tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494655959430218526.post4670116164089684699..comments2023-10-05T04:21:52.525-05:00Comments on Honest And Truly!: My Favorite Teachers Challenged Me. Did Yours?Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07803503583347758969noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494655959430218526.post-53213671752504428122012-09-02T18:26:43.060-05:002012-09-02T18:26:43.060-05:00Oh, one more thing about Mr. Ames. I recall him s...Oh, one more thing about Mr. Ames. I recall him saying, after giving the extra credit assignment of memorizing various poems (chosen by him), "Some day you'll be at a cocktail party and you'll be able to quote a line from one of these poems and you'll impress everyone." Lol! I've never actually done that, quoted something at a party, except for a get together with Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04587300140099806425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494655959430218526.post-47353714031205781042012-09-02T18:21:28.813-05:002012-09-02T18:21:28.813-05:00Even though I ended up majoring in math in college...Even though I ended up majoring in math in college (only because I am a really, really slow reader), I liked all of my English teachers a lot because of their passion for language and literature. Mr. Ames, my 12th grade Honors English teacher (that was in 1965-66, so there was no such thing as AP classes), instilled in me a love for 16th- & 17th- century British poets, because that was his Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04587300140099806425noreply@blogger.com