{"id":11961,"date":"2019-01-08T03:30:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T03:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/?p=11961"},"modified":"2026-04-27T04:33:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:33:37","slug":"who-was-your-favourite-teacher-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/who-was-your-favourite-teacher-and-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was your favourite teacher and why?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img style=\"display: none;\" alt=\"\"\/><strong><span style=\"font-size: 200%; font-family: Arial; line-height: 32px; color: #3366ff;\">Yesterday I gave you 19 instructions for your teacher.<\/span><\/strong><\/p> \n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 200%; font-family: Arial; line-height: 32px; color: #3366ff;\">Today I want to know who is\/was your favourite teacher and why?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">You see not all teachers are created equal.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">Some are just better at teaching kids who learn differently.<\/span><\/p> \n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">Everyone has a favourite teacher. Mine was Mrs Grabowski. She was my Year 9 Math teacher and she helped me to achieve my first and only ever \u2018A\u2019  in Math.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">I\u2019ll never forget her.<\/span><\/p> \n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">When I didn\u2019t understand a concept or was slower than everyone else to grasp it, which was pretty much most of the time, she would amble on over and explain it to me over and over again in different ways, until I got it. Mrs Graboski was a legend.<\/span><\/p>  \n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 170%;\"><strong>Who is your favourite teacher?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>  \n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">I am looking for answers from our parents, our teachers and the children too.<\/span><\/p>  \n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">Who was your best ever teacher and why?<\/span><\/p>  \n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">What did they do that made a huge difference in your school year?<\/span><\/p>  \n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">I want to know:<\/span><\/p> \n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-size: 160%; margin-left: 30px; line-height: 15px;\">What they taught?<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 160%; padding-top: 15px; margin-left: 30px; line-height: 15px;\">What they did specifically to help you?<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 160%; padding-top: 15px; margin-left: 30px; line-height: 15px;\">What that meant for you as a student?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-top: 20px;\"><center><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a class=\"validating\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/6PYSRCX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/survey-button-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12049\" width=\"300\" height=\"94\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font size: 160%;\"> <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"padding-top: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">I\u2019ll be sharing your answers with our whole community.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">Let\u2019s get all teachers thinking outside the square.<\/span><\/p> \n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">Your responses will help us to do that.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">Let\u2019s get 2019 off to a fabulous and positive start.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">Warm regards,<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 160%; padding-top: 25px;\">Liz Dunoon<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I gave you 19 instructions for your teacher. 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