American Women's Club of Hamburg Currents Magazine January 2014 | Page 10
FEATURE
same teacher throughout elementary school – so the
first four years. I am really glad that she was mine.
The second example is a teacher I never actually had
as a teacher but who taught physics and math at my
school. Though I enjoyed math, physics was never
really my thing :-). But what impressed me about him
was his devotion to mentoring the group of students
that each year would choose him as their “tutor” - a
teacher that would help students with any issues in
12th and 13th grades. Usually, these teachers would
also have lunch with their groups or maybe invite
them to their homes for coffee and cake. But once the
students graduated, the relationship would end. This
teacher, however, took a continuing interest in “his
kids” - inviting them to spend a weekend with him and
his wife at their summer cottage n