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<blockquote data-quote="504RP" data-source="post: 1690431" data-attributes="member: 40335"><p>How about that !!! My Miss Yates is 83 now. Her son and I are good friends, grew up together. </p><p></p><p>She ended up teaching math in high school so I had her for a few more years there too. She was pretty much all business when it came to teaching. I will be honest and tell you I didn't like her that well back then either. </p><p></p><p>The only reason i didn't like her was because she done her job as a teacher and more. The easy thing for her would have been to let me slide through school with grades like C & D. </p><p></p><p>Had a English teacher who all of her students liked her. Most everyone in her class made A and B. About all you had to do was attend her class. Didn't learn much but, got good grades in english.</p><p></p><p>Miss Yates was sturn but fair. She was very well respected by her students. If it were not for her putting forth the extra effort and work to straighten me out as a kid. I wouldn't have had as good of a life as i have been fortunate enough to have had.</p><p></p><p>I plan on going to see her and thanking her for all she has done. Would like to give her some kind of token to show her my appreciation too. Haven't thought of what yet . A simple thank you just doesn't seem like much of a thank you.</p><p></p><p>She was more of a math teacher than anything else. I have 6 siblings all who graduated college. 2 are computer programmers, 1 has a degree in forestry, 1 is a high school teacher, 1 has a degree in business and 1 is now a retired nuclear engineer.</p><p></p><p>I am the black sheep of the family. They all graduated college with degrees to show for it. They chose thoes careers because that according to them was what they felt they would enjoy doing to make their living.</p><p></p><p>For me I looked at things differently I guess. I felt the more money I could make the happier I would be. Didn't really know how I was going to accomplish that at the time.</p><p></p><p>So i kind of evaluated the situation a little. Took notice of how well my siblings were doing in their career choices. Knew I was 10 times smarter than any of them. So oldest brother at the time was making the most having completed a trade school in electronics.</p><p></p><p>So i done the same thing. He went to work at neculer plants across the U.S and went to college becoming a neculer engineer.</p><p></p><p>I didn't do that but ended up with a career very similiar making about what he makes money wise.</p><p></p><p>Most of the work i have done and do now has required alot of mathematics. That's another reason if it hadn't of been for Miss Yates having had been there and lined me out by seeing that I started off in life with a solid foundation of the basic building blocks they are used in order to learn on my own. I hate to think of what kind of life I would have lived.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="504RP, post: 1690431, member: 40335"] How about that !!! My Miss Yates is 83 now. Her son and I are good friends, grew up together. She ended up teaching math in high school so I had her for a few more years there too. She was pretty much all business when it came to teaching. I will be honest and tell you I didn't like her that well back then either. The only reason i didn't like her was because she done her job as a teacher and more. The easy thing for her would have been to let me slide through school with grades like C & D. Had a English teacher who all of her students liked her. Most everyone in her class made A and B. About all you had to do was attend her class. Didn't learn much but, got good grades in english. Miss Yates was sturn but fair. She was very well respected by her students. If it were not for her putting forth the extra effort and work to straighten me out as a kid. I wouldn't have had as good of a life as i have been fortunate enough to have had. I plan on going to see her and thanking her for all she has done. Would like to give her some kind of token to show her my appreciation too. Haven't thought of what yet . A simple thank you just doesn't seem like much of a thank you. She was more of a math teacher than anything else. I have 6 siblings all who graduated college. 2 are computer programmers, 1 has a degree in forestry, 1 is a high school teacher, 1 has a degree in business and 1 is now a retired nuclear engineer. I am the black sheep of the family. They all graduated college with degrees to show for it. They chose thoes careers because that according to them was what they felt they would enjoy doing to make their living. For me I looked at things differently I guess. I felt the more money I could make the happier I would be. Didn't really know how I was going to accomplish that at the time. So i kind of evaluated the situation a little. Took notice of how well my siblings were doing in their career choices. Knew I was 10 times smarter than any of them. So oldest brother at the time was making the most having completed a trade school in electronics. So i done the same thing. He went to work at neculer plants across the U.S and went to college becoming a neculer engineer. I didn't do that but ended up with a career very similiar making about what he makes money wise. Most of the work i have done and do now has required alot of mathematics. That's another reason if it hadn't of been for Miss Yates having had been there and lined me out by seeing that I started off in life with a solid foundation of the basic building blocks they are used in order to learn on my own. I hate to think of what kind of life I would have lived. [/QUOTE]
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