tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9220567035505058882.post5702313334046331881..comments2023-08-18T01:01:29.710-07:00Comments on Learning in America: National Teacher Appreciation DayJim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683223394880936587noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9220567035505058882.post-30739416886862300602010-05-04T09:28:17.595-07:002010-05-04T09:28:17.595-07:00I come from a different school system. Its faults ...I come from a different school system. Its faults and merits are different in some ways, and its successes are sometimes its failures. An art teacher took me to the local (afterschool) art school, and suggested that I try out for it. There was a miniscule fee attached to the program, and it was mostly time (4 afternoons a week plus supplies) that I had to commit. That turned out to be the best time of my life, those 4 years of art school (художка, as we called it, or "khudozhka" in trascrption). Of course, I would be a different person without that experience.<br>Another side of that, when I was transferring to a high-end fancy high school, the vice principal there was more than dubious about my knowledge and skills (I was after all coming from an "ordinary" school) and more than arrogant. Of course, she was a different - very pleasant - person at my graduation time, when I was one of top students. But her attitude nearly drove me off from the school, and that too would have affected my life greatly.<br>So, yay for teachers!OLAPLANTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655032861326849330noreply@blogger.com