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>> TO SAY BEING A TEACHER
WAS THE MOST CHALLENGING JOB
THAT-THAT I'VE HAD,
AND, UH, AND I THINK
IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB
THAT-THAT SOMEONE CAN DO.
>> YEAH, I REMEMBER MR. PERKINS.
HE WAS JUST AN AMAZING TEACHER.
TOOK US ON A FIELD TRIP, UM,
TO THOMPSON'S ISLAND IN BOSTON,
AND WE LEARNED ALL ABOUT
MARINE SCIENCE. WOW!
AS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KID,
THAT WAS JUST PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
>> MR. WALTER IS MY-MY
METAL SHOP TEACHER.
HIS VOICE RINGS IN MY HEAD.
BASICALLY HE SAID, YOU KNOW,
"BE SMART AND DON'T SCREW UP."
WELDING, UH, YOU KNOW,
WORKING ON THE FORGE,
THE LATHE, THE BANDSAW.
IT TAUGHT US A LOT
ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY,
AND REALLY JUST TO LOOK
AT WHAT YOU'RE DOING
AT THAT MOMENT,
AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING YOU'RE DOING,
AND I'LL NEVER FORGET
THAT LESSON.
>> MY FIFTH GRADE SCIENCE
TEACHER, MR. HARGROVE.
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE--
35-ISH YEARS AGO.
MY INTEREST IN MATH,
UM, YOU KNOW,
ENCOURAGED HIM TO-TO SUGGEST
THAT I'D CONSIDER ENGINEERING,
AND I'LL BE HONEST,
AT THE TIME,
I THOUGHT THAT MEANT
DRIVING TRAINS.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT MATH
HAD TO DO WITH DRIVING TRAINS,
BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW
ANY ENGINEERS.
BUT MR. HARGROVE'S BELIEF IN ME
STILL CONTINUES
TO RESONATE TODAY,
AND IS ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT I CHOSE ENGINEERING
AS A PROFESSION.
>> YES, I'D LIKE TO THANK
MRS. DENAPOLI.
SHE IS JUST AN AMAZING
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER
AND GOT ALL OF US MOTIVATED
ABOUT SCIENCE AND SPACE
WHEN WE WERE JUST LITTLE KIDS
AND SHOWED US
THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO LEARN
AND UNDERSTAND IN THIS WORLD.
>> FOR ME,
IT WAS A TEACHER NAMED, UM,
MR. WEISENBERG WHEN I WAS
A YOUNG GRADE SCHOOL STUDENT
WHO ALWAYS CHALLENGED US
TO KINDA THINK AND PREDICT, UH,
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF WE WERE
TO DO A SPECIFIC SCIENTIFIC
EXPERIMENT, AND SO,
I'D LIKE TO THANK
OF MR. WEISENBERG
FOR-FOR DOING THAT
AS A-AS A GRADE SCHOOL STUDENT.
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME.
>> I KNOW IT'S A REALLY UNIQUE
TIME IN THE EDUCATION WORLD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR ALL OF YOU FOR DOING THAT.
>> SO, UH, MAKE SURE
YOU THANK YOUR TEACHERS,
UH, EACH AND EVERY DAY
FOR-FOR ALL THEIR DEDICATION
AND HARD WORK THAT-THAT THEY--
AND THE COMMITMENT THEY HAVE
TO-TO MAKING YOU,
UH, SUCCESSFUL.
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