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My Favorite Teacher... M rs . H old m a n n by Shel by Lang er, grade 11
Mrs. family, genus, species.” If I walked into “Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, what is this ster, seme middle of second Holdmann’s 10th grade biology class in the and molecules from a merely 5’7” sis, meio I would hear. Learning about mitosis, inating. motherly woman is nothing short of fasc mber that metaphase came before The kids (including me) who couldn’t reme properly were never forgotten, faile d, or telophase or how to focus a microsco pe to make those kids succeed. This inclu ded left behind. Mrs. Holdmann foun d ways tice homework. Walking into this class right meeting after class or giving extra prac fresh air when I was being drowned before eighth hour was like coming up for face down the extensive hallway made by math, English, and history. Seeing her ever yone’s day better. I and not even her class made it better. As One spring afternoon, I had a bad day, I lab tables spread around the perimeter, was leaving the cinderblock room, with ?” I never have had a teacher ask me heard her say something. “Shelby? You okay that question before. ?” She repeated herself. “Shelby? You okay I turned around and responde d, “What?” e day around and made me realize how That simple conversation turned my whol much she care d. Holdmann’s class was being assigned a One of my favorite memories from Mrs. ined a biology baby. My “husband” and I comb “husband” or “wife” and slowly creating had I d, y baby. When the project ende our genes and ende d up with a pretty funk nd and myself. This experience in her learned so much about my family backgrou Mrs. Holdmann knew how to make the class class will stay with me for a long time. y, or not telling us to put our phones awa laugh, with her attempts at “teen slang,” she was back in high scho ol. but telling us to “stop Snapchatting” like ening in my life. When I broke my ankle, I love d how she care d about events happ a how it happened, she said with a bit of I walked into her class. After explaining smirk, “Only you, Shelby.” ect is the only teacher I have had for a subj I can honestly say that Mrs. Holdmann a class I absolutely love d. I absolutely loathed who turned it into
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