In aus.bicycle on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:12:49 -0000
John Pitts <
[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2007-09-21, Theo Bekkers <[email protected]> wrote:
>> My High school English teacher would regale us with tales of flying a
>> Lancaster, whilst smoking his pipe in the classroom.
>
> My 6th class teacher was a bombadier/navigator in a Lancaster. Didn't
> take us long to figure out that getting him started telling war stories
> meant no schoolwork for an afternoon.
I had a chemistry teacher who was of Jewish ethnicity (meaning I have
no idea if his family were practicing or not) who grew up in
Alsace-Lorraine during the war, and then knocked about Europe after
it. Getting him going on his adventures (which did include some
chemistry, he'd been an industrial chemist for many years) was
educational and good for a double period easy.
I also learned more science (not just chem) from him then I did from
any of the other science teachers I had.
I think all teachers should have a few years to gather stories before
they start teaching. Probably better for all concerned!
Zebee