Who was your best ever teacher?

Dickie10

Must admit I have a dog in this fight, being a secondary teacher. I would love to know what people think are their memories or qualities of their best teachers and what impact they had on you. Id love to have a positve impact on the students I teach but its very hard to know do they even understand much of what i teach them each day.

Whatdoesitmatter

Life

iamstop

I think my two fav teachers were Mr. Dempsey and Ms. McKague. Both secondary

Reason being they both spoke to me as a person, not just a silly kid.

Strumms

It would be between the teacher in 5th & 6th class in primary who was an incredible and inspirational educator…

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my history teacher in 5th and 6th year in secondary who was a joy to be taught by. He had an infectious enthusiasm for history and education, desperately wanted everyone to do well. Made the classes enjoyable, interactive and anybody struggling with a particular part of the curriculum he took a special interest in… so you always knew if you made a bôllocks of a test or homework he was always ready with a plan B to help you understand…history was a strong subject but i could appreciate just how kind, good and dedicated he was to educate. Ended up principal for a few years before retirement.

AckwelFoley

Sean Gallagher. A primary school teacher. Raging alcoholic and terrible temper but fantastic teacher. Alot of students were terrified of him, me and another kid got on well with him, probably because the 2 of us were different.

Worst teacher by a country mile. Secondary school teacher. Bobby "The earth is only 3000 years old" Larkin. And a vindictive little prick to match his unfathomable ignorance

Wanderer78

myself, even though i did have some great teachers throughout my life, and not just in academia

Ms. XXX. 40 years old from Hongkong. I met her when i was 20. only realised later she was married when her husband sent out a notice to all her contact numbers after she passed(much too young). Just goes to show, H Dip in education is seriously overvalued

adaminho

I never really had a teacher that inspired me or anything (I hated school) but recently one of my teacher's came into the bar I work in and realised he's sound! Ended up having a great conversation and ended up sending him a copy of my my exam results from 5th year in 92, He still maintains he was correct and now I agree!

Kevin O'Brien of St. Pauls Primary, Waterford.

Very different style from the previous!

He showed me at least that education can & should be fun!

mikemac2

Our 4th class primary teacher. She was known to be fierce and strict but actually she was kind at heart. Definitely no-nonsense though

She read us stories too and I still remember the books!

Well respected and liked by every parent in the area. She was so good people remember her decades later, long dead now

Whatdoesitmatter

Teacher in 6th class. They touched me in very profound ways

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118989691#Comment_118989691

3,000 years old? H was twice as stupid as the average young earth creationist.

passatman86

My 5th/6th class teacher Miss Keane. I wasnt a bad or bold minded student - i just talked during class or interrupted without putting up my hand. Found her to put manners on me that she explained well to me - she was known as miss keane the homework machine but i think i matured a bit in the 2 years of her teaching me.

And at my nanas funeral 2 years ago she attended it - to which I thanked her for the effort she put into putting up with me back in the day "she thought me to have patience also as i did wait until the mass was over lol"