Submitted by Destiny Marino (North Port High School)

My junior year of high school I decided to take a senior Anatomy and Physiology class, with the “toughest teacher” on campus. I was surprisingly really excited to meet this women; I’ve heard mixed reviews on her class…I remember hearing by one of the upper classmen say to another, “there’s two A

Submitted by Kara Moir (University of Akron)

The teacher that inspired med the most would have to be my kindergarten teacher. Ever since my first year of school, I have wanted to become a teacher myself. She showed me how important it is for students to learn a lot, even at an early age. I am interning with her right now, and man has the times changed. Kindergarteners are asked to learn so much more now. They also have more technology that my former teacher puts to very good use. She shows her students how technology can enhance a lesson a lot. I still remember when we had a teddy bear sleep over and I was afraid of leaving my bear alone. She said she wasn’t going to force me to leave him there, but then he would not have fun with all the other bears. I loved how sweet she was about it, and her sweetness convinced me to let my bear stay for the night. Without this teacher, I do not know what direction I would be headed in today. If she was not my teacher, I might not want to become a teacher to this day.

Submitted by Veronica Lealasola (Tafuna High School)

Everyday he would give us work. He would make us work as hard as him. The more we work accordingly, the more we are able to learn effectively and positively. He would contribute himself to bring more fun learning projects into our lives. He educated our minds based on his understandings in math. He is usually very true to what he does. He is very dedicated to our school and he communicates well with everybody. Though he may give us a lot of work, I still think he is the most greatest educator ever. I just hope he continues doing what he is doing now. I hope he succeeds more in life.

Submitted by Arinda colline (seeta high school main campus)

what a wonderful teacher! the one who taught me how to always set strategies if to be successful in life and how to always face challenges and admit failure in all fields so as to accept correction from my elders . He also taught me how to make people around me believe in me and be trustworthy and trustful. he educated me about the role of having a role model and the uses of getting a mentor. he also taught me how to live in the society peacefully and being both loved and admired by the people around me. he taught me to always follow instructions so as to overcome obstacles. oh what a teacher

Submitted by Calandra Bradford (University of Florida)

Some can relate to the feeling of growing up in single parent home with little money, not completely poor but seeing your hard-working mother just barely making it from paycheck to paycheck. Trying to keep pressing forward when the all odds are against you is possibly the hardest thing to do when I had so many excuses I could have given for quitting. This was my story. A potential first year college student knowing that the end (graduation) is so close but yet the end (college) is still so far away because after graduation comes the worries of my mom wanting me to go to college but just not seeing a way to fund it. Then came an angel is disguise as Mr. Ronald Brown. I joined a community program called College Reach-Out Program, or CROP. This program had just been taken over by Mr. Brown. Our encounter was during my junior year of high school and by my senior year I was receiving my acceptance letter from the University of Florida, a top accredited school in my state, owing no money for my freshman year!

Mr. Brown came to my high school a couple times a week and mentored me and a couple of other students. He understood time was of the essence so he came prepared with printouts of scholarship sources and grants funders. Mr. Brown pushed me not to give up during my hard times. Because my mother was such a hard worker, she never had time to take off of work and drive me around to view colleges. Plus, she just could not afford to miss any days from work. And of course, I did not have my own car at the time like most of the students. Mr. Brown set up college tours for those of us who would soon be graduating. These tours included talks with admission representatives, academic advisors, financial aid counselors, student organization leaders, and even alumni and currently enrolled students. Before my senior year I had toured about 10 colleges, including the University of Florid, University of North Florida, and University of Central Florida, just to name a few.
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Mr. Brown always set his own earlier deadlines for us to have scholarships in before their actual due date, and he always followed up on his students. Mr. Brown set up summer camps and workshops for students to perfect skills that would carry us through life, such as public speaking and leadership. Mr. Brown does not have biological children but he is such a father figure to me and others. He pushed me when I felt like giving up and never let me fail. His office was always open and anything his students needed he did his best to make sure that it was taken care of. He even still checks up on me to make sure my college experience has been going great. Without Mr. Brown stepping in and walking with me, I may have been just another negative teen statistic.