Who was your most influential teacher? Why?

By Bernadette A. Sahm

Through the years I’ve had many influential teachers. One that stands out was my sixth grade American History teacher. His name was Mr. Rourke and the mantra from our school at the time was “If you think you can, you can!”

He made learning history interesting and that year our class went on a one week trip to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. We all enjoyed an early morning walk/run before breakfast. We had unlimited passes to all the little shops in Williamsburg where they showed us how to make candles and wood working and more. It was so interesting to me to see how people lived back in the early days of Colonial times.

Years later it would have to be my French teacher Mrs Beers. We learned to speak French the entire time in class. She loved the language and all things associated with France. I had her for three years and learned to love speaking French.

Another big influence in teaching me was my Real Estate teacher Bill Byrnes. He made learning real estate law so interesting. He was a natural born teacher. When it was time to take my exam I received a grade of 98% and was thrilled to have done so well.

A good teacher makes all the difference in how we learn and I have been blessed with having more than one influential teacher in my lifetime.

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