Futhur Drafting Paper #2

Teacher 1: Mr. Peters was a positive example of good teaching.

Teacher 2: Mr. Hale was also a positive example of good teaching.

-          “Best” two teachers in very different ways

While many teachers instruct well, these teachers were more than just instructors to me.

Mr. Peters was a good teacher because he connected with students. He would often engage in conversations with students about things outside of science and form a connection with them. Mr. Peters connected so well to his students that at one point there was a Facebook page named Mr. Peters is the Best Teacher Ever. When in class, Mr. Peters would talk to us about things happening in science around the world so that we felt what we were studying wasn’t pointless.

Aside from simply connecting with his students, Mr. Peters was a great teacher because he was enjoyable. Students didn’t walk into fourth period science stressed. They came and left in a good mood because of the atmosphere in his classroom. I remember on several occasions my friend Casey and I would ask him for odd jobs to do hoping we could get out of our fifth period and stay and hangout with him. While teaching science, Mr. Peters would casually talk with his class as well. I remember a strict rivalry forming between him and a student because Mr. Peters was a Chicago Bears fan, and the student was a fan of the Seahawks.

One thing Mr. Peters had that some middle school teachers like was a strong knowledge of his subject. We could ask him about near any topic in science and he could talk about it. Now we liked him so much that we probably would have believed anything he told us, but looking back now, the man knows his stuff. As a science geek, I loved his class. However I never met anyone who didn’t whether they enjoyed the subject or not. I remember Mr. Peters once letting us watch a show called Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. I still watch it to this day!

Mr. Hale was a good teacher because he cared about his students. I remember once in Freshman year, a girl in my class one a major award for a charity she started. Mr. Hale took twenty minutes out of class to tell us what she had done, and how amazing it was. One thing still true to this day is, you will always see Mr. Hale on the sidelines of football games. He works as a security guard but spends most of his time cheering. Not even just for the team, but for individual students. He even knows their jersey numbers!