Thank You, Teacher : Grateful Students Tell the Stories of the Teachers Who Changed Their Lives.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Dear Teacher -- Dear Monsieur Germain -- Part One. Grade School -- Almost Like Singing -- I Was Your First-Grade Teacher -- She Made Me Feel as If the World Was Mine to Conquer -- She Loved the Boys and Girls of Haldeman -- An Arena for Me to Shine -- I Didn't Know Her First Name -- The Time I Needed -- Love of Reading -- Ode to Teachers -- Mrs. Lane's Olympics -- Miss Germaine Earth -- Unforgettable -- I Met Her Only Once -- What I Remember -- John Dark -- Teachers -- Suzanne Will Be a Writer -- It Only Took Me a Moment or Two to Recognize Him -- She Would Invite Me Up to Her Desk -- Part Two. Middle School -- He Could Understand -- As Tall as I Would Ever Need to Be -- She Had Expectations -- All the Lights inside My Head Came On -- An Encouraging Figure -- I Have No Idea What They Saw -- He Was So Passionate about Reading -- Renowned for Her High Standards -- He Thought I Was Smart -- We Knew What Love Was -- Part Three. High School -- With Love and High Hopes -- Full of Thinking and Caring -- I Will Be Forever in Her Debt -- Never without His Hat -- Shaped and Furiously Polished by My Teachers -- The Writer inside Me -- He Made Class Fun -- Changing the Face of Rock and Roll -- Thank God for English Teachers -- I Am Thankful for Her Efforts -- You Know, I Have No Idea -- Keep Going -- In a Different Way -- Please Use Only Sentences You've Never Heard Before -- Forty Years Later -- Respect -- A "Class Act" -- My Journey with Books -- "That" Teacher -- Not in the Right Neighborhood -- Ignited a Fire in Me -- Unlimited Opportunities -- And So She Read -- She Was Right -- Thanks, Mom -- The Final Piece of the Puzzle -- A Man of Passion -- You'll Never Amount to a Hill of Beans -- Unquestioned Authority -- To Be Inspired, to Inspire -- The Death-Defying Mr. G.

All Things Pass -- He Made Me Feel Valued -- A World of Possibility -- He Taught Me More Important Life Skills -- Don't Know Anyone Like Him -- Ça Va -- I Was Mesmerized -- He Saved My Life -- Part Four. College -- You're Going to Be a Writer -- A Grandson -- Made a Lasting Impression -- He Had Done His Homework about Our Pasts -- Walter Taught Liberation -- I Remember the Kindness -- My Friend and Teacher -- His Dazzling Language -- On a Tangent -- The Man Was Right on the Money -- No More Gold Stars -- Home of the Soul -- Stepping on the Edge of My Doubting -- A Beloved Teacher Calls My Writing "Fecking Crap" -- A Mentor and a Friend -- I Had the Good Fortune to Work with Him -- Permission Acknowledgments -- Acknowledgments -- Index of Contributors -- About the Editors.

What do rock stars, Nobel laureates, bestselling novelists, astronauts, and attorneys have in common? A teacher changed their lives.

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