General luck on the teaching front
For some reason, I seem to have had more than my fair share of rather excellent teachers. (Well, there was the slightly inept music teacher who used to forget our group was 'working' in one of the side rooms...)
But somehow I managed to wind up having a set of absolutely inspirational (although that is a cringe inducing word) and down right decent lot of them at school. List as follows:

History teacher: Inspired a general love of the Weimar period, and also a huge interest in Russia. Got into bin at the end of our course. Also means that I will never forget the phrase "Slowlyyyy slowlyyyy catcheeee monkey. (On another note, actually offered my parents house space during a time when I was seriously ill (see previous QOTW for that fun and frolics)

Art teacher: criminally underfunded woman who converted a broom cupboard into a darkroom.

German teachers: who convinced me to apply to a university who I still think made a mistake in taking me.

English teachers: who let us watch Blackadder and eat Haribo on Friday afternoons (we were doing WW1).

Was back in the country last year, so popped in to say hi and general thank yous. My old school is now a sports college, and pretty much all of the above have left. Sometimes you shouldn't go back.
(Picotee, Fri 18 Mar 2011, 19:16, Reply)