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A Really Memorable Person

Mr . Smith , my high school math teacher was a tallish man with blonde hair . He habitually sported a crew that crowned his angular features and gave it a playful boyish look . He was typically all smiles , from his bright brown eyes to his wide lips . Even when confronting a student for misdemeanor , he would mete out discipline with an amiableness that took much of the unpleasantness away . His speech was just as courteously disposed

Surprisingly , he was able to maintain control , even over our wise alecs He

succeeded , moreover , in improving our attitudes and aptitudes towards math . His words came through with as much authority and convincingness as his manner was spontaneous and honest . His unassuming approach convinced us he had our interest at heart . He was keenly intent on assisting students who had difficulty in math he expressed the belief that the factors hindering apprehension were rooted in the personality of the individual . He repeated again and again that people don 't learn because inwardly they are afraid of some change the knowledge will make in them ' I suspect this adage was meant especially for the toughies of the class . Some actually performed better since they didn 't care to think of themselves as cowards

Mr . Smith would remind us that learning involved the environment as much as the individual . He championed student interaction as a primary tool for developing positive learning habits and outcomes , arguing that peer interaction was more frequent and spontaneous than...