School Teacher . . . Thx Sarah R!

SCHOOL TEACHER 

After retiring from the army, a former Artillery Sergeant took a job as a high school teacher. Just before the school year started, he injured his back. He was required to wear a light plaster cast around the upper part of his body. Fortunately, the cast fitted snugly under his shirt and wasn't noticeable when he wore his suit jacket

On the first day of class, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in the school. The smart-ass punks, having already heard the new teacher was a former soldier, were leery of him and he knew they would be testing his discipline in the classroom.

Walking confidently into the rowdy classroom, the new teacher opened the window wide and sat down at his desk. A strong breeze through the window made his tie flap. He picked up a stapler and stapled the tie to his chest

Dead Silence.

The rest of the year went smoothly.

 

 

Rohr, Bill Portsmouth Ohio - PHS 1946-1951 ... Thx Blaine B!

PHS Athletic History--Coach William “Bill” Rohr

Old-time Trojan fans will remember the name of Bill Rohr, who coached PHS basketball for five years just after World War II (1946-1951). You may enjoy this trip down Memory Lane with me remembering Coach Rohr.

William D. Rohr was born in Massillon, Ohio, in 1918. He was a star athlete at Massillon’s Washington High School and graduated from there in the class of 1936. Rohr made his name in basketball as an All- Ohioan and played under the coaching of the legendary Paul Brown, who coached both the Tiger’s football and basketball teams. Brown said that Bill Rohr was the best basketball player he ever coached.

He attended Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, where he was an All- Buckeye Conference guard. After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan in 1940, Rohr returned to Massillon to begin his coaching experience with his mentor Paul Brown. He then returned to Ohio Wesleyan for a brief coaching stint before he entered the Army Air Corps in 1942. After the war was over, in 1946, Rohr took the head basketball coaching position at Portsmouth High School. In his five seasons at PHS, Coach Rohr led the Trojan round-ballers to an 82-29 record and captured three district titles along the way.

Rohr went from PHS to Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, in September of 1951. He was an immediate success there and his Redskins won 91 and lost 47 games in six seasons. During his tenure at Miami the Redskins won four Mid-American Conference championships.

In 1957 Coach Rohr moved up to the Big Ten Conference as head basketball coach of the Northwestern University Wildcats in Evanston, Illinois. From 1957 to 1962 his teams compiled a 66-58 record. An interesting sidebar to Rohr’s Northwestern job was that he took Bob Doll (PHS ‘50) along with him as an assistant coach. Doll was a Miami standout from 1951 to 1954 who played for Rohr at PHS and followed his high school coach to Miami.

In 1962 he assumed the post as Director of Athletics and Physical Education at Ohio University at Athens, Ohio, which he held for 15 years, retiring in 1978. During the 1975-1976 school year, Bill Rohr was President of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and was viewed by many as a pioneer in women’s college athletics.

After Bill retired as Athletic Director of Ohio University in 1978, he and his wife, Mary Ellen, moved to Oxford, Ohio. Coach Rohr passed away in Oxford in 1986 at the age of 68. He had one son and two daughters. He is enshrined in the following Collegiate Halls of Fame: Ohio Wesleyan University, Miami University, and Ohio University.
                                                          Blaine Bierley (PHS ’55)

Prospective new teacher ... Possibly email of the year ... Thx Paul C and Ramey H!

After
being interviewed by the  school
administration,  

the
prospective teacher said:

 

'Let me see if I've
got this right. 'You  want me to go into

that room with all
those  kids, correct their disruptive behavior,  

observe them for signs
of abuse,
monitor their dress habits,  

censor their T-shirt
messages, and instill in them a
love  

for
learning.

 

 

'You want me to check their
backpacks for weapons,  

wage war on drugs and
sexually transmitted diseases,

and raise their sense
of self-esteem and personal pride.   

 

'You want me to teach
them patriotism and good   

citizenship,
sportsmanship and fair play, and how
to   

register to vote,
balance a checkbook, and apply
for a job.   

 

'You want me to check
their heads for lice, 

recognize signs of
antisocial behavior, and  

make sure that they
all pass the final exams. 

 

'You also want me to
provide them with an equal 

education regardless
of their handicaps, and 

communicate regularly
with  their parents in

 

English, Spanish or
any other language, by   

letter, telephone, 
newsletter, and report card.  

 

'You want me to do all
this with a piece of chalk,

a blackboard, a
bulletin board, a few books, a big smile, 

and a starting salary
that qualifies me for food  stamps.  

 

'You want me to do all
this, and then  

you tell
me I
CAN'T PRAY?'

 

Now this is a teacher ... thx for the excellent re-cycle Marge R!

Now this is a Teacher!   NOW  SHE IS A TEACHER!!!    In September  of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a History teacher  at Robinson High School in  Little Rock , did something not to be  forgotten.  On the first day of school, with the permission of the  school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she  removed all of the desks in her classroom. When the first period kids  entered the room they discovered that there were no desks.   'Ms. Cothren, where are our desks?' She  replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right  to sit at a desk.'    They  thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.'  'No,' she  said.    'Maybe  it's our behavior.' She told them, 'No, it's not even your  behavior.'    And so,  they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still  no desks in the classroom. Kids called their parents to tell them what  was happening and by early afternoon television news crews had started  gathering at the school to report about this crazy teacher who had taken  all the desks out of her room.    The  final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on  the floor of the desk-less classroom. Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout  the day no one has been able to tell me just what he or she has done to  earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this  classroom. Now I am going to tell you.'    At this  point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened  it. Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniform, walked into that  classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the  school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside  the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place  those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their  lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been  earned.    Martha  said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did  it for you. They placed the desks here for you. They went halfway around  the world, giving up their education and interrupting their careers and  families so you could have the freedom you have. Now, it's up to you to  sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to  be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it.'    By the  way, this is a true story. And this teacher was awarded the Veterans of  Foreign Wars Teacher of the Year for the State of  Arkansas in 2006. She is the daughter of a  WWII POW.     Do you think this email is worth  passing along so others won't forget either, that the freedoms we have  in this great country were earned by  our  U.S.   Veterans?   ................... I did. Let us  always remember the men and women of our military and the rights they  have won for us. From  the Desk & Heart of: Lloyd Ervin  Greenwood & Tricia S.  Greenwood IN  GOD WE TRUST

Martha Cothren- A true teacher! ... Thx Judi C!

NOW SHE IS A TEACHER!!!

In September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a
History teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock, did something not to be
forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school
superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of
the desks in her classroom. When the first period kids entered the room
they discovered that there were no desks. 'Ms. Cothren, where are our desks?'

She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the
right to sit at a desk.'

They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.' 'No,' she said.

'Maybe it's our behavior.' She told them, 'No, it's not even your
behavior.'

And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period.
Still no desks in the classroom. Kids called their parents to tell them
what was happening and by early afternoon television news crews had started
gathering at the school to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all
the desks out of her room.

The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats
on the floor of the desk-less classroom. Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout
the day no one has been able to tell me just what he or she has done to earn
the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom.
Now I am going to tell you.'

At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and
opened it. Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniform, walked into that
classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the
school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the
wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids
started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how
the right to sit at those desks had been earned.

Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These
heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. They went halfway
around the world, giving up their education and interrupting their careers and
families so you could have the freedom you have. Now, it's up to you to
sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be
good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get
an education. Don't ever forget it.'

By the way, this is a true story. And this teacher was awarded Veterans of
Foreign Wars Teacher of the Year for the State of Arkansas in 2006. She is
the daughter of a WWII POW.

Let us always remember the men and women of our military and the rights
they have won for us.

> > Blessings abound in our USA!

Teacher of the year- Canada- Thanks Lou F.!

Teacher of the Year PLEASE READ AND PASS ON

A lesson that should be taught in all schools . . And colleges Back in September, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Bobcaygeon (north of Peterborough Ontario , southeast of Minden ) Public School, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, (might that be the caretaker?) she removed all of the desks out of her classroom. When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks. 'Ms.. Cothren, where're our desks?' She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.' They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.' No,' she said. 'Maybe it's our Behaviour.' She told them, 'No, it's not even your Behaviour.' And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom. By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms.Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room. The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.' At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it. Twenty-seven (27) War Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned. Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it.' By the way, this is a true story. Please consider passing this along so others won't forget that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned by War Veterans.

Math teacher arrested ... Thanks Judi C. 'Tongue in Cheek'

I tutor Math for CSCC's Developmental Education Department.

A public school teacher was arrested today at John F. Kennedy International airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a compass, a slide-rule and a calculator. At a morning press conference, Attorney General Eric Holder said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement.

He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of 'math instruction'.

'Al-Gebra is a problem for us', the Attorney General said. 'They derive solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values.' They use secret code names like "X" and "Y" and refer to themselves as "unknowns" but we have determined that they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country. As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."

When asked to comment on the arrest, President Obama said, "If God had wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, He would have given us more fingers and toes." White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters he could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by the President. It is believed that another Nobel Prize will follow.

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Heart of a Teacher For a long time I've wanted to publish a book with inspirational stories about how teachers made a difference in the lives of their students; because I know they made a difference in mine! I grew up in Trenton, Tennessee, a small town of 5,000 people. I have wonderful memories of those first 18 years. And during those years there were two teachers who I can say, with certainty, helped to make me who I am today. The first was Ms. Bridges who taught me in the 4th grade. She was amazing! I'll never forget her beautiful smile and her passion for teaching. Get Heart of a Teacher for just $10 today: Click here!

She made learning so much fun and made all of us feel like we could do anything we wanted to do. The positive seeds she planted in my head are still growing! Then there was Fred Culp, my history teacher in high school. To this day, he is still the funniest person I've ever met. In addition to loving his history class, he taught me that a sense of humor, especially laughing at yourself, can be one of life's greatest blessings. So, if you're a teacher or if, like me, your life was greatly influenced by a teacher, you're going to love this book! The inspirational stories, the photographs, the quotes and Paula Fox's original poems will find a special place in your heart. The new school year is fast approaching! Welcome your teachers back with these thoughtful, inspiring words. The book begins with a beautiful poem by the author, Paula Fox, called Heart of a Teacher. Enjoy! An excerpt from Heart of a Teacher by Paula Fox The child arrives like a mystery box... with puzzle pieces inside some of the pieces are broken or missing... and others just seem to hide But the HEART of a teacher can sort them out... and help the child to see the potential for greatness he has within... a picture of what he can be Her goal isn't just to teach knowledge... by filling the box with more parts it's putting the pieces together... to create a work of art The process is painfully slow at times... some need more help than others each child is a work in progress... with assorted shapes and colors First she creates a classroom... where the child can feel safe in school where he never feels threatened or afraid to try... and kindness is always the rule She knows that a child can achieve much more when he feels secure inside when he's valued and loved... and believes in himself... and he has a sense of pride She models and teaches good character... and respect for one another how to focus on strengths...not weaknesses... and how to encourage each other She gives the child the freedom he needs... to make choices on his own so he learns to become more responsible... and is able to stand alone He's taught to be strong and think for himself as his soul and spirit heal and the puzzle that's taking shape inside... has a much more positive feel The child discovers the joy that comes from learning something new... and his vision grows as he begins to see all the things that he can do A picture is formed as more pieces fit... an image of the child within with greater strength and confidence... and a belief that he can win! All because a hero was there... in the HEART of a teacher who cared enabling the child to become much more... than he ever imagined...or dared A teacher with a HEART for her children... knows what teaching is all about she may not have all the answers... but on this...she has no doubt When asked which subjects she loved to teach, she answered this way and smiled... "It's not the subjects that matter... It's all about teaching the CHILD" © Paula Fox 2008 Heart of a Teacher with Free DVD movie is a great gift to give any teacher to kick off the new school year and it is on sale today for just $10. Our regular price is $15.95, a 37% savings. You'll also receive free ground shipping on all orders of $50 or more per shipping address. This book is full of inspiring stories and quotes that will help get the school year off to a running start. For more information, to look inside this book and to view the inspirational 3-minute movie, just click here. Make sure to share this e-mail with your friends, family and co-workers. They'll thank you for it! To Life, Mac Anderson Founder, Simple Truths Note: This offer expires tonight, 08/02/12 at 11:59pm CDT.

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Love this teachwer ... Thanks Ramey

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LOVE THIS TEACHER

Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren,
a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little
Rock , did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school,
with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the

building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom.

When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there

were no desks.

'Ms. Cothren, where're our desks?'

She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to

sit at a desk.'

They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.'

'No,' she said.

'Maybe it's our behavior.'

She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.'

And so, they came and went, the first period, second
period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom.

By early afternoon television news crews had started
gathering in Ms. Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher
who had taken all the desks out of her room.

The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found
seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said,
'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he or
she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found

in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.'

At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and

opened it.

Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that
classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began
placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand
alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk
in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in
their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned..

Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These
heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now,
it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be
good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you
could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it.'

By the way, this is a true story. And this teacher was awarded
Teacher of the Year for the state of Arkansas in 2006.

Please consider passing this along so others won't forget either
that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned by U. S.
Veterans. Always remember them and the rights they have won for us.

Blessings abound in the USA!