Hi, Friends! Since I recently retired from a five-year stint of writing a regular Sunday column for the Bristol Herald-Courier, I have had several hundred friends ask if I would continue writing a column (in my own personal local “storytelling” style) in another format.
I inadvertently lost (Ah…the joys of technology) your bucket list essay. Would you please resend it to me?
I am a friend of Susie McConnell who gifted me with your column, for which I am grateful.
Like you, I spent my career in the teaching profession (45 years: Franklin County High School, Ferrum College, Roanoke Catholic High School, Salem High School (English grades 8-12); then after earning a Ph.D. at VT where I taught during my studies, Purdue University, and finally at my Alma Mater, William and Mary). I retired in 2014 and my wife Carol and I returned to our hometown, Rocky Mount, VA.
Like you, my philosophy of teaching and learning was all about my students to whom I taught English. I loved language and literature but I loved teaching and learning with my students more than my subject matter.
I fell in love with teachers and teaching in elementary school, and as I always told my students, I never fell out of that love.
Hello Ben,
I inadvertently lost (Ah…the joys of technology) your bucket list essay. Would you please resend it to me?
I am a friend of Susie McConnell who gifted me with your column, for which I am grateful.
Like you, I spent my career in the teaching profession (45 years: Franklin County High School, Ferrum College, Roanoke Catholic High School, Salem High School (English grades 8-12); then after earning a Ph.D. at VT where I taught during my studies, Purdue University, and finally at my Alma Mater, William and Mary). I retired in 2014 and my wife Carol and I returned to our hometown, Rocky Mount, VA.
Like you, my philosophy of teaching and learning was all about my students to whom I taught English. I loved language and literature but I loved teaching and learning with my students more than my subject matter.
I fell in love with teachers and teaching in elementary school, and as I always told my students, I never fell out of that love.
All good wishes,
John Noell Moore
Hi John! I'll send it to you by email right now. Thank you for your kind words. And thank you for carrying the torch for so long in your career.