Re:Never got around to thanking that teacher?
by mrb on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @08:38PM
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I had some great teachers that I will always remember (what they taught me and their physical appearance). However I can't remember any of my teachers' names, whether it was elementary, junior high, or high school, or even university.
I just don't have a good memory of names. This site makes me regret it :-(
Re:Never got around to thanking that teacher?
by yardie on Thursday September 15, 2011 @04:34AM
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My son made a yearbook in class with all his classmates and their birthdays. I think it is to help them learn each others names and the months of the year.
Re:Never got around to thanking that teacher?
by heartsteachers on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @09:45PM
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hopefully we'll be able solve these types of problems in the future by having a name/school/email database that you can pull from. always room to grow.....
Re:Never got around to thanking that teacher?
by mikecsh on Thursday September 15, 2011 @02:02AM
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I think you definitely need to do this - left the site almost immediately because I couldn't quickly find a way to filter the content to be relevant to me. I love the concept though so having found from this thread that there is a search function, I'm heading back now!
Re:Never got around to thanking that teacher?
by kingkilr on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @10:43PM
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Great idea, I recently (I'm in college now) went back and thanked several of my elementary school teachers who were really excellent. They don't get nearly enough thanks, but I know for damn sure I wouldn't be where I am today without them.
Re:Never got around to thanking that teacher?
by heartsteachers on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @10:53PM
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Very true, the feeling of "they don't get nearly enough thanks" is one of the reasons for the site. although sometimes we don't realize it right away, teachers can really change our lives.
Re:Never got around to thanking that teacher?
by kingkilr on Thursday September 15, 2011 @08:22AM
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Because I see bits of them in myself. An example: my sixth grade teacher math teacher frequently said that good mathematicians were lazy, that the simplest solution to a problem was often best, and that we didn't need to use overly complex techniques to solve problems. That's now at the core of my philosophy as a programmer.
Re:Never got around to thanking that teacher?
by jigs_up on Thursday September 15, 2011 @12:27AM
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Same here. Considering how much effort seems to have been put in on the design, I'm kind of disgusted that a flaw like this would go all the way into production.
Re:Never got around to thanking that teacher?
by Thun on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @08:40PM
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Thanks for the kind words, we have been pulling this together over the last few weeks but breakdown by region will be very cool. It has been interesting to see where students are coming from: Kuwait, New Zealand, Brazil, etc.
Re:Never got around to thanking that teacher?
by dorian-graph on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @10:19PM
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I love this idea/website.
I went back to my high-school to borrow a lab coat for a Halloween party and while I was there I ran into a few old teachers and had a chance to thank them and have a good conversation with them. While a lot of kids 'hate' their teachers I seemed to be the near opposite.
Also, I recommend doing this for other things too, for example, I recently had an operation on my hand and the nurses and other staff at the hospital were awesome. I'm going back for a follow-up appointment and I'm going to bring a thank-you card and a couple of flowers to give to the ward.
Re:Never got around to thanking that teacher?
by heartsteachers on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @10:29PM
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Thanks for your support and glad you like our site! It's so awesome thinking back to all the great teachers we've had and taking a minute to say thank you. Hopefully we'll be able to connect you directly to them soon!
Great idea on the hospital staff thank you site too :)
Re:Never got around to thanking that teacher?
by adamokane on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @08:07PM
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Most schools have websites with faculty emails listed... it's very easy to look them up. I like the idea for this site - but would love to see a bigger mechanism for actually getting the messages to the teachers.
Re:Never got around to thanking that teacher?
by city41 on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @07:53PM
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Nice idea for a site. I thanked my high school Math teacher who was an amazing teacher and inspired me quite a bit. I just wish he could actually receive the thank you, I have no idea where he is now.
Re:Never got around to thanking that teacher?
by thefool on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @10:00PM
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I was told to do this in a psych class I took freshman year in college.
I emailed my second grade teacher, who was probably the person that got me into reading. She was extremely grateful, and a decade later still remembered everyone in the class.
Re:Never got around to thanking that teacher?
by insprdbykittnz on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @09:31PM
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Awesome idea and a great way to get positive energy out there - especially since teachers are facing a lot of pressure these days....thanks for putting this together
Re:Never got around to thanking that teacher?
by enra on Thursday September 15, 2011 @06:04AM
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I'm not associated, but it's just fixed line-height. Lines in the paper are every 18px, body line-height is 18px and title line-height is 36px (double). So they align.
I just don't have a good memory of names. This site makes me regret it :-(
How do you know this?
It's not as if that teacher is unique in advocating simplicity.
Would be nice to break this down by region.
I went back to my high-school to borrow a lab coat for a Halloween party and while I was there I ran into a few old teachers and had a chance to thank them and have a good conversation with them. While a lot of kids 'hate' their teachers I seemed to be the near opposite.
Also, I recommend doing this for other things too, for example, I recently had an operation on my hand and the nurses and other staff at the hospital were awesome. I'm going back for a follow-up appointment and I'm going to bring a thank-you card and a couple of flowers to give to the ward.
Great idea on the hospital staff thank you site too :)
I emailed my second grade teacher, who was probably the person that got me into reading. She was extremely grateful, and a decade later still remembered everyone in the class.