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teachers - 2007/07/29 11:42
I've lamented to others over the years that I never had an impressive or inspirational teacher until I got to college. However, Ed Raines--who had been the head football coach at Chamblee, was teaching Vocational Education at Shamrock and had only peripheral involvement in sports--changed my life.
I have seen him 3 times since school and for some reason we still have a friendship, or a mutual respect. He sells Real Estate now, or he did the last time I saw him, which was 3 years ago.
I took his Vocational Education class my last quarter of my Senior year. A goof-off class that effected me more than any single class. There were 2 field trips
that gave me direction. One was to WSB-TV in which we watched a live broadcast of "Today in Georgia". The host, Bob Neal, wanted a volunteer to go before the cameras for an interview. Ed asked a 10th grade girl to go up and she chickened at the last second. So he said, "Okay, Turner, get up there."
I walked onto the set and sat down and all my glands and organs went haywire. Water squirted from my eyes, moisture evaporated from my throat, my heart raced, and sweat beaded at my hair line. I also sharted, but
I didn't know that word at the time. I was asked to say into the camera: "Bob will be right back with some Dynamite Bread after this."
I managed to say it. They went to a commercial. Then Bob calls me out of the studio audience again when they are in the kitchen set making bread. They have me knead dough live on an overhead camera focused on my hands. I remember my Senior ring glistening as everyone in the studio laughed at me and my inablity to knead dough properly. And the stage fright melted away. An entertainment seed was planted in that dough, you might say.
The second trip was to UGA and Ed Raines went personally to the Freshman football coach and sang my
praises and got me signed up to "walk-on." So I went to school there and played football 1 season. Got a degree in Journalism and have been making a living as a stand-up comic since 1983.
I know there were a few good teachers at Shamrock, but I never had them. Only Ed Raines who believed in me.
...I remember Ms. Jung but I never had her or her Greatgrandfather, Carl.
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Re:teachers - 2007/07/29 12:56
Hi, Grant,
I had several good teachers at Shamrock; Sue Stovall, Warren Southerland, Donna Brown, Bill Chadwick. The one I will always admire, though, is Becky Chambers. I loved her classes, and I loved the fact that she enjoyed her job, and respected us as people. She personalized her lessons with stories from her life, and took the time to know something about each of us. Even though I had several teachers who did the same, and obviously cared a great deal about their students, there was always something about Mrs. Chambers that I loved. The last time I heard, she was a principal in Dekalb County. Does anyone keep in touch with her?
~Andie Marshall McDaniel '78
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Re:teachers - 2007/07/29 17:04
Ironically I bumped into her a little over a year ago at Marist when Chamblee High School faced off against Lakeside in some state soccer playoff ( they lost two to one - ouch).....she was either the current principal and or recent ex principal of Chamblee High ......my nephew Josh Williams played soccer for Chamblee ( he was playing football at Ga Tech now switching to Furman)and she and her husband Alan were there......she looked remarkably the same - ie great and had that same spark ......Lorraine
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Re:teachers - 2007/07/29 17:22
Bill Chadwick was a great guy and was my coach for four years. I knew him well and liked him a lot. Very patient and didn't scream or insult, but I was never in his history class. Isn't that what he taught?
Becky Chambers was indeed a great teacher, but I was only in her class once in 8th or 9th grade, and I think her name was Sykes then. I spoke with her at the last reunion at Lake Lanier and time seemed to stand still for her physically and otherwise. She remembered me instantly. How do they do that? So many students over the years...
I never had any of the other teachers you mentioned, however. My loss.
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Re:teachers - 2007/07/29 17:27
Bill Chadwick was a great guy and was my coach for four years. I knew him well and liked him a lot. Very patient and didn't scream or insult, but I was never in his history class. Isn't that what he taught?
Becky Chambers was indeed a great teacher, but I was only in her class once in 8th or 9th grade, and I think her name was Sykes then. I spoke with her at the last reunion at Lake Lanier and time seemed to stand still for her physically and otherwise. She remembered me instantly. How do they do that? So many students over the years...
I never had any of the other teachers you mentioned, however. My loss.
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Re:teachers - 2007/07/29 17:31
grant wrote:
Andie, Bill Chadwick was a great guy and was my coach for four years. I knew him well and liked him a lot. Very patient and didn't scream or insult, but I was never in his history class. Isn't that what he taught?
Becky Chambers was indeed a great teacher, but I was only in her class once in 8th or 9th grade, and I think her name was Sykes then. I spoke with her at the last reunion at Lake Lanier and time seemed to stand still for her physically and otherwise. She remembered me instantly. How do they do that? So many students over the years...
I never had any of the other teachers you mentioned, however. My loss.
Grant Turner
"Follow your bliss." Joseph Campbell
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Re:teachers - 2007/07/29 17:34
grant wrote:
Bill Chadwick was a great guy and was my coach for four years. I knew him well and liked him a lot. Very patient and didn't scream or insult, but I was never in his history class. Isn't that what he taught?
Becky Chambers was indeed a great teacher, but I was only in her class once in 8th or 9th grade, and I think her name was Sykes then. I spoke with her at the last reunion at Lake Lanier and time seemed to stand still for her physically and otherwise. She remembered me instantly. How do they do that? So many students over the years...
I never had any of the other teachers you mentioned, however. My loss.
"Follow your bliss." Joseph Campbell
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Re:teachers - 2007/07/29 17:57
Yes, Coach Chadwick taught history. He was so patient and even-keeled. He had a very dry sense of humor, which I loved.
I don't know how these teachers remember us after so many years! One who remembered me instantly was Coach East. I had him for eighth grade science. He always called me "Miss Marshall." He was so much fun. At Alan's 20th reunion, after I hadn't seen him in many, many years, he remembered me, called me by name, and asked me how Alan was doing! Amazing!! He always loved us students, even when we did something crazy, and he had to pull us up short by shouting, "Hey, Idiots!" Does anyone else remember that? It always made me smile!
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Re:teachers - 2007/07/29 18:01
Thanks, Lorraine
I'll have to google her and see if I can find her. I always thought Mrs. Chambers was just the best.
Andie Marshall McDaniel
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Re:teachers - 2007/07/29 19:54
Hi guys Beckie Chambers lives two doors down from Laurel Ridge Elementry on Shetland Dr. She is doing well and I have seen her and spoken to her several times since my mom passed away in January. She is probally back from China on a Student Trip YEA SHE IS STILL DOING THOSE. Allen her hubby is doing well with his construction business and her daughters are married. I really liked Chadwick he taught somegoodthings and some wird things that I remembered and I teach Social Studies in HS. Another Coach was Cookie Ramos. I wentback and Taught at Shamrock in 82 and it was a blast, Gary Levengood and I taught for a year. I with Ms. Jolly, Lloyd and Eric Taggart and Levengood with the science dept he taught Biology. I taught English and Hist.
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Re:teachers - 2007/07/29 21:46
Coach Chadwick was a great history teacher. I actually enjoyed going to his class.
(If you don't remember me, it is probably because I skipped school so much.)
I remember one lively discussion started when I asked him ,
"Don't you think Bluebeard was probably gay?"
Hey, colorful clothing, a bunch of guys, out to sea for long months,
singing ho,ho,ho, and bottles of rum , etc. You gotta wonder.
I remember Coach Chadwick actually blushed,
But I don't ever remember thinking of history as boring again.
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Re:teachers - 2007/07/29 21:46
Coach Chadwick was a great history teacher. I actually enjoyed going to his class.
(If you don't remember me, it is probably because I skipped school so much.)
I remember one lively discussion started when I asked him ,
"Don't you think Bluebeard was probably gay?"
Hey, colorful clothing, a bunch of guys, out to sea for long months,
singing sea shanties ,ho,ho,ho, and bottles of rum , etc. You gotta wonder.
I remember Coach Chadwick actually blushed,
But I don't ever remember thinking of history as boring again.
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Re:teachers - 2007/07/29 22:28
Andie, Coaches East and Ramos were such funny guys. They loved to laugh. They used to call me "the locksmith" and laugh like hell because of how I could never get their keys to work in the door locks at school. And when I saw Coach Ramos and East at the last reunion they instantly said, "Hey, it's the locksmith!"
They were best friends, I guess...I never knew that Coach Chadwick was such a good history teacher!
Grant Turner
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Re:teachers - 2007/07/31 14:35
Teachers – we forget those who got us started. I think it Mrs. Williamson in the 1st grade at Laurel Ridge Elementary that taught me how to read that was the most influential, but that wasn’t the question.
Coaches, music teachers, and club sponsors seem to be the people I remember most. Coach East let me play football even thought I wasn’t very good – he encouraged me to play defense instead of offense because I couldn’t remember the plays. Every time I saw him after graduating, Coach Ramos would always ask, “Timmy, how’s your Dad?” (who was also a coach his entire life). I’d still follow these guys – their encouragement and pushing us to excel has lasted me a lifetime.
Ms. Chambers was so cool that I didn’t realize I was learning -- a trait that I wish I could better emulate. She didn’t mind either when we skipped lunch and went to the Varsity Jr. – as long as we brought her a chili dog.
Dick Byrd – fantastic teacher – one of the best. I’m sorry now for the time Terry Myles and I cheated on a test in his class (Hey wait, can they revoke my HS diploma for that?) Sorry Terry!
Who was the young teacher that taught us Latin? I’m surprised we didn’t get thrown out of school for how we treated her. She stuck with us and I actually learned some Latin!
There was also an English teacher on the middle hall just down from the main office – does anyone remember her name – I can’t find my yearbooks! She was great – she gave me some low grades, but I deserved them.
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Re:teachers - 2007/08/01 08:06
Hi Tim! Haven't seen you biking around lately...are you still doing that?
Tim, do you know if Mrs. King, from Laurel Ridge, is still alive? I saw her at a restaurant off N. Druids Hills several years back and she remembered my name started with a 'D', that I had a sister and seems like she asked about Brenda Weiss. (It's always, "Nooo, can't say I remember you...but how IS that Brenda Weiss??"  )
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