Question 1

When I was in the 1st grade, I was really close to my homeroom teacher, we called her Teacher Elena. I was about 7 years old. In my school, the homeroom teacher teaches all of the subjects until the 3rd grade.

Question 2

It was a tough time for my family during those times, and she was sort of like a second mother to me and was very kind. I felt really happy and comfortable with her.

Question 3

My worst teacher was my math teacher in college. The other students didn't like her very much, but we needed to take her college to meet our requirements.

Question 4

She was really boring and mean to the students that weren't good at math, which was 95% of the class.

Question 5

I am a teacher! I never expected to teach English, but I have always loved studying English and Literature in school. We had to take an aptitude test back in my senior year of high school and I scored very highly for linguistic abilities.

Question 6

I would definitely be the worst at teaching math. In school I would get 85-95% in every subject except math. I just don't get it.

Tough Vocabulary

- English -	- Japanese -
aptitude = talent

Question 1

I really liked an elementary school teacher whose name was Mr. Godby. In New Zealand, elementary school teachers teach all subjects and as my school (and town) are very small, one teacher taught one grade. He was my teacher when I was 10 years old.

Question 2

I liked Mr. Godby because he liked sports very much, as do I. He was not so kind but he was fair, and he was sometimes funny.

Question 3

I never had any terrible teachers. They were all ok, but I hated sewing class at intermediate school (junior high) and I had a few arguements with an English teacher at high school.

Question 4

I didn't like sewing class as I am not good at it. The teacher was nice but I think that I frustrated her. On the other hand, my high school English teacher frustrated me. She thought that everything in a book was symbolic of something else. I thought that sometimes a tree is just a tree, nothing more.

Question 5

I think I would be good at teaching cooking or history as I am interested in those subjects.

Question 6

I do not want to be a sewing teacher as I am hopeless at sewing and I do not enjoy it.

Tough Vocabulary

- English -	- Japanese -
frustrated	イライラする
on the other hand	引き換え
symbolic	シンボリック
hopeless	駄目

Question 1

My favorite teacher was Mrs. Weeks. She was my 2nd grade teacher in elementary school. She was my teacher when my mother was first diagnosed with cancer. She was very kind and she became close friends with my mother.

Question 2

She was kind, but also very strict with the students that misbehaved. I like how she always stressed how important it was for us to read books. She had a huge library in the classroom of all of her personal favorite books.

Question 3

Mr. Najer. He was my Algebra 1 teacher. It was my first year of high school. He was a grumpy old man. He was never happy, and rarely made jokes or laughed about anything. He was too serious about being a math teacher. All of the students in the class disliked him.

Question 4

He made the tests too difficult. The other Algebra 1 teacher was nice and all of the students passed his class. Mr. Najer didn't mind failing students without helping them pass or giving extra time to tutor us. I was almost inelligible for my first year of American football becaue he was going to fail me. I studied hard and passed the test, but I still hate math.

Question 5

Easy. English. I love to read and write. I was also an English Literature major at university. I would also be interested in teaching History

Question 6

Easy. Math. I hate math. I've tried to like it, but to me it's so boring.

Tough Vocabulary

- English -	- Japanese -
inelligible	不適格