Some of our class members have gone on to become public and private school teachers. My hat is off to you! I look back at our years at RHS and realize that we had some pretty darn good teachers – ones that actually cared that we learned and were changed in that process. Others, it seems now, used the opportunity at Rison to figure out what they wanted to do with their lives – and not much else!
We have different recollections, I’m sure, but the following are some that, in hindsight, seemed to put forth an extra effort to instill something tangible in us:
Mr. and Mrs. Roshell: I remember Mrs. Roshell as “the Librarian” but I’m sure she did much more. She was always kind, but direct as I recall. The same can be said for her husband, Andrew. Mr. Roshell had a sense of humor, but wanted us to take Geography seriously. He managed to tell a few stories along the way that made his class engaging. And, he put up with a lot of junk from our rambunctious behavior.
Mrs. Scarborough: If I could only re-take some of her classes. Goodness knows, she was serious about English – as she should have been. If she could only see the level of writing (I’m being generous) at my place of business. Do today’s graduates not worry about professional writing? I guess if it’s beyond text-messaging, it doesn’t matter anymore!
Mrs. Sadler: Again, I could use a few more of her Home Economics classes. I eat at Waffle House most of the time, partly because I didn’t pay attention to Mrs. Sadler. She seemed to know how to handle barbarians – and always did it with a twinkle in her eye!
Mr. Jones: I enjoyed Civics and the other classes the Mr. Jones taught. He had a way with the stories and wasn’t a bad bus driver either. I think we used to get under his skin sometimes, too!
Mr. Peek: I think Alan Peek still teaches in Benton or Bryant perhaps. He was a smart guy – almost too smart for his own good. Seems like the girls liked him a lot, can’t imagine why. I guess I enjoyed his classes, since I took both Biology and Advanced Biology. Or perhaps I just liked dead frogs and fetal pigs? (It sure was fun catching our own bullfrogs – do you remember those adventures?).
Mrs. Harvill: What a sweetheart! We gave Mrs. Harvill a hard time, probably because she was so kind. I wish we could take it all back. We were idiots most of the time.
There were lots of others. Who were your favorites? You can “comment” by clicking the comment link and adding your words. Please do – I’d like to know who’s reading this thing!
God Bless,
Ken
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