🍎 Back to School | Badge of the Month | September 2022

One of my favorite teachers was actually a coach. She was the only female swim coach I had over the course of my swimming career. Compared the other high schoolers on the team who had been swimming since elementary school, I had a really late start so as expected, wasn't nearly as fast as the others. All my previous coaches lumped me in with the masses so I was either constantly pulling up the rear or swimming with the younger kids. Jennifer however, created practices tailored to my specific skill level, gave me my own lane...and proceed to kick my butt. She entered me in all the long, tough events knowing I would be dead last due to the caliber of my competition. But she also knew it would make me tough mentally, which is a huge part of being a successful athlete. While I didn't quite make the Olympic team, all of my personal records improved significantly and I was able to make cut-offs for state. Something that would have NEVER happened had she not taken an individual approach to my training.

https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/comment/49647#Comment_49647I love that Jennifer found a way to help you improve that really worked for you, your needs, and your personality ‍♀️ ! Everyone responds differently to challenges so it is essential to have a dynamic teacher

My math professor in 10th grade was my favourite teacher. Everyone in the class benefited from this teacher's commitment and dedication since it was inspirational. He was quite helpful and made sure that the right steps were taken at the right times. His teaching style was so fantastic and simple that I managed to excel in the topic across all of the semesters.

All time favorite was my high school history teacher. He actually served in WWII and recreated European terrains in the US for soldiers to practice before being sent over and would tell us all about it. He brought history to life!

https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/comment/49733#Comment_49733Unfortunately, I've been out of high school way too long, and can't remember.

My favorite teacher was my math teacher in middle school. His name is Richard.
He had a very unique way to explain maths and always tried to be so dynamic in his classes, that way his students never got bored about learning something new.
I think that math classes were one of the reasons why I decided to study engineering.

My favorite teacher was in middle school English who I was fortunate to have both 7th and 8th grade. She was foundational in expanding my vocabulary and overall forming my approach and structure to writing and communication. It was only a few years ago that I actually learned sentence diagramming was NOT something she invented! : mind blown :
Language is incredibly powerful and communication is critical to everyday life. Learning and practicing effective communication helps foster respectful relationships, enhance conflict resolution, and generally just navigate a complex world in a productive way.

Okay, and that ties back to sentence diagramming how??
Admittedly a wee bit tangential, but I've seen many people through the years struggle to find common ground or respectfully understand each others perspectives and so often this boils down to language used setting parties up for failure through unclear communication or misunderstanding without clarification.

Sweet and all, now what relevance does this have to a Qualtrics community forum?
Quality of survey feedback has a direct correlation to quality of questions (aka language) and overall survey structure/approach. Carefully and strategically crafted questions are a paramount component of survey design.
#ShoutOutToEnglishTeachers

During all my learning processes I have had excellent teachers, however, those who have marked my experience the most have been those who, at the time of showing us the applicability of knowledge in the work environment to be able to solve industry problems in an agile and effective way. , like my Logistics teacher, my internship leader and my English teachers.During all my learning processes I have had excellent teachers, however, those who have marked my experience the most have been those who, at the time of showinf me the applicability of the knowledge in the work environment, taught me to solve the industry problems in a really agile and effective way, like my logistics teacher, my internship leader and my English teachers

https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/comment/49882#Comment_49882I love that! It may be a cliché, but teachers are truly heroes

https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/comment/49810#Comment_49810I love this story! Thank you so much for sharing. Kindergarten teachers play such a key role in our development, and I remember mine, as well. Thank you for your service as a teacher -- and now serving other teachers! We're happy you're a part of our online community.

My favourite teacher would be Mr. Van Severen, my history and aesthetics (art history) teacher. (I don't know what the translation of "middelbare school" is in English, but it's the school where you are between the age of 13 and 18).
He didn't use a handbook, but he used a lot of overhead-projections (yes, back then we didn't have smart screens with powerpoints, we just had images printed on a plastic scheet that was then put on a kind of table with a lamp and some mirrors that projected the image on a wall xD).
He would talk very enthousiastically about history and art. Plus he looked a bit like Mr. Bean and had an equal sense of humor

Dr. Sun at the University of Delaware shared the enlightening advice that you should love your work, and that there isn't a "right" or perfect path to anyone's career. We gather experiences and mentors and make our own way. It was groundbreaking to me at an age when set educational paths were all I could see, and opened me up to new electives and internships that still serve me well!
(Great topic!)

https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/comment/49942#Comment_49942Thank you for sharing that @MelissaW I completely agree with Dr. Sun, that's wonderful advice!