Probably my defective personality here, but
this QOTW is pretty much impossible to give a meaningful answer to.

My maths teacher was awesome, is probably the biggest infuence on who I am today, much moreso than my parents.

But, a) He didn't do a lot to have had that influence, most of it was who he was, and the fact I was a complete cunt at school, but somehow decided I wanted to be like him and b) To try and describe this would be irrelevant and boring to anybody but me.

I reckon the stories about awesome acts by teachers will work fine, but the rest. Hmm.
( Not Pineapple anymore, Thu 17 Mar 2011, 12:07, 9 replies)

Hopefully
this will be open to bad teachers too, which increases the schope a little.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Thu 17 Mar 2011, 14:17, closed)

I just find
myself, with no disrepect to the authors, skipping past almost every post. It is simply meaningless to me that someones history teacher was warm /kind etc. Or a cunt, of course.

It's the same as going to friendsreunited and trying to read about a random year from a random school.

I'm only thinking out loud here. I have absolutely no right to criticise. Just observing.
( Not Pineapple anymore, Thu 17 Mar 2011, 14:50, closed)

You Could
Elaborate a little more on the ‘who he was’ element if this is what piqued your interest; unless it’s either deeply-personal / long-winded
( elgordo, Thu 17 Mar 2011, 15:13, closed)

That's the problem though.
I could post all that stuff, but it'd either a) make me sound like an emo, or b) just be incredibly tedious. Or both.

These things are just very personal, meaning they only make sense to the person who experiences them.

It's only my opinion - I think whatever makes a teacher into a character forming role model can't be described.

But I'd take my hat off to someone who could do it.
( Not Pineapple anymore, Thu 17 Mar 2011, 15:41, closed)

Meh, we've had a very similar compo before.
Maybe we'll get another one of these:
b3ta.com/questions/weirdteachers/post43383
( Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Thu 17 Mar 2011, 17:15, closed)

Jesus Christ
I'd forgotten about that little gem. I didn't know whether to laugh or get therapy.
(WarneMarsh My priority for frivolity begets quality jollity, Thu 17 Mar 2011, 18:37, closed)

WT
F?????
( Not Pineapple anymore, Fri 18 Mar 2011, 8:43, closed)

Wow
In amongst the gay sex, there's actually a pretty good writer.

But still, wtf?!
( elgordo, Fri 18 Mar 2011, 9:32, closed)

Well, not wanting to labour the point, but . . .
There are a lot of posts, but seems a higher proportion of them than usual have none or few replies.

So, someone had a great chemistry teacher, who ignited a lifelong passion for the subject in someone - great, but what can you say to that?

This QOTW isn't unanswerable, it's just undebateable. The only ones that get responses are off topic or comical ones.

Interesting, in a way.
( Not Pineapple anymore, Fri 18 Mar 2011, 12:20, closed)