<p>I wonder if it’s okay to identify the teacher by name. Hmm, well, I’m not identifying him, am I? Wes Anderson did. </p>
<p>[The</a> Educational Experiences That Change a Life - NYTimes.com](<a href=“The Educational Experiences That Change a Life - NYTimes.com”>The Educational Experiences That Change a Life - NYTimes.com)</p>
<p>My daughter had the pleasure of having him as a teacher at that “bigger school on the other side of the city.” He taught my daughter physics and astronomy and sponsored the engineering team at the all-girls high school. Girls requesting his physics class had their names put on a list. </p>
<p>Same daughter also had a phenomenal AP Language teacher. The teacher assigned papers but the girls could turn in works in progress for comment and correction. For one major assignment due on a Monday, the teacher let the girls know she’d be available by email for questions all weekend. Daughter sent an email at around 6 on Saturday evening - something to do with quotations used in the paper. Teacher answered by 10. Daughter worked with it and then asked for further clarification around midnight. The teacher had answered by the time daughter got up the next morning. Expectations were high with a strong emphasis on learning. My daughter learned more as she worked out the suggestions/corrections ahead of time than she ever did by getting a paper back graded. Yeah, daughter would look over a graded paper when returned but with this teacher she did more than just look over it.</p>