Thesis Statement
Ms. Hamer and Mr. Collier were great teachers and had the
ability to garner my attention and focus to the subject matter they taught,
they did so in different ways.
First Paragraph
My first year of public school was the 7th grade as I had
been homeschooled by my mom and grandma from kindergarten through 6th grade.
Although I had many teachers that year, the one who made the transition from
homeschool to public school a lot less stressful was Ms. Hamer. She was known
to take her students outside to energize their bodies and minds by having the
kids play sports that were modified to include English lessons. The ambiance
for her classroom was very inviting but for a 12 year old kid, being outside was
what we drooled over like hungry dogs when they hear the dog food bag
shake. “Tag you’re in!” a student would
exclaim, which usually meant it was your turn to give an answer to a question
followed by the absolute fulfillment of kicking a soccer ball as hard as you
could toward a large weathered net. I
don’t quite know how it worked, but my brain was able to suck in information
like a sponge whether I was kicking soccer balls or defending the flag of my
team in an unrelated but equally entertaining Mr. Hamer sponsored activity. Ms.
Hamer was very soft spoken although her ability to motivate had her students
hanging on every word that she so calmly voiced. She was a relatively small
person physically; maybe 5 ft even and weighed enough that a 12 year old could
hoist her above their shoulders. Her size was misleading however as the content
of her message and her ability to relate gained the respect of even the most
dispassionate and cold-blooded mischief makers.
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