I will be...

switching English teachers tomorrow. I DESPISED that man. He used to be a business man but had "come to realize his calling." By that I think he was very mistaken if he meant teaching English.I know you guys would have backed me up if you were in my class. He had no humor, no intensity of any sort, no passion, and was a very dull teacher over all. I suppose I was a bit egotistic, thinking that I was a better writer than most of the class. However, when you reach the point where the teacher starts telling me that COMPELLING means to "agressively force you to do something against your will" I must not be in the same classroom as that man. When I argued my point, he gave me a strange look, stammered out a "Good!" and moved on, almost ignoring my correction. I then proved my classmates wrong in which they had to use THEIR, THEY'RE, AND THERE all in one sentence. The class had decided on "They're on there way their." And guess what the teacher said? "Stammer... Good!" And yes I argued my point once again. I shared my insights from short stories, which were different from others, but still very much correct. When he stated that I was wrong, I rebutted with perfect reason. From then on, for the whole week, my hand was in the air... and never once called on again. I suppose I was a bit spoiled from CTY. Amanda and Christina were very much open to new ideas and had a very good class syllabus. They were aware of our minds and opened us up to many new aspects of writing we had not discovered. Open discussion was SO refreshing because we got to express our each individual views, which varied! I never once shyed away from shooting my hand up because I knew that my words would be carefully considered and debated. I changed my opinion on some important topics because I had the opportunity to listen to others and absorb it into logic. When they taught, you could tell they both wanted US to learn and to gain. They got satisfaction from hearing our voices in our writing, not trying to put us into cookie cutter, dry essay formats. Why else did I realize and try to reach my potential for writing at CTY? And it has dawned on me, why can't ALL teachers be as fresh and open as them? Since when did we get the notion that all teachers must be intimidating? Amanda and Christina respected my thoughts and I expected that of my english teacher, too. And I was disappointed. Amanda and Christina, our schools need you! Now please hold while I rejoice that I don't have to see Mr. Chisholm purposing ignoring my hand! <3 Angie