- Name
- City/town
- profession you are leaving to enter teaching
- a short blurb about your favorite teacher of all time
Friday, August 12, 2011
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Joe Laskowski
ReplyDeleteWallingford, CT
I am currently a business owner and a landlord. My prior education is in engineering and materials science.
My favorite teacher of all time is Tom Bruenn. He taught me computers on old TRS-80 computers, trig and calculus. He mad learning difficult topics fun.
Mike Levandowski
ReplyDeleteBurlington, CT
I am currently a manager at an indoor baseball facility. I coach and instruct as well as doing many behind the scenes tasks.
My favorite teacher is Mr Cochran, my high school Geometry and Trig teacher. He always kept my interest with real world examples and use of technology.
Lynn Zimmer
ReplyDeleteEast Hampton, CT
I am currently consulting for my former employer on a part-time basis. My background is in Investment Accounting/Accounting.
My favorite teacher was Mrs. Carpini, my high school Algebra II and Calculus teacher. She was a caring teacher who always spent extra time with her students when they needed her.
Brian Schroth
ReplyDeleteMiddletown
Up until very recently, I was working as a Software Engineer for an insurance company. I worked on their online auto/homeowners quote applications. Now I spend most of my happily unemployed time practicing on the piano.
I was homeschooled for grades 1 through 8, so the simple answer would be that my favorite teacher is my mother. But out of my teachers in high school my favorite teacher was Mr. Goldberg, who taught my 9th and 10th grade math classes. He kept class engaging and had strong relationships with his students. His trademark way of getting the attention of students was a loud "shhhhhhhooop" sound.
Pete Larson
ReplyDeleteColchester
Currently an IT Business Analyst Contracted to Pfizer, where I've spent most of my professional life.
My Favorite teacher was Jerry Lentz for Biology at Ledyard High. His ability to pull in experiences and anecdotes from outside the classroom was unparalleled, regardless of whether they applied to the lesson at hand directly or not. He made great use of "teachable moments."
From Randy:
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I love reflecting on my experiences with my favorite, Dave Oberly. He was my precal and calc teacher and my mentor when I returned to my school to teach. Dave was easily the best teacher I've ever encountered. He passed away 2 years ago but his influence carries on with me.
Roman Mouradov
ReplyDeleteGlastonbury
I will be leaving an actuarial group but I have had experience in global mobility and equity compensation.
I can't single out a teacher as my favorite but several have made a lasting impression on me and all of them had the rare ability to make whatever they were teaching both exciting and relatable.
Erica Riley
ReplyDeleteStratford, CT
This is my 1st blog, so I don't know if I'm doing it right...
I have been practicing as a mechanical engineer for the past 20 years (ouch). Am looking for something that is meaningful in my life - besides cutting steel and looking at data. Always wanted to be a teacher - and finally doing something about it.
Unfortunately, BAD teachers stand out in my mind more than the good, since they've made my life a struggle trying to catch up with what they failed to teach me.
I guess my all-time favorite teacher would be my father - since he's the one who had to fill in a lot of the gaps.
From Bernadette Bray
ReplyDeleteWinsted, Ct
I've always loved math and have always wanted to be a math teacher.
Although I am from Nova Scotia, Canada (gotta love the great white north, eh?), my favorite teacher is actually a gentleman I met right here in Winsted. I am an adjunct math instructor at a local community college and the "favorite teacher" I refer to is a retired colleague. His teaching methods are ideals I aspire to: he had a way of combining respect, humor, rigor and love of the subject to create an excellent learning climate and environment.
Since I teach part-time at this community college and work during the day as a non-certified instructor at a public school, I am not really "leaving a profession" but am instead embracing teaching more fully.
I am looking forward to the ARC program!!!!
Dan Hughes
ReplyDeleteNew Haven
I am a Product Specialist @ Westbrook Technologies in Branford, CT. We develop a document management software called Fortis & FortisBlue. I educate partners/customers on the product, design user interfaces to make them user friendly, technical writer and go on site to help with technical problems that need immediate attention.
My favorite teacher was Mr. Stanton. He was my physics teach in High School. Before teaching, he had about 2 dozen jobs from garbage man to nuclear missile assembler. He was very hands on in the classroom, funny yet stern. He brought a lot of physics knowledge to the table and taught us many different aspects of problem solving. Definitely taught me the joy of physics. Physics is now one of my favorite hobbies to read up on. I may want to get another certification in physics.
From Vinnie G.
ReplyDeleteAvon
I am currently a pension actuary. Our company helps employers manage their pension programs. We inform the employer how much money to contribute to the plan this year, and forecast the expected employer contributions over the next one and five year periods. Our work is based on a number of economic and non-economic assumptions. We use deterministic as well as stochastic analysis to illustrate contribution cost variability, which aids the employer in slecting the appropriate investment profile for the plan. Sounds complicated, but it's not.It's basic probability and statistics.
I have several favorite teachers,
* Mrs. Ryan (first grade) for not giving up on me
* Mr. Palmer (fourth grade) for making math fun and boosting my self-confidence, and
* Ms Jaworski (six grade) for
challenging me to be the best that I could be in every subject
* Ms. Ryan (eight grade)for making English class, my toughest subject, one of my more enjoyable classes, and there were others.
* In high school, I had a crazy chemistry teacher, a cool physics teacher and a fun spanish teacher.
Lester Steinberg
ReplyDeleteCos Cob, CT
I am transitioning from a 25 year career in banking. As a banker, my product specialty was securitization which was a form of secured lending for highly rated and middle market finance companies. The industry has undergone tremendous upheaval and I am looking for a more stable second career in teaching.
My favorite teacher of all time was Mr. Fisher. Mr. Fisher was my sixth grade pre algebra teacher. He was very encouraging and made math fun.
Marina Kroopneck
ReplyDeleteMilford
I am currently a math tutor. I taught with a concentration on math at an Independent Special Education School for 2 years and then at a private school for 1 year. I really enjoyed it and figured if I'm going to get a teaching job I better get certified.
My favorite teacher was Mrs. Rondini. She is the reason why I wanted to become a teacher in the first place. She had a very easy going way about her and made everything fun. I always liked math but in her class it really began to make sense and I began to love it.
Guy Isles
ReplyDeleteSeymour
I'm currently retired from sales and I sub in Bridgeport.
Has to be favorite teachers...Hmmm...Mr. Brown he had confidence in me...Ms. Spitz...she had a soft touch. Right now I'm looking up to Mr. Rozarie and Ms. Formato in my building
and I aspire to be similiar in style to Miguel Garcia.
Dawn Formanek
ReplyDeleteTrumbull, CT
The profession that I am leaving it the Business Corporate world (marketing background). I have a love for Math and wish I had made this move years ago!
My favorite teacher was Mr. Sheridan (from 10th grade). He was my business/Marketing teacher and he always had an enthusiasm for teaching. He had such a passion for teaching and it came through to his students. I want that enthusiasm. And it was his enthusiasm that initially steered me to Marketing.
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