What is one thing a teacher taught you or told you that you will never forget?

Actually.. if I had to pick a moment that really stood out... I would have to say it was a recess lady that really made a difference. I'm sure she's gone by now.

A music teacher taught me to appreciate all kinds of music.Which is why i now listen to a little of everything

My 7th grade English teacher told me, "You are going to be a famous writer some day." God bless her.

"Those who cannot do, teach."
A friend who became a teacher after retiring from a REAL job told me that. We used to talk a lot of crap about the generally poor intellectual state of the average teacher after school... oh, the good old days.
If we can include college, it is Dr. Young saying "Bullcrap, Bullcrap, Bullcrap!"

Kay Dell told me I was wonderful, beautiful and a kind loving person.

When you're swimming at the beach, and you step on something slimy, quickly bend down and grab it. It's a flounder, and that makes a yummy, easy dinner

How to remove a lady's clothes with my teeth.

Well, the only teacher I actually really liked was my piano teacher. I really liked her, and she was almost like my idol. She didn't teach me any life philisophy, but she taught me lots of stuff about playing piano, history of music, and music itself. And all other thing. We used to sit, and talk during our class.

A teacher suggested to the class that salt is an acquired taste. If we went for a month without adding salt to food (there'd be plenty of salt in food of course just don't add any), at the end of the month we wouldn't like salt as much. It sounded interesting so I tried. I only added salt to food a handful of times since.

I had a 6th grade teacher who stated "You will go farther and make something of yourself once you realize that everyone has to take orders from someone." Man oh Man how true that is. I was the kind of child who didn't like to do what everyone else did. I don't like restrictions nor being told what to do. But her statement is so true.
Even when you can say your're the boss, sole owner, or developer of a company, you are still governed by laws, customers etc. She was right. Now I use that line with my own children. Hopefully it will stick with them like it did me.

"I don't hate you! I love you!"

whatever.

"Why on earth would you want to have an economics minor?"

Sometimes teachers are wrong. If a teacher tells you something and you don't believe it, find out the truth for yourself.

My grade 10 Graphics teacher told me a humourous anecdote about Pablo Picasso and Igor Stravinsky. Apparently they were both drunk, and they went to an opera which they thought was really bad, so they demonstrated their disapproval by getting up on the stage and pissing on it.

That they're no better than me and that I shouldn't respect them unless they extend the same courtesy to me.

Ever since 4th grade, I hung out with teachers (other than my parents). I can only recall frequencies of being and flavors of narrative from most of them. {the seeds of learning, better to learn how to think like Einstein or Ghandi than remember a few wise words from them}.

"Thou art that. See God in each other." was what Guru Mayi Chidvilasananda taught.

Yeah, once you figure that one out, it becomes no problem to make a call to anyone famous that you have colleague level material to discuss with.
I admire and respect, but I don't even put Jesus on a pedestal.

Krishna is an ocean of mercy!

Kay Dell has good taste! (((hug))) Hare Krishna!

Thank you

Never give up. Keep trying.

I had a very old teacher which told the class one day not to dam God. I never said
Got ***it again....

First, you have to listen. I didn't do that

Hmmm....I guess...to believe in myself and my abilities...

Any time mandy! Hare Krishna!

Very wise........

Is
Am
Are
Was
Were
Be
Being
Been
Has
Have
Had
Do
Does
Did
Can
Could
Would
Should
May
Might
Must

What are those? Adverbs? I had to learn that list in 7th grade. Took me weeks, and I will NEVER forget it.

Oh, and also, you can't ride a motorcycle on the beach.

Thank you, Mr. Draper.

I used to go motorcycling on the beach. There was a silt beach in baja california (mexico) that went out for miles during low tide. My freinds ride would stall and every time (I was on a real light bike) I would have to quickly jump off and hold his bike from sinking like in quicksand while he jump started it again. Then there was the time we took my father-in-law's vw bug out at pismo beach, ca,us; we were worried that if we slowed down we'd never make it off the soft sand. Worse; when I had to slam on the brakes because we headed into a huge banked turn dug out, it stalled and we had to walk back to the campground and report to him that we went where he told us not to. The thing started right up for him too. 20 something sure was a kick.

That the only stupid question is the one that goes unasked.

Our 8th grade teacher made us memorize an alphabetized list of prepositions. They're STILL stuck in my head...."aboard, about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at...."

"i before e, except after c, in long e words"

Rinsing hair, after shampooing, with cold water will make it shinier. It's true.

Absolutely terrific Chance, teach your kids to be whores to the man at a young age. I've got some better words of wisdom, "There is no rule which cannot be broken, bent, sidestepped, ignored, changed, or left temporarily unenforced. There are always exceptions and/or loopholes. If not, make your own." Or "A rule is only as powerful as its weakest enforcer." When people realize you never AGREED to a rule, it is usually fairly easy for them to make you a single exception [as long as they like you, so smile, be friendly, and have good handshake.]. Difference number two is a simple one: In the real world, the rules are almost always reasonable [well, there is some rason behind them, even if not sound]. If a rule is unreasonable, there is ALWAYS some way of legally appealing it, at no cost but time. When you are a little kid, you get in trouble for disagreeing with the rules. When you are a little kid, more often than not, the rules are completely and utterly ridiculous, the rule-makers are unwilling to discuss or reason {Saying, "Because I said so", should be illegal. [Unless it is followed by, "And *I* am the one paying *you*, if you dont like it, quit."]}. Teach your kids to stand up for themselves, to take advantage of weak points and technicalities, to protest, petition, and debate. And, if absolutely necessary, to 100% refuse to co-operate. (As in, chaining yourself to a tree, locking arms with the guy next to you, or saying "You are going to have to carry me".). Now, granted, sometimes there are unfair rules that just arent worth fighting, but the reason those rules still exist is because people like you were too lazy to fill out the comment card, make a phone call or two, or send a letter. And even if you decide to go along with something you dont like, STILL follow the proper protocol of doging in a timely and effective manner.

How old are you? You apparently were never taught to respect anyone including yourself. Are you one of the new generation that never got their ass busted for being a mouthy child. I will not teach my children to disrespect their elders. But thanks for your opinion however misguided it may be.

It was...uh...I forget.

Well, if teaching my children what you suggest will make them anything like you, I'll stay as far away from that crap as possible.

Unfortunately Chance, people like you, and attitudes like yours, are what is wrong with the world. I follow Kantian ethics, that means; "Would I like this rule to be universalized?"
Would I like a universal rule, to be "Always stand up for yourself, and what you believe in."
Yes, I would. Therefor, it is moral.
Respect, Chance, is something that is earned not granted. General rule; you have NONE of my respect if you
1) are under-educated for your age. 2) are incapable of logically and/or critically thinking. 3) do not abide by a system of morality that is reasonably similar to my own.
Most adults violate all three rules... therfor, are worthless as human beings [regardless of their age]. You see chance, when I am 25, I am going to have
1) An Education. 2) A graduate degree. 3) Money. 4) A good job. 5) Made significant progress towards my goal of betterment of the individual.
Right now I am PERFECTLY on track to achieving those goals. I project my line of "where I am going to be as an individual at age x", up until age 70 when I plan on dying.
If you are below my line, you get no respect from me. Unfortunately, most people I come into contact with are below my line.
Tell me Chance, how old are you, and what have you achieved in those years that makes you worthy of my respect?

Try to universalize the rule, "Always listen to people whoa re older than you and respect them". Uh-oh, doesnt make a bit of sense!

Main problem;
Defending a position with information you do not hold.
Roughly equivalent to making up statistics. If you don't know me, [and trust me, you don't], it is highly unreasonable of you to use your [lack of] knowledge of my character as a basis for defense of your stance.

From what I know of you, you are an up-yourself, pompous airhead, full of nothing but hot air. You seem to get off on demeaning people, trying to make them think that you are more intellectual than anyone else around you, by treating them like they are nothing. You don't give a stuff about anyone but yourself, and believe me, one day that will catch up on you. Every one is important, everyone deserves to be treated kindly.

Try again. Close though.
Highly intelligent, arrogant (but never pompous), man, who, (as do many of his sort) oftentimes becomes tired of the ignorance of the typical person. General rule; IS, by any ones standards, more intellectual than those around [with the VERY occasional exception]. Of course, there is more to the game than being intellectual, but I save that for the real world, not intellectual discussion boards.
Go talk to a university professor with a good amount of experience teaching first and second year students, they are the same way. There just comes a point when you get tired of stupid people [its not really the stupidity so much as the lack of desire to overcome said stupidity], and for me, that point was about 5 years ago ["Is this going to be on the test?"]. I don't believe anyone has had their feelings seriously hurt [I mean, don't get me wrong, I get bad feelings everytime I read most peoples comments to me, but they go away in 10 seconds.] by some strange person on the internet with disagreeing views, and a harsh tone, whom they can, and oftentimes do, ignore. If they have, then it is time to grow a little thicker skin people. I am always willing to consider new evidence, I spend 8-10 hours a week in the library [and another 20 hours a week studying at home and on the internet, and another 10 hours a week in classes] and if ANYONE, had EVER, in ALL of the arguments I have had in my entire life, referenced a single book, I would have at the very least read the intro or abstract. Unfortunately, people generally fail to provide any evidence to support their ridiculous and un-backed claims [and no, all opinions are not created equal, some [insert the vast majority] are just plain wrong, and easily disproven by anyone who is willing to look at the evidence.].
As intellectuals, most people ARE nothing. They are nice people [ the other ones out there], many of them are kind, friendly, cute, enjoyable, lovely, entertaining, humorous, generous, and succesful at being what they are good at being. Many of them are much better individuals than I will ever be based on their merits in these areas and other ones. I enjoy people for that. IRL, my friends are generally comprised of these people, whom I enjoy the company of for these reasons. They still aren't intelligent.

It is when theses people start claiming to have value as intellectuals, philosophers, (or worst of all, when the same people who believe in UFO's try to influence my freedom), and political thinkers that I get pissed off. Go read some books, study, speak, discuss, learn, THINK. Learn how to think, not what to think, then, come sit at my table, and we will speak of things academic, in a most friendly, social, respectable, and enjoyable manner. In the mean time, don't claim to be a thinker if you don't even think. And dont disagree with me on a matter of fact or hard-opinion, if you can't provide at the minimum, a web-page backing your claim.
Yeah, your right though, I can be a prick sometimes [particularly on the internet], but you just get tired of dealing with the same old errors, over and over and over.

1) Who said this was an intellectual forum?
2) You don't respect your freinds whose strengths lie in those other merits?
3) Good instructors don't disrespect the students they wish would be more applied, unless they are feigning such for students who won't respond to honesty.
4) "... whoa re older than you .."? That policy doesn't make sense to me either. Listen to yourself.
and most importantly...
5) Who are you really trying so adamantly to keep convinced of the virtues of this restrictive and punishing 70 year plan?

cant think of one thing that stands out actually

I always thought this was a forum for everyone to view their opinions. No where does it say that yours are the ones all should abide by. You, to me sound like a very BOOK SMART, maybe even Genius Person. However you appear to have no common sense. In our world, that is something that you do need. Please don't respond to anymore of my comments on this site if all you are out to do is bash my opinions. You are not GOD, ( I think BILL is lol ) and should respect all others opinions and ideas.

Besides the question was about our life being influenced by a statement made by a teacher. The statement mine made to me, then, has proven very true in my situation. You have no reason to dispute my statement. It was my teachers statement that made an impact on my life. May not be true for people like yourself but in my case it was.
Why does that give you a reason to blast my comment....... HUMMMMMMM

1) Certainly isn't a social one Kristal. The social aspects are particularly secondary. An opinion forum, by its nature, is intellectual. Maybe not academic... but intelelctual.
2) No, I don't. I do not know what the purpose of life is Kristal, but my purpose is betterment. We all have skills and abillities, and I respect the person who spends time improving them and developing new ones. One of the most important quests, is that for wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge. If you have abandoned that entirely, I have no respect for you. That being said, the people I associate with, even if not highly intelligent, are of the scholarly sort. They try. Thats all I ask.
3) I have absolutely no respect for the man who makes no attempt to improve his mental existance. Period. Neither do instructors. They do get REALLY fed up with stupid people, generally they are extremely happy when I come along and am the first non-idiot they have seen all week. True, if they are savvy they will make good attempt not to show it, but they will go home and beat their dog over it, at the least.
4) Thats the point Kristal... Chance makes a [silly] claim and I simply universalized it, which is a good way to judge whether it makes sense or not. Of course, it appeared that silly to me BEFORE it was universalized.
5) Just making it a little more clear... BTW, people don't try to verbally convince themselves of things (except as a learned behavior), it was an old Freudian Scholar [Not freud himself, but another one from that school of thought.] who argued that people who argued with his views, already agreed with him, and were merely trying to convince themselves of the stance which they had taken. Obviously this is not true.

BTW, Chance, the only reason I respond is for the sake of your kids, I have a moral obligation to prevent them from being raised in such a fascist-breeding environment.

Ok Cody, here goes...... My 28 yr. old son has a BA in Engineering, my 26 yr. old daughter has a degree in Vet. Medicine.
Both of them have full time jobs, and paid for their education entirely on their own without grants. My 24 yr. old daughter is autistic but she did graduate from high school and has a full time job. My 6 and 8 year olds are too young to determine yet what they might like to be when older. Like most kids their age it changes on a daily basis. My husband has a masters degree in criminology and I taught myself to work in the insurance field. Not a bad group of individuals. We are a well balanced family. I really didn't want to expose my family's business on here but I did to make a point. None of my children have ever been arrogant as yourself. And I hope they never are. Also, do you get great pleasure putting down others ideas, thoughts, and beliefs just because they are not like your own. Could it be that you really are not as smart as you want people to believe...... hummmmmmm. Many people belittle others because they are inadequate themselves. Does this sound familiar?

re: "4)". Read the typos as intentional.
then read your response to "4)" with the highest definition of UNIVERSAL.
re: "5)". I have to agree with Freud's scholar in some circumstances.

I've said it before and I will say it again Chance; using your own situation as an example is not logical. The simple reason is that you are only going to tell the supportive side of the story, it is not fair of me to attack that example, and I am not in a position to attack it based on the knowledge I currently hold.

Were all of your children members of the United States Fascist Party, you, naturally, would have neglected to mention it (I am certain they aren't, but I'm making a point here). Unfortunately Chance, you EXEMPLIFY, what I don't want to happen to myself or my children.

Earning $30-100k a year off of a BA/BS, Masters, or professional degree is not what I consider to be living a succesfull life (In theory you could have other accomplishments outside of professional fields that could compensate.. but...). You are EXACTLY what I don't want to be. You are exactly what I will consider myself to be a failure if I become [I'm not saying I won't, but I am fighting it tooth and nail]. 50% of the population are utter screw-ups. Failures in all things.
Another 25% on top of that only had one success (A good family man, A good lawyer she was!, What a generous guy! He got an MBA from Harvard!).
Another 20% on top of that were successful, well-rounded sorts, who did well in many areas of life. I have no doubt that you are a member of this 20%, and I will take this moment to congratulate you.

I am not willing to settle for that. I am the person who would have been extremely angry had he scored in the 90th percentile on the SAT. Even the 95th. Or the 98th. Top 20% of the highschool class was something that gave me a bad feeling inside, not satisfaction.

That last 5%, is where I am. It is where my sister is, and it is where my parents could have been had they just tried a little harder. My mother had a good example, her father was in it. I am talking about the group of people who have an average net worth of 2.5 million dollars at age 50 (And If I am that old when I hit 2.5 mil, I am going to be disappointed [I'm not saying I'll even ever hit it, but I'll be disappointed].). It's about more than money, but that is something that is easily quantifiable.

Do you think, that you have lived a better [define better however YOU see fit] life than 99 out of the average 100 people? Be honest with yourself. If you can truely say yes, then once more, good for you!
If you believe your kids are at that level, then once more, good for them! My point is, that all of these errors in your world view, which are so plainly obvious to me, are the reason that you will probably answer no. My point is, that by my world view, I won't be happy unless the numbers are 9998 and 10,000. I am talking the leading 200 people in a city of 1,000,000. That is where I want to be, and regardless of whether I make it their, I am on track to making it there, and that gives me grounds to criticize the world views that do not take people to that level. Simple really. There are PLENTY of others who agree with me. They are the ones who sit in the HallWays of the classroom building complex of MIT, and dog "That kid is such an idiot, how did he ever score 1600 on the sat? They make it too damned easy these days."
They are the ones who graduate 2nd in the class at Cal Poly, and are angry that they were not 1st.
Thats who I am.

You say 2 things, the first is that "You arent as smart as you would like to think you are" and the second is "You are arrogant" (I agree, but I veiw it as disdain for those who are not of acceptable quality (while at the same time never claiming to be that great ones self), and a virtue (and so do many others).)

I have no choice but to attack one of your claims to the support of the other. I could scan all my test scores, the letters of correspondence on me (hard to explain until you see them), put them on a website for you to view, and then say "Told you I am smart". But that would make me arrogant...

Or I could be humble, and say "Ok, youre right, IM not really that smart", but that would make me stupid.

Between arrogant and stupid, I chose arrogant.

The word is not the thing. It is a symbol for the thing--a representative of the thing.

My dearest cody, I feel really sorry for you. I myself have a daughter with a very high IQ. Most likely not as high as yours. However, hon you really scare me. But she has learned that she is human and failure is normal. No one is perfect and everyone falls a time or two while climbing the ladder to success. You come across as one of those peeps who would take their own life in a minute because you can't handle failure. So sad........ : (

My relatives tend to have high IQ's and good educations, yet choose to apply themself to quality time with the earth and people. We used to be sheep ranchers, but are now teachers, artists, nursery owners, aerospace engineers who drive limos on the weekend for kicks, etc.
We could be your idea of successful with our resources, but I am glad we don't. Family members who don't "serve" almost get black-balled.

Did your 24 year old daughter graduate from Colerain? Class of 94-95? Just wondering cuz I was in that class.

My 24 year old graduated from Northwest Sr. High. My 23 year old autistic daughter graduated from Colerain in 1999.

Cool.. my little brother graduated from Colerain in '99 too .

"If you learn anything from this class, I want you to learn this,...", and then he said something I don't really remember.

I had made the honour roll and had very high marks in the 4th Grade, but the teacher stood me up in front of the class and said that I had missed 36 days of school -- bad girl! I was very ill that winter.

Are you aware that you're coming across as incredibly immature in the comments you're making? You sound so much like the stereotypical "angry teen" that I'm half-inclined to believe that it's all just an act.

Chant:

HARE KRISHNA
HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA KRISHNA
HARE HARE

HARE RAMA
HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA
HARE HARE & be happy! http://harekrishnaworld.com

Never be afraid to try something new.

Needless to say I put that to good use by breaking the social norms of dress.

One teacher called me "very meek" and hyperventalative" in front of my class. I'm shy, but she was sort of stretching it a bit. I don't like her. :(

You can always get a job with a Psych degree (my under grad major) if you remember three magic words...
You want fries with that? Department Chair-> Monmouth College 1988

I can remember EVERY SAYING by all of my teachers ... but rite now the first thing that came to my mind was my religion teacher she taught at my high school for 25 years. whenever the class started to get to loud she would always say "shut your...(then she would pause as if she was going to slip and say something)..blinking mouths"
we wouldn't DARE laugh at her in her presence but as soon as class was over we would have a field day laughing and mocking her. Needless to say my grade level was the worst AND best that school has ever seen.

Look at the person's eyes.
Eyes are the mirror of your soul.
They reflect everything.

When I was a college freshman, I had a very inspirational English teacher. My brain practically tape-recorded everything she said. The biggest things she has taught me is to be perceptive of the good in other people, to be patient with myself and others, and not to lose my curiosity. She taught by example.

I also have a worse case teacher scenario. I had a professor who said in class that kids with learning disabilities are dumb and/or lazy. At that time, I was tutoring a young woman with dyslexia whom I admired deeply; she is bright, and was obviously trying. I WAS APPALLED!!!

Don't play in the fire or you will wet the bed at night.

bon - mauvais - jolie - mechant
grand - petit - gros-soidisant
large - long - nouveau - beau
vaste - vieux - jeune - haut

Normally in French the adjective comes after the substantive, except for these words. Matt can provide us with the correct spelling!

Art Noveau?

"i" before "e" except after c and I don't remember the exceptions though.

30 days hath september, april, june and november all the rest have 31 except for february which has 28 or 29 depending if it is leap year.

i will never forget how to hablar espanol.....and i will never forget this quote by my english teacher:"when you fell down and faced the ground, stand up and face the sky"

Don't let a person in a position of authority force you into a choice you know isn't right for you. Trust your own knowledge of yourself.

So cody (you don't even give yourself a capital letter!) how come you are the only one on this page that sounds like a pain in the ass??? D'you think it might be an attitude thing? Do ya??

"Good, better, best
Never let it rest
'Til good becomes better
And better, best"

"You have the Cadillac, now drive it!"
Mrs. Lebow, 5th grade.

Cody, you sound so much like the female who created the Misanthropic dog website, I wonder if you are the same person! If you aren't, you will get a HUGE kick out of visiting the site. (Search terms 'misanthropic' and 'dog' will produce the link) In fact, you will perhaps find very stimulating material for discussion there, to both your benefit and enjoyment.
But it must really suck to be so intellectually burdened and spiritually vacant. Perhaps age and wisdom will help you grow in compassion and understanding of the human condition. We all go through a phase of needing to reject and destroy the status quo in our perception, before we can choose freely what model of the universe to build for ourselves. Enjoy your journey, and may you spread understanding, not destruction.

Oh, yes, and all this fuss about high IQ is so darn tired it makes me laugh. I meet people every day who are obsessed with their high IQ, and it seems to me a waste of human energy. I've discovered that the more fascinated a person is with his or her IQ, the less likely it is that he or she is involved in doing anything genuinely worthwhile with it. Go tell it to the circle-jerkers in Mensa; maybe they'll be impressed. Given a choice between the company of drooling idiots, or rabid Mensans, I'll take the droolers any time.

"So, to how many decimal places can YOU recite pi?"

IQ is only a partial qualification for intelligence, which can be (and frequently is) completely overcome by an assinine self-importance and a lack of desire for love and understanding.

*applauds*
WOW!

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This above all: to thine own self be true
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Shakespeare

My chemistry class in nursing school. The instructors who gave our non nursing courses were from a college down the street. Some would 'water down' the lessons, assuming the nursing students were stupid. I didn't know they did this. But this professor said that she wasn't going to do that because she knew we were intelligent and could handle it. She was dyslexic but worked really hard and was a total pain in the ass to get where she was. She said if we have a question about the work she was available. And she was. She pointed out to me once when I was in her office that I said 'I can't do it.' a lot when I actually could. That stuck with. Don't assume you can't do it and give up. Just do it.