Comments on: Teachers, heroes, mentors: a meme http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/10/teachers-heroes-mentors-a-meme/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:32:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: J. K. Gayle http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/10/teachers-heroes-mentors-a-meme/#comment-170331 J. K. Gayle Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:42:56 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/10/teachers-heroes-mentors-a-meme/#comment-170331 Hugo, Thanks for sharing. You made me reorder my list. Mom's first, of course! And cheers to E. Alison Moore Schwyzer you feminist son. Hugo,
Thanks for sharing. You made me reorder my list. Mom’s first, of course! And cheers to E. Alison Moore Schwyzer you feminist son.

]]> By: Funt Of A Thousand Faces http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/10/teachers-heroes-mentors-a-meme/#comment-166955 Funt Of A Thousand Faces Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:40:18 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/10/teachers-heroes-mentors-a-meme/#comment-166955 Well you could always make an inverse list with Pomeroy at the top of it. Well you could always make an inverse list with Pomeroy at the top of it.

]]> By: Hugo Schwyzer http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/10/teachers-heroes-mentors-a-meme/#comment-166815 Hugo Schwyzer Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:22:06 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/10/teachers-heroes-mentors-a-meme/#comment-166815 Uh, no. Had I stayed at York longer, perhaps someone would have made an impression. But all of those teachers from 1980 are largely forgotten, and what I do remember isn't, well, memorable. Uh, no. Had I stayed at York longer, perhaps someone would have made an impression. But all of those teachers from 1980 are largely forgotten, and what I do remember isn’t, well, memorable.

]]> By: Funt Of A Thousand Faces http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/10/teachers-heroes-mentors-a-meme/#comment-166792 Funt Of A Thousand Faces Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:53:55 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/10/teachers-heroes-mentors-a-meme/#comment-166792 No one from York? Shocking! No one from York? Shocking!

]]> By: Daisy Bond http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/10/teachers-heroes-mentors-a-meme/#comment-166775 Daisy Bond Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:20:43 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/10/teachers-heroes-mentors-a-meme/#comment-166775 <i>One day after class he pulled me aside and told me, “Hugo, you need to take better care of yourself. You’re an addict in the making, and I’m worried about you.” I don’t know what he saw or how he saw it, but he was the first person to name my addictive streak.</i> That happened to me! (Kind of.) My 7th grade science teacher pointed at me one day in the middle of class and said, "Daisy, you have an addictive personality." I realize now that it was really pretty inappropriate to say in front of everyone. I still puzzle over what made her do it. One day after class he pulled me aside and told me, “Hugo, you need to take better care of yourself. You’re an addict in the making, and I’m worried about you.” I don’t know what he saw or how he saw it, but he was the first person to name my addictive streak.

That happened to me! (Kind of.)

My 7th grade science teacher pointed at me one day in the middle of class and said, “Daisy, you have an addictive personality.” I realize now that it was really pretty inappropriate to say in front of everyone. I still puzzle over what made her do it.

]]> By: Hugo Schwyzer http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/10/teachers-heroes-mentors-a-meme/#comment-166622 Hugo Schwyzer Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:06:23 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/10/teachers-heroes-mentors-a-meme/#comment-166622 My mother was born Ethel Alison Moore, but more or less dropped the "Ethel" early on, though it shows up on some official documents. My father has two middle names, common in Europe in the first part of the last century. I was jealous, and wished I had two middle names growing up! My mother was born Ethel Alison Moore, but more or less dropped the “Ethel” early on, though it shows up on some official documents. My father has two middle names, common in Europe in the first part of the last century. I was jealous, and wished I had two middle names growing up!

]]> By: Fred http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/10/teachers-heroes-mentors-a-meme/#comment-166620 Fred Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:04:22 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/10/teachers-heroes-mentors-a-meme/#comment-166620 Hugo, How is it that both your parents have four names, but your brother (and perhaps yourself) has three names? Hugo,

How is it that both your parents have four names, but your brother (and perhaps yourself) has three names?

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