tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post1134207251145911250..comments2023-08-29T03:54:10.755-07:00Comments on A Thinking Stomach: Teachers, Nature, Men, and FoodChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-88092772431244826652013-12-15T11:43:43.901-08:002013-12-15T11:43:43.901-08:00Hillery: That's so him. He cared to know his s...Hillery: That's so him. He cared to know his students, not just deliver information to them.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-864305530167338622013-12-15T09:29:21.437-08:002013-12-15T09:29:21.437-08:00I adored Mr T. as well. He was very good at readin...I adored Mr T. as well. He was very good at reading us. One day I walked into class early and caught him regarding a student from the previous hour in disbelief. As he turned and saw me he said, "Well I'm sure Hillery knows what it is," and gestured to the board behind him. He had haphazardly drawn a tall rectangular grid with a sizable empty spot in the middle. "Yeah," I said, "It's a map of Manhattan." Hilleryhttp://www.hilleryoccasionally.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-72894520389755334542013-12-15T08:51:20.689-08:002013-12-15T08:51:20.689-08:00PA: Melancholy is the right word. I was lucky in t...PA: Melancholy is the right word. I was lucky in teachers, largely because I was lucky in parents who hand-picked and fought for my educational experiences every year. I still had some stinkers though, including a bully who used public humiliation as a tactic for classroom order. He did a lot of damage to a lot of people. My parents, however, had given me the strength to slip through that year.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-75158940641125950672013-12-14T18:18:18.764-08:002013-12-14T18:18:18.764-08:00I really loved reading this - though I did so with...I really loved reading this - though I did so with a certain melancholy. Is that the right word? Add just a touch of envy that I have nothing like that in my own past to share. Pasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.com