano. I had been taking lessons for 5 years at that point, but didn't like it much, nor did I think much of it. He listened to me play and praised my music. It was… Read More »
Mrs. Transou was a 7th grade teacher in Caldwell County, N.C., who taught Algebra. Algebra was a foreign term to many of us who had never heard that word back then, much less had parents who knew what that was. Algebra was beginning in the world of education. Mrs. Transou made a… Read More »
Ms. Johnella D. Newton is the teacher who changed my life. She was my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade teacher. She took the time to talk to her students and explain things, not only in the classroom, but things we needed to know in the world outside. How important manners are, how… Read More »
this is the story abot my teacher who change my live in aprimery school,there a habit in the sysem of my school to encorage thestudent who do well in there exames ,so when i was in the 7th class ihad malaria so i had to stay in my home a month and… Read More »
Whenever I am asked about my favorite teacher, I never hesitate to name my second grade teacher, Ms. Burch, as my favorite. An elderly lady, she was in her last year of teaching when I had her. Throughout my elementary school experience, I had many teachers that would look down of the… Read More »
It is so reasuring to know that there have been many other influencial teacher/adults in my sons lives to guide them academically and personally. My favorite is their 5th grade teacher Ms. Knoll. During a teacher/parent conference she individually coached the parents on how to talk with their children about drugs, alcohol… Read More »
My 12th grade teacher, Mr. Walsh, helped me to look at the world through a lens of solutions, not just a broken system of ill-repair. From the encouragement of him and countless other teachers and family I began to believe we were the change we have been waiting for: It is up… Read More »