The December list will be the top 30 most memorable teachers/staff (see rules below), and tonight, we're ending it all with the all-time-for-our-time number-one most-memorable English teacher par-excellence THOMAS WEIBLE (seen here all smiley in his yearbook pic, bonus link below to a relatively recent feature that his retirement home did on him [click the box with him on the cover to read it]).
I will say this, though ... if you interacted with Mr. Weible in some form or fashion and didn't walk away knowing that you were supposed to honor Shakespeare on the anniversary of his birth/death each year in late April and/or, you don't pronounce the word poetry as such: PO-ET-REE (not po-uh-tree), then did you *really* interact with Mr. Weible? All kidding aside, he deserves his spot at the top of this list because his passion was contagious -- and so he made reading exciting for students at all levels ... and although he clearly cared about *what* he was teaching, it was also true that he cared even more about those *to whom* he was teaching.
And, on a personal note, I consider it a privilege to have known "Tom" outside of the classroom -- because he and I (and "Ray" Heberlig [half of #10 in this series]) all worked together at the Owen Landis auctions on Tuesday nights at Roots and Friday nights at the Green Dragon (if you are from my hometown/central PA, then you immediately understand these references). It's always something special when you get to figure out that your teachers are actually real people too ... and Mr. Weible may have been one of the "realest".
Here's to you, Mr Weible!
RULES FOR THIS TOP 30 LIST: Honorees must be one of the ninety individuals listed in the faculty pages of the '89 yearbook (which means two thirds of the list are already not going to be referenced). Honorees may also be selected from the photos of support staff as well (so long as they are on the surrounding pages of the same section). Honorees must be memorable (if there are no stories, then there will be no post about that person). Honorees are chosen and ranked by me (if you disagree, start your own list on your own blog). All memories are believed to be accurate (but are being told through the lens of thirty or more years, so ... you know.)
BONUS LINK TO THE AFOREMENTIONED FEATURE:
http://www.stoneridgeretirement.com/stoneridge-living-magazine.htm
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