Singing Towers

How My Teachers Will Remember Me

• 9th Grade Band: "There was once this student that played the piccolo... poorly."
• Earth System Science 1: "There was once this student who shrieked when we watched 'Signs'."
• World History 1: "There was once this student who blamed me for talking too much when he went to his next class late."
• German 2: "There was once this student who stole a giant a tub of Fluff from my room."
• Adv. English 9: "There was once this student who made me explain why I didn't think that Finny and Gene in A Separate Peace were gay."
• Geometry: "There was once this student who was unable to grasp the concept of triangles."
• 10th Grade Band: "There was once this student who played the piccolo... slightly less poorly."
• Biology 1: "There was once this student that called me out for not letting myself be respected while teaching."
• World History 2: "There was once this student who wrote a poem about Karl Marx... and a year later got hired by my husband."
• German 3: "There was once this student that raised my blood pressure to unfortunate extremes."
• Algebra 2: "There was once this student who always pretended he had just 'lost' homework he hadn't actually done."
• Adv. English 10: "There was once this student who... actually we aren't going to talk about him."
• AP Euro: "There was once this student who was intrigued by the Renaissance's obsession with orgasms."
• AP Gov: "There was once this student who never showed up until halfway into the class period."
• AP English: "There was once this student who agreed with me when I said I needed to lose five pounds."
• Science Fiction / Fantasy: "There was once this student who actually tried."
• Precalculus: "There was once this student who gave me a hand-knitted scarf for Christmas."
• Adv. Journalism: "There was once this student who... actually we still aren't going to talk about him."
• Adv. German: "There was once this student who was responsible for me questioning my choice of profession after he told me to 'drop it' when I was subtly calling him out for missing class."
• Adv. Geology: "There was once this student who took naps lying down on his desk... and still passed this class."
• AP US: "There once was this student who wrote and read poems during class discussions."