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Re: Great Teachers

[(Anonymous)]

My favorite teacher was Mr Moseley. I had him for homeroom and English in 7th grade, and then for history in 8th grade. As I recall, what was great about him was that he was really intelligent, enthusiastic and interesting, but also always came across as sincere. I feel like, as I recall, with a lot of teachers who were encouraging, you got the impression they were just full of rah-rah bullshit. They would be super up and peppy about everything indiscriminately - which seemed fake and off-putting, and often just made me dislike them when they were rah-rahing about something that was bullshit, and it made me feel condescended to sometimes - like they were talking down to me, not taking my opinions seriously. Mr Moseley was different. He could be sarcastic or harsh about things when necessary, and when he was enthusiastic about something, you really got the sense that it was because it was something that he thought was good. When he praised something that you did, you really got the impression that he thought you had done well. When he criticized something you did, you really got the sense that he was disappointed in you, personally. When he was teaching you something he was excited about it, you got the sense that he really thought it was cool and he was excited about teaching you. If he was joking about something, it was because he thought it was funny.

So, I guess, what I liked most about him - in addition to this intelligence and kindness and interestingness - was that he seemed to be taking things seriously - he seemed like he was treating what he was doing as though it really mattered, whatever it was, and doing so honestly and sincerely, and his opinion of something was what his opinion was, because what he was doing mattered and he wasn't going to mess around or half-ass by treating it insincerely or dishonestly. You know? At the end of the day, the impression I always got was that he thought what he was doing mattered, and therefore it was worth doing well, and it was worth approaching seriously and sincerely. And you appreciate that when you're a kid.

That was a whole bunch of words and I'm not sure it made sense but I guess the takeaway I want to give is that Mr Moseley was rad, he was my favorite teacher when I was in junior high, and I still have an immense amount of respect for him.