And then the next blog would be, “Why do college teachers have to be so negative as to create such angst?” And, you know, that’s just it, too. I mean, life is like that. There’s going to be people that, you know, these are young, fragile children. I was 21. Not exactly a child, but in some respects, yes.
One instructor was an influence this way, and one particular teacher was an influence in a different way. That teacher I remember poignantly.
It took just one teacher who enjoyed what she was doing. She was passionately talking about art history, and I gave her a backhanded compliment through a “What do you think of my class?” essay she told us to write anonymously, on paper, without signing it.
For me, it became an essay about, “What do I think about you?” You know, you’re a great teacher, and you make it a joy to learn.
And my next blog I will call that The Joy of Learning.
You know, who we get influenced by, the good, and what we’re impressionable to as a younger person.
And then there’s the whole idea that, yeah, learning doesn’t have to be painful. But sometimes those painful learning experiences last a lifetime.
So there you go with the title of the blog.
Then there were the teachers that were not !
So more about that in my next blog …
