It's been a crazy busy two weeks and I finally had a few minutes to blog. Since we are in the month of September and all of our kids are back in school, I thought it would be appropriate if I wrote about a group of people who have truly inspired me....TEACHERS!
It has been said that the most stressful job in America is an Air Traffic Controller. I do feel it is stressful but I also believe those who are teachers also have a stressful job. When I was a kid, when a student misbehaved, the teacher would call the parent and the child was usually punished. In today's day and age when a student misbehaves, the teacher would call the parent and the parent would blame the teacher! You gotta love this new Millennium!
Growing up I had a lot of great teachers. And...some not so good. All in all the did their best to teach me even though I truthfully struggled. I had a crush on my 3rd grade teacher at Milton Avenue School in Chatham, NJ, Mrs. McMahon. We moved to Long Island when I was in 3rd grade so I was not able to complete that grade with her. I loved history, English and science. Math...not so much. I did want to honor 3 of my teachers. One from Middle school, one from High School ad One from College.
MR, CRISCI - I loved being in the band at school. In 4th grade, I started to learn to play an instrument, the alto saxophone. I loved learning to play and continued playing for well over 13 years. When I was in 6th grade, my sisters friend Kristy who also played the alto sax talked a lot about her band teacher Mr. Crisci. Not only was Kristy in the school band, she also played in the Stage band. I thought that was so cool. That year the music department at Accompsett Junior High recorded their spring concert and put it on a record (remember those?). The following year I entered Accompsett but did not have Mr. Crisci for band. He taught he 8th graders. When I entered 8th grade I was thrilled to be in his band. Mr. Crisci was the kind of band teacher who paid attention to detail. He brought out the best in his group of 8th graders. He made is work and work hard. In January, he invited me to be in the Stage Band. I was thrilled! Our Stage Band played songs like "Time in a bottle" by Jim Croce, "Sonny", "I'd like to teach the world to sing" and "Theme from Rocky." That Spring we also had our concert recorded for a record that my Mom still has. I will forever be grateful to Mr. Crisci for instilling in me a passion for music and the drive to work harder.
MR. SPIVAK - Although Mr. Spivak was not officially a teacher of mine, he did help me a lot! In 10th grade, I was struggling a lot in school and I was given an opportunity to receive tutoring. That's when I was told about a program at Smithtown High School West called "The Learning Center". Mr. Spivak was the director. There were 2 other teachers there but their names escape me. Mr. Spivak helped me by giving me confidence and teaching me how to study. He really took time with me and he believed in me. I will always be grateful to him for working with me and never giving up on me!
MR. DAHL- As a freshman at Northeastern Bible College during my second semester, I took a class called "Old Testament taught by Mr. Dahl. This class was first thing in the morning at 8a.m. All I can say is Mr. Dahl was a ball of energy. He brought the Old Testament to life and taught me so much. I did take another class he taught "Manners and customs of Bible lands" that was also very interesting. I really appreciate Mr. Dahl's passion for God's Word!
If you are a teacher, I take my hat off to you. Thank you for what you do and thank you for your hard work! God bless you!
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