Tell Me Tuesday......My Favorite Teacher

I was really blessed to have lots of great teachers while I was growing up. I just ran into my 7th grade science teacher and can I tell you....she is just as excited about sciene now as she was back in the 7th grade! My absolute favorite teacher though was Mr. Lademan, my 8th grade history teacher. He was awesome! He was fun, warm, willing to help, and really made learning just plain cool! I remember studing the stock market. We broke into groups and over the course of serveral "months" we bought and sold stock, based on the actual happenings of the economy around the time of the great depression. The winning team received a bunch of "plus tickets" that could be used as currency in the end of the year 8th grade auction. I also remember more the time we were studying the civil war. We talked about the actual distance that men on the battlefield had to stand from each other while using mukets and bayonets. So Mr. Lademann marched us down to the football field, gave us all tennis balls, had us stand 15 or so yards apart, and then ordered us to "FIRE". A few bruises later we got the point, they were really close to each other!! Anyway, here is to Mr. Lademann!! Thank you!