Dave Eggers remembers an inspiring teacher

'SURE HOPE YOU BECOME A WRITER': Dave Eggers remembers an inspiring teacher.

I don't remember Mr. Criche teaching us how to take standardized tests, but when we took them, we did well. I don't remember Mr. Criche gearing his lesson plans toward any state-regulated curricula, but we did pretty well on any and every scale. Why? Because he made us curious. He was curious, so we were curious. He was hungry for learning, so we were hungry, too. He made us want to impress him with the contents of our brains. He taught us how to think and why. I miss him, but he won't be forgotten, not by me or the scores of students who sat before him. Teachers live on in a thousand hearts and minds, right? They're stuck with us. We follow them everywhere and always.

I'm sure most of us, even those still within an educational system of some kind, can remember a teacher whom they admired greatly. Take a look at the rest of his piece. It's a nice tribute to valuable educators in an age when such people are considerably hard to come by.