NOW THAT'S CLASS!

   TUESDAY, MAY 8TH., 2018
         NOW THAT'S CLASS!

   It's May 8th. National Teacher's
Day!
   My family has turned out a few
great teachers over the years!
    My Grandmother taught in a
one room school house in a tiny
community not far from Hazleton.
     At a time when women were
always treated as second class
citizens she took her school board
to court when they moved her to
another school effectively causing
a demotion. She won!
      My late brother Jim was a
teacher all his life. I still hear
from former Wilkes students who
tell me he was the best Math and
Computer Science teacher they
ever had.
        Our first born daughter has
made teaching her career and her
sister assists students at a local
Charter School.
          I had some great teachers
in school over the years. Educators
and, in some cases, Entertainers!
          My High School Science
teacher will always be remembered
for his experiments that went wrong.
I've mentioned him before. He's the
teacher who blew up a test tube in
class and managed to put his hand
down on a counter when he had just
dropped a bit of acid!
          You can't pay for a show like
that. But at the same time I learned
to be careful with that kind of
science stuff!
            My Italian teacher was one
of my favorites. He let me sit in the
first seat in the first row closest to
the door. That's so I could get out
quickly when the bell rang!
             So whether you're saluting
them for making a good educational
impression on you or just remembering
those classic class incidents that made
you laugh, let's hear it for our teachers,
              And, in the interest of full
disclosure, I taught a couple college
courses myself. I'm not sure how good
I was but I never blew up anything......
in class anyway!
                Hope all your NEWS is good!