Bob wrote: > "She has a natural bounce and curiosity which helps place her > in the above average category." > > LOL! And obviously still so true about you, Hell...and two thoughts > come to mind: > > -That teacher was very perceptive;
Interesting that you say this. Fraser Smith (the teacher in question) was one of the best teachers I ever had. Considered very "alternative" at the time - he wore toe sandals, jeans and had long hair and a beard (shock, horror)! He was also best friends with NZ's most well-known contemporary poet - Sam Hunt, a personal favourite of mine. He really cared about his students, and made learning a lot of fun. One of those rare teachers (as discussed here recently) for whom teaching was a true vocation. I would put my own mother in that category too - far and away the best teacher I ever had, for three years of high school! And Kate wrote: > too smart? too cheerful? these are bad things? some teachers are weird.... Smart in this case is not smart-intelligent, but smart-cheeky, or smart-alecky! Cheerful I'm not sure about, I guess that goes along with the comment about being too chatty, I was always getting told off for talking when I should have been listening! Hell NP: Ani Difranco - Glass House ____________________________ "To have great poets, there must be great audiences too." - Walt Whitman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hell's Personal Photo Page: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hell/main/personal.htm Visit the NBLs (Natural Born Losers) at: http://www.nbls.co.nz
