HISTORY
Hippocrates taught frequently at a medical school under a plane tree on the Greek island of Kos.
Plato established the first school of higher learning on around 385BC. Plato's followers were known as Academics, where the word was first coined. In his lifetime he was probably the most celebrated teacher of his day.
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| Ancient Academy/ Academy of Plato. Mosaic from Pompeii |
The 1665 Five Mile Act, an Act of the Parliament of England. forbade non-conformist ministers from going five miles (eight kms) of a corporate town and from teaching in schools.
In colonial Boston, schoolteachers earned about seven cents per day.
‘Marking' was invented at Cambridge University in 1792 by a chemistry tutor called William Farish.
Prudence Crandall was a school teacher in Connecticut who made history in 1832 when she accepted and African American girl, Sarah Harris, into her class, making it the first integrated school house in the US.
Frances Mary Buss (August 16, 1827 – December 24, 1894) was a British pioneer in women's education. At the age of 23 she founded the North London Collegiate School for Ladies, and became its head (1850-94) - the first woman to call herself a headmistress.
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| Frances Mary Buss |
In 1828 Thomas Arnold was appointed headmaster of Rugby. He reformed the school system (especially by introducing sports and ending bullying). The style of teaching he introduced was graphically described in Thomas Hughes's 1857 novel Tom Brown's Schooldays.
Dr Keate, a headmaster of Eton College, commanded his pupils to be pure in heart, "for if not 'll flog you until you are". He once publicly flogged 80 boys in a day and when he died in 1852, he'd had the distinction of administering the birch to half the bishops, generals and dukes in the kingdom.
Dorothea Beale was principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College (1858–1906). In 1885, she founded St Hilda's College, Cheltenham, as the first English training college for women teachers. She sponsored St Hilda's Hall in Oxford for women teachers in 1894.
Science teacher Peter Tabichi from rural Kenya donated 80% of his salary to help poorer students. He was crowned the world's best teacher of 2019, and was awarded with $1m prize (£760,000) prize, beating 10000 other nominees from 179 countries.
Laurence Tureaud, better known as "Mr. T," attended the Paul Lawrence Dubar Vocational Career Academy in Chicago and worked as a gym teacher.
The actor Liam Neeson used to be a teacher, but got fired for punching a 15-year-old boy when the pupil pulled a knife out in class.
The singer Art Garfunkel worked as a maths teacher in a private school in Connecticut in the early Seventies, after splitting from his musical partner Paul Simon.
Before he became the frontman of The Police, Sting taught English, music, and football at St. Catherine's Convent School for two years in Cramlington, England. He wrote the hit single "Don't Stand So Close to Me" about a teacher who is attracted to one of his students.
The rock music group Lynyrd Skynyrd is named after a high school gym teacher and basketball coach from Jacksonville, Florida, Leonard Skinner (January 11, 1933 – September 20, 2010), who suspended students for having long hair.
The rock band Kiss' frontman Gene Simmons taught sixth-graders in Harlem and was fired for replacing Shakespeare with Spider-Man comics.
World Teachers' Day, also known as International Teachers Day, is an international day held annually on October 5 that acknowledges, evaluates, empowers, and appreciates teachers worldwide. First established in 1994, according to UNESCO, Teachers' Day celebrations are all about reminding society that "the right to education means the right to a qualified teacher.
MODERN FAMOUS TEACHERS
Laurence Tureaud, better known as "Mr. T," attended the Paul Lawrence Dubar Vocational Career Academy in Chicago and worked as a gym teacher.
The actor Liam Neeson used to be a teacher, but got fired for punching a 15-year-old boy when the pupil pulled a knife out in class.
The singer Art Garfunkel worked as a maths teacher in a private school in Connecticut in the early Seventies, after splitting from his musical partner Paul Simon.
Before he became the frontman of The Police, Sting taught English, music, and football at St. Catherine's Convent School for two years in Cramlington, England. He wrote the hit single "Don't Stand So Close to Me" about a teacher who is attracted to one of his students.
The rock music group Lynyrd Skynyrd is named after a high school gym teacher and basketball coach from Jacksonville, Florida, Leonard Skinner (January 11, 1933 – September 20, 2010), who suspended students for having long hair.
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| Leonard Skinner Wikipedia |
The rock band Kiss' frontman Gene Simmons taught sixth-graders in Harlem and was fired for replacing Shakespeare with Spider-Man comics.
FUN TEACHER FACTS
World Teachers' Day, also known as International Teachers Day, is an international day held annually on October 5 that acknowledges, evaluates, empowers, and appreciates teachers worldwide. First established in 1994, according to UNESCO, Teachers' Day celebrations are all about reminding society that "the right to education means the right to a qualified teacher.
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Medarda de Jesus Leon de Uzcategui, alias La Maestra Chucha, had the longest ever teaching career. She began her career by setting up a school at the age of 12 with her two sisters in Caracas, Venezuela and carried on teaching for 87 years from 1911-1998.
Teachers in the state of Texas are legally permitted to carry firearms in the classroom.
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