Teachers Use Your Power Of Influence Wisely!

Today I am going to blog about a teacher that had a negative effect on my learning capabilities and how my experience should never happen to any child. Growing up I was really shy and I guess you could say gullable. Growing up with parents who were honest people was great but it also had its down falls too. I trusted everybody and believed everyword they said. My first day of 6th grade I walked into my very first Middle School math class and I was excited but that was very short lived. I won't release the teachers name for her sake. The very first words out of her mouth was..."I think I should let Y'all be aware that you are in this class period together because the school has deemed you students the most likely to not go to college and succeed in life." I was devastated to say the least. This ruined math for me for the rest of the year. I didn't even want to try becuase I thought "What's the use if I am just going to fail anyways." Her attitude matched her teaching ability. She made me feel like I was stupid when I asked questions, so I didn't even try. I did poorly in math all the way into my senior year in high school. They put me in remedial math for years thinking that I was just not smart enough. Luckily in my senior year I got a math teacher who was brand new to the school and I made a fresh start with her. She made me apply myself and the important think was that she believed in me. I wish I could find my 6th grade math teacher and tell her that I recieved the Algebra II award out of my whole class my senior year and that I recieved academic recognitions for my TAAS scores and now I attend a major University. I would also like to tell her that she could have been a great influence in my life and to a certain extent she was an influence on my life. She has influence me to be the best teacher I can be because I never want to put any child through what she put me and my fellow classmates through.