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After the Bell: Teaching Tips With a Twist
The Stunt Brothers Celebrate World Teachers' Day
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In Episode 88, Martin and Roy kick things off with listener feedback, reflecting on what they learned after being schooled on the use of the word Luddite. This leads the Stunt Brothers right into today’s main event: World Teacher’s Day (October 5th)! Our duo explores the origins of the day as they attempt to say "teacher" in various languages fully expecting some listener feedback on their pronunciations. Then, stepping out of the comfort of the studio, Roy and Martin hit the streets to ask everyday people about their favourite teacher. This bold (and slightly risky) move uncovers heartfelt stories, global appreciations, some surprises, and plenty of laughs along the way. Happy International Teacher's Day!
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Teachers Day, education, teaching, history, teacher stories, UNESCO, international teachers day, teacher impact, teacher appreciation
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History of Teachers Day and UNESCO's role
The significance of teacher autonomy and professional development
Personal stories of influential teachers from different countries
The evolution of teacher recognition and celebration
The impact of teachers on students' lives and communities
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Speaker 15Good afternoon, podcast listeners everywhere. Welcome to After the Bell, a Stunt Brothers production. I'm Martin Stuible.
Speaker 17And I'm Roy Hunt, and we share your pain, having taught a combined 70 years. 70 years. I know. Wow. So get out your marking, organize your supplies, or just pour yourself a coffee. I think I need something stronger. That's okay. Okay. And listen, engage, and interact with After the Bell, a podcast for you, the hardworking, dedicated teacher who wants free lesson plans, free advice, and a free meal.
Speaker 15Well, I always show up for a free meal. Okay, here we go. We are live for episode uh what is this? Episode five? Of season three. Of season three.
Speaker 17And overall, we're talking we're talking episode eighty-eight. Trevor Burrus, Jr. Double eights.
Speaker 1512 to go before we hit that 100 eight. Trevor Burrus, Jr.: Yeah. No, and we should celebrate, but uh I also want to point out our listeners are really, really astute. And they really listen carefully. Trevor Burrus, Jr. It's good to have astute listeners. Trevor Burrus, Jr.: They listen carefully to everything we say. Like we think we can say anything on here, and we think we can get away with anything. No, no. We've learned that they will c they will hold us to account, my friend. Okay. Right? So what was it that you said? How do you know it's not you? Maybe it's you. No, no way. And they sent me the email, so I guess it was it is for you.
Speaker 17It was meant for you.
Speaker 15Trevor Burrus, Jr.: There was our second episode of this season three. We had Ben Humphries on from PACES. Great episode about AI in schools, which is just everywhere you turn. That's the topic. We will be coming back to that topic for sure. But I got an email from Paul Keeling, and Paul said it's totally fine if I cite his critique of our episode. And he was he was really concerned about the word Luddite. I called Ben a Luddite. Well I said he's not a Luddite. He's not a Luddite. I did not use the record, I did not call him a Luddite.
Speaker 17You did use the word Luddite. At least twice.
Speaker 15I said you're not a Luddite, and I think I did it again.
Speaker 17Right.
Speaker 15I was probably using it in kind of the pejorative way.
Speaker 17Trevor Burrus, Prajorative way.
Speaker 15Trevor Burrus In a pejorative way. Trevor Burrus Common practice, but not necessarily the correct use of the word Luddite. Yes. So I meant he knows a lot about computers. But Luddites, of course, that's not the history. So I'm gonna I just want to read it.
Speaker 17So what is the history of a Luddite?
Speaker 15Trevor Burrus, Jr. Well the origin as as Paul Keeling has pointed out, and I'll quote him directly. The original Luddites in the early 1800s Britain were skilled textile workers who went around smashing newly introduced automated looms that were threatening their work, pride, and livelihood. By this definition, anyone concerned about the displacement of workers by AI is a Luddite. Senator Bernie Sanders in the U.S., who has spoken loudly on the issue, is a Luddite. Arguably, concerns about cognitive offloading and the de-skilling of kids is a Luddite argument as well. The term Luddite only became a pejorative term, so he used after the British government prosecuted the original Luddites and in some cases executed them, and successfully rebranded the term as a smear. Conclusion, says Paul. Thank you, Paul. Thank you, Paul. The word Luddite is a source of confusion. It does not matter to Ben's argument whether he is a Luddite or not, or that he is a computer scientist. You're right. It totally does not. I I stand corrected and uh the Luddite, he has a historical, but I used it in the pejorative way, and I I just I was tickled pink by the female.
Speaker 17Trevor Burrus You've been schooled.
Speaker 15I have been schooled. Which is appropriate for today. Trevor Burrus, Jr.
Speaker 17Yes.
Speaker 15Because today is October 5th is today.
Speaker 17That's right. And what is so special? Trevor Burrus, Jr. Teachers Day. Trevor Burrus, Jr.: It is today, right? Yes. Yeah. And because it's international and we know the word teacher, uh it would be appropriate to find some ways of saying teacher in another language. Trevor Burrus. And because of our listeners, because it's international too, right? I gotcha. Listeners are international. I imagine if we mispronounce the word I will they would let us know. And if they don't, they should. You're not fine when I school you. No, I'm not.
Speaker 15I'm not. No. You got it.
Speaker 17You give me the look. Like how dare you? Yes. Yeah.
Speaker 15Yes.
Speaker 17So help me out listen first. School Martin.
Speaker 15Listen carefully to Roy's pronunciation. If you disagree with them, send us an email. Contact us on our Facebook page, stumpbrothers.ca is our website as well. Okay. We're all over. We're all over. So what what do you got? What do you got for us?
Speaker 17In Spanish, I have maestro.
Speaker 15I would have loved to be called maestro. Like that Seinfeld episode there was the mice. They just called a maestro, right? Yes. Well I didn't. I should have had it. I always thought of French, right? Mike.
Speaker 17You're going to ask your friends to call you maestro.
Speaker 15I think I will now.
Speaker 17I'm not going to call you maestro.
Speaker 15I think I will. No, you're going to call me maestro.
Speaker 17No way.
Speaker 15I'll be insulted if you don't. You can call me the French word professeur. I write that, right?
Speaker 17No.
Speaker 15No? None of these things?
Speaker 17How about in Japanese you can call me sensei and bow before me when you do.
Speaker 15Aaron Powell And is that what you were called when you were teaching in Japan? That sounds wonderful.
Speaker 17Trevor Burrus I would remember walking into a classroom. There was always a head student in that classroom. And I'd walk into the door, and one of the students would say kirits, and they would all stand. Such respect. And they would bow before me, and then they would sit, and then I would be able to start my lesson. Trevor Burrus, Jr.
Speaker 15We've got to bring that back.
Speaker 17It hasn't even started here.
Speaker 15Yeah. But no, but that's true. How can you bring that back? We'll start it with maestro, though. I like maestro. I like sensei. So German. My dad's German, and he always introduced me to the German word, which is lerer, right? Lehrer. Yeah. For a teacher.
Speaker 17Trevor Burrus And which sounds uh quite similar to Dutch. Yeah. It is lerer.
Speaker 15Aaron Ross Powell Yeah. And Dutch is uh actually comes from Deutsch, so that's why it's a very it's a Germanic language. And you were just in that part of the world.
Speaker 17Aaron Ross Powell I traveled through the Netherlands for uh eight days on uh doing a bike and barge trip.
Speaker 15How was it?
Speaker 17Uh it the weather was fantastic. Uh we cycled uh between forty and fifty kilometers every day and back to our boat and ate on the boat, slept on the boat, and then went to a new destination the next day.
Speaker 15Gold. It was amazing. Fantastic. Yeah. Well here's a shout-out to many of our listeners speak Farzy. Um we have many Persians in North Vancouver here. And again, this is a great chance for you to tell me Martin Maestro. That's not how you say it. But I'm going to try Mu'alem. Mu'alem. So I'm trying my best. So that's Farzee. What else?
Speaker 17Okay. And in Icelandic, and I've been to Iceland, but that doesn't mean I can pronounce it any better. It's Canari.
Speaker 15Oh, I like the sound of it. Canari. Okay. Canari. But I still prefer maestro. Oh, I think. Maestro is my word of the day.
Speaker 17There you go.
Speaker 15But why is it October 5th? Like I I mean I'm kind of thinking of remember remember the 5th of November. Do you know that one? I have no idea what you're talking about. Trevor Burrus, Jr. 5th of November. Guy Fox. Guy Fox Day. In England, they celebrate Guy Fox Day. Instead of Halloween, they often have these big bonfires, the neighborhoods get together, all the kids bring everything, and they make they just burn these giant it's incredible. But they're celebrating Guy Fox, who I think in the 1800s sometime was going to blow up Parliament. And he got caught and was executed, I'm pretty sure. Okay. And it was a plot to take over the government. And even the Guy Fox masks sometimes, I think you see those masks now in protest, so that's kind of the connection to him. But if but I always remember that was I think people look back at that time, there was always a saying, remember remember the 5th of November. But maybe it should be a remember, remember the 5th of October. So why is it October 5th? Aaron Ross Powell Well, October 5th?
Speaker 17Historically. October 5th is uh a day set by UNESCO for International Teachers Day. And it started in 1966.
Speaker 15The year I was born. They knew I was going to be a maestro. And they created this day to celebrate.
Speaker 17Maybe it was for me. In 66, I was six years old. I was kind of knowing more what was happening with the Aaron. Trevor Burrus, Jr.
Speaker 15Sensei. Sensei. Okay. Sensei was born six years earlier, so sure. Trevor Burrus So that's interesting. So there's actually a it's not just a we love our teacher kind of day. There's obviously more to it of UNESCO, which is a UN organization trying to improve education and teaching conditions around the world.
Speaker 17Trevor Burrus Yeah. It was to essentially recognize or an international agreement that teaching should be treated as a profession with the appropriate standards and protections. Trevor Burrus Yeah.
Speaker 15And I think when you look at some of their recommendations from that first meeting, October 5, 1966, we've been lucky, we've fought for these things, we've gained them in our collective agreements, but many parts of the world still do not have these, right? Trevor Burrus, that's right. That's correct. Trevor Burrus, yeah. So it was like some of them, it was teachers' rights and responsibilities was a big thing. Not just having this person there to deliver the lessons, but also understanding the complexity of the job and protecting that teacher. Because they often are they're often victims of even violence around the world, right?
Speaker 17Trevor Burrus And then teacher preparation and professional development. Professional development is a large part of teaching careers around the world. So some of some of it's really good and some of it's maybe redundant. It depends.
Speaker 15Not just having a hundred kids in front of you, right? Trying to say what is a manageable load that allows you to deliver the curriculum and deal with, you know, obviously those behaviors had become more challenging over the years. Trevor Burrus, Jr.
Speaker 17Oh yes. Classroom in teaching conditions, uh teaching teachers' professional autonomy. And that's one of the things that I believe gave my career such longevity. It was the autonomy that I had to be able to recreate things that were of interest to me and to my students. Trevor Burrus, Jr.
Speaker 15We've talked about that a lot a lot on this podcast, right? The freedom we had. I don't think any other job we would have had that freedom to be the creative people we are in the classroom. But it really, to me, it was the importance of teachers having a voice in educational decision making. So that UNESCO meeting in October 5, 1966, was making sure that that's not it's not just top-down. The teachers need to have a voice in what the working conditions look like. These are struggles that I know many of our listeners who are in other parts of the world are still fighting for. And we're still fighting for many things, too. So we're not there completely united.
Speaker 17Well, and then you know it seems like we have them, and then every once in a while there'll be uh when we renegotiate a contract and some of the things we have, though they want to change the class size or composition.
Speaker 15Trevor Burrus, Jr. You can't take a breath, right? You have to keep on this advocacy, for sure. But this day, I don't think it actually was celebrated until later on, even though the day in the organization meeting happened on October 5, 1966. When did the actual first World Teachers Day happen?
Speaker 17Aaron Ross Powell The first World Teachers happened in 1994. Aaron Ross Powell Oh, okay. Right. And then uh and now it's continually celebrated.
Speaker 15Um that makes sense because I it's always been like part of my mindset, World Teachers Day, but I started teaching in the 90s, so I just figured it was always there, but clearly it's only lately come in. And there's also like when I looking over the notes here, they often have a theme for World Teachers Day. Today it's celebrating the fact that this is the 60th anniversary, which is also my 60th anniversary.
Speaker 17How did you turn this all back to you? Six of every sixty three? Oh my gosh. So International Teachers Day was created for you.
Speaker 15Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You you understand now.
Speaker 17Help me out.
Speaker 15I got an idea. Okay. That will help you out so that you don't have to think it's all about me. Let's go out into our community. Let's go out there, talk to people around the city and ask them about their favorite teacher. Let's just randomly get our microphones, shove it in people's faces. They'll think we're some religious group trying to hand them pamphlets about saving their soul. Trevor Burrus, Jr.
Speaker 17I'm gonna search out. I figured what? I've been in the district for close to 30 years. There has to be somewhere out there someone that I taught. Because I would just love it. So could you uh tell me your name and uh tell me your favorite teacher? And he goes, my name is blah, blah, blah. My favorite teacher is you.
Speaker 15Oh, there you go. So that's what you hope for, eh? I have hope for that.
Speaker 17Okay, well that's because I I know that if we find a student that you've taught, uh I'll never hear the end of it.
Speaker 15Trevor Burrus, you know, you won't. So okay. So the quest is on. We're gonna randomly ask people, we're gonna get their feedback. Trevor Burrus, Jr. Make sure it's random. Who gets to have the discovery of a student who happens to be a former student? It won't be prearranged, right? It has to be random. And will it be your student or my student and will they acknowledge us? Oh, I don't know. I have a bad What does the winner get? I have a bad feeling about it. It's like Luke Skywalker. I got a bad feeling about this. Is there a prize? Do I get a prize when it's me? Well it's gonna be me.
Speaker 17Your prize would just be that your ego will be inflated.
Speaker 15Okay. Thank you. Let's get out there. Let's go ask. Let's go. This is our first time we've done this. You know, this teachers in the street, man in the street kind of interviews, right, from WayPack, just getting people and hopefully it works. I don't know how people are gonna respond. Yeah, I know. So let's let's give this a try.
Speaker 17Okay.
Heartwarming Stories About Some Favourite Teachers
Speaker 17The Stunt brothers would love to know who was your favorite teacher.
Speaker 9My favorite teacher was my grade six teacher at Capolano Elementary named Gil Curtelli. And what really stands out in my memory is she was the first one to help me discover I was dyslexic. Okay. And help me to understand what that meant. Back in the day when dinosaurs still ruled the earth, there was no interventions given, but at least I understood that it wasn't just I wasn't just dumb, that there was actually a label to why I was struggling to learn to read.
Speaker 17Could you uh tell us who your favorite teacher was when you were growing up?
SpeakerWell, I've had a number of favorite teachers over the years, but two or three really stand out. One would be my grade three teacher, Mrs. Lawrence, just always welcoming at the door, smiling, good mornings, just always made you feel that you were important. Another one would be Mr. Buger, my grade seven teacher. Um he had a barrage of different animals, anything from reptiles to to well, snakes to bunny rabbits, and we always got to be part of taking care of them and feeding them, and always afraid that one was going to escape, especially a snake. And I think in high school it would be Mrs. Martin because I was so into sports because I loved them. It was an outlet for me. And uh, she always took the sports teams, and uh, we always had a great time, and uh, she was just a wonderful person, encouraging.
Speaker 17Could you share with us your favorite teacher?
Speaker 7So, my favorite teacher, her name was Laura Prost, and she was our um what you call the junior schools here, like below 10 years old. Like in the UK.
Speaker 6I think in the UK called primary, okay.
Speaker 7So primary school. So she was my primary school teacher, and she was the kindest, most gentle, like teacher that you could ever imagine. She was like sweet, she loved all the students, she did brownies with us. I don't know if you have brownies here. Yeah, so she did like brownies, and my brother is also his favorite teacher. And I was I'm 36 now, I don't tell anyone. And she I was probably five or six when she was looking after us, and I still remember her to this day.
Speaker 15Where in England was it?
Speaker 7So in Wales, actually. In Wales, yeah, okay. In a small village called Leyton.
Speaker 8So my favorite teacher was uh Professor Lopez, because I was born and raised in South America. So teacher Lopez, right? Um, and the reason why I liked him best is because he was an ex-priest and left the priesthood and then became a teacher. So he looked like a priest, he acted like a priest, but then he was teaching in school. Okay, and the one thing that was absolutely amazing about him was his storytelling. So he was the most extraordinary storyteller. So rather than sitting down and reading about history, he would narrate history to us. Rather than saying, okay, well, now you have to read the divine comedy, uh, this is what the story was about. And then maybe after I tell you what it was about, you'll be able to go ahead and read it. And so he was like this person that really gave us enthusiasm. So he's he's he taught geography, history, and uh literature. So it was three things, three things, and uh and it was absolutely extraordinary. I remember to, you know, it must be long past because it's been so long. Yeah, but he stayed with me my whole time. I said, like Professor Lopez, he taught me about that. I remember that, you know. So I was really enthusiastic about teaching and all of this.
Speaker 17And I can tell your enthusiasm he really made a mark.
Speaker 8Yeah, yeah. No, he was great. He was an absolutely wonderful teacher. I remember him. And he looked like a priest and walked like a priest, so that was really for us. It was a blast. This is in Cali, Colombia. Okay, Cali Columbia. Yeah, Cali Columbia, yeah. A school called Jefferson School, and he was a teacher there for, I don't know, 30 years, I think. Yeah, very long time. Retired from the school and everything.
Speaker 17All right, thank you so much.
Speaker 6Yeah, uh, my favorite teacher was Mr. Ernson, my history teacher.
Speaker 17And what made him your favorite teacher?
Speaker 6Uh he made history come to life for me and um inspired a lifelong interest in history.
Speaker 17Where was this?
Speaker 6In England. Uh in a place called Northampton. I went to a boarding school.
Speaker 1Probably high school. Uh the drama teacher. Okay. Got me out of my shell. Oh, fantastic. And where was this? Sparks high school, Reno, Sparks area in Nevada.
Speaker 4Okay.
Speaker 1Yeah, I was I wasn't in a big crowd and kind of changed things and turned things up. I got accepted into some more of the things I like to do at school without being the the curly-headed nerd guy on the other side of the school. So it's fun to get into the theater and and see that side of the school.
Speaker 17So could you share with us uh your favorite teacher from your childhood?
Speaker 5Uh high school math teacher is my favorite. He actually had a twin who also taught math in the school district, and he was really good at getting everyone to work through those harder problems, and if you did it too fast, he would say there's more steps in there because we all had to share going over the homework, share an answer, and explain it so that if you learn it, if you can explain it, you learned it.
Speaker 17And and how was that inspirational for you?
Speaker 5Inspirational? It taught me to not just look at things one way, look at things multiple ways. Sometimes someone won't understand it one way. Try again, don't give up on them, and and keep working with them.
Speaker 17That's fantastic. Thank you for sharing.
Speaker 11I would have to say my psychology teacher right now because she's very interesting because she shares a lot of like her experiences behind like why she teaches certain ways and why she like lets everyone do stuff on their own time.
Speaker 17And where where is this uh Carson City, Nevada?
Speaker 11We don't go to the same school though. Yeah.
Speaker 14Okay, well that's okay.
Speaker 17So, anyways, could you share with me the name of your favorite teacher?
Speaker 14Um like in this in my grade now?
Speaker 17Sure, or any any anyone. It could be from elementary all the way up to present.
Speaker 14Um, my favorite teacher was Miss Zenyak, and she was my grade three teacher.
Speaker 17Okay, and what what was so special about her?
Speaker 14Um, she really helped um include all the students, and especially with um I faced a lot of racism. Okay, and she really helped that and like pushed Black History Month and teaching and all that, and she was very nice at West View Elementary.
Speaker 17West View Elementary. Okay, I know West View. Yeah.
Speaker 2Um my favorite teacher would be um Mrs. Buck.
Speaker 4Okay.
Speaker 2She was my uh kindergarten teacher.
Speaker 4Okay.
Speaker 2She like I faced racism too. Because like that was like my first time coming to Canada and I didn't know any English at all. And she would really help me include like myself to like other kids and help me find friends. All right. And like she would really like try to like make me include in like groups of people, like kids, friends. And yeah.
Speaker 17So all right, are you ready?
Speaker 2Yes.
Speaker 17Could you tell us the name of uh your favorite teacher?
Speaker 4You bet. This big shout out goes to Mr. Urquhart, West Vancouver secondary science teacher, extraordinaire who made learning fun and interactive, and uh also played the bagpipes. Wow, very memorable man.
Speaker 17That would be memorable.
Speaker 4Yeah, so thanks, Mr. Urquhart.
Speaker 17Thank you. Uh, here we are on a beautiful day down at Shipbuilder's Square, and we're interviewing people uh uh about their favorite teacher because October 5th is International Teachers Day. And could you tell me who you are and your favorite teacher, please?
Speaker 13My name is Donna, and I grew up in North Van, so I went to Queensbury, Larson, Dalbrook, and Carson Graham. My favorite teacher would be my grade five teacher, Mr. Williams, and that's because he actually taught me about the logging industry in British Columbia, and I remember about it until this day. Stuck with me.
Speaker 17Wow.
Speaker 13My name's Annette, and I'm from Ontario.
Speaker 17Oh, I'm from Ontario too. I'm from uh St. Thomas, Ontario.
Speaker 3Oh, I'm from Aurelia. Okay, I know Aurelia. Oh, fantastic. Where 77% of the people say yes.
Speaker 17Well, you did say yes, so you must be.
Speaker 3No, there used to be a commercial, Addison commercial, yeah. I right away knew what that was. Yeah. Okay, fantastic.
Speaker 17And so I'm just gonna I'm gonna say, can you tell me who you are and can you share the name of uh a favorite teacher growing up?
Speaker 3Okay. Okay, so here we go. You ready? Go. Are you ready?
Speaker 17I'm ready. Hi there. Could you tell me who you are and your uh the name of your favorite teacher growing up?
Speaker 3Um, my name is Annette Hurd, and I think my favorite teacher growing up, um, there was a lady named Mrs. Shaw, and I had her for grade three and grade five, and I was so comfortable um in her classroom that I had a couple of times I accidentally called her mom. Whoa, but she was a very, very wonderful person, and I just enjoyed being in her class, and I think she had a good impact in my life.
Speaker 17Well, you know, it's interesting. I think that's when you know you feel comfortable because I I taught grade four or five, and I have had a few students call me mom in my lifetime, and I was like, someone come up and said mom, and I looked at them and they looked at me and we laughed. Yeah.
Speaker 3I know. I everybody laughed at me too, but it was just like oops.
Speaker 17Thanks for sharing.
Speaker 3No problem. Thank you. Thank you.
Speaker 17Um, you look familiar. Um we taught you before.
Speaker 16Yeah, just a couple years ago. Just a couple years ago. You just retired. So yeah, I think I was your last student through your that you taught.
Speaker 17Yeah, I taught. Uh so could could you tell us your name and uh who your favorite teacher uh is, and there's no pressure.
Speaker 16My name's Colin, and uh my favorite teacher has to be Mr. Stupa. What yeah, I remember we went on some field trips back in the day. It was a great time.
Speaker 15What year was that? In all honesty.
Speaker 16I can't remember. Can't remember. It was in the 90s. It was in the 90s. Yeah. Oh, fantastic. It's wonderful to actually bump into you after all these years, right? It's incredible. He's walking around, and I got some of the shape.
Speaker 15We're asking random people, and I see someone just just from a few years ago.
unknownThere you go.
Speaker 15Well, it's good to see you. It's great seeing you again, and that you're doing well.
Speaker 17Thank you. I hope your podcast.
Speaker 15I mean, that's like that student we just talked to, yeah, is now 42 years old. And you're only 43. It's just unbelievable. It's great to see Colin again, but like he he looks like he didn't taller, but here he is, 42, looking great and fantastic. I noticed he didn't say you look the same, Mr. Stupid. You look exactly the same. Yeah, I know. I mean, that's 30 years ago. Wow, crazy. Wow. So we're having we're having fun here live for sure. Yes, we are.
Speaker 10Yes, I'm Camilla, I'm from Italy, and my favorite teacher is um from elementary school. Her name is Anna Maria, and it's my favorite teacher because she made me grow and gave me beautiful values. Thank you.
Speaker 12My name's Nicole, and my favorite teacher was Jim Martin, and he was a teacher of mine at Carson Graham High School.
Speaker 17And uh, why was he a favorite teacher of yours?
Speaker 12So he was my gym teacher, and he kind of understood the fact that I wasn't super comfortable in gym class with all the team picking and things like that. So he kind of let me do my own thing and go out and run around the track and just get my activity that way. And I ended up doing better in gym that year than I ever did.
Speaker 15And I just want to add to that, because my brother was the last class at North Van High. You know where the gym is, like um the Mickey Manugu gym and that? So that was North Van High. And they they were on a volleyball team in 1979. Oh my gosh. And Mr. Martin was their teacher who sponsored them to break the record for the longest ever volleyball game. It went on for 72 hours. Yeah.
Wrap Up With Roy and Martin
Speaker 17So what are you gonna say? How do you like them apples? You were pr uh pretty happy about yourself, aren't you?
Speaker 15I'm just sitting here, Sir American. I don't need to say anything.
Speaker 17I can't get in the room because his head's so big.
Speaker 15I can't believe we this was listeners, this was not planned. We actually happened to see a former student of mine who I have not seen for thirty years, just happened to be down at the shipyards in North Vancouver.
Speaker 17Aaron Ross Powell Well, it's funny because I was at the school that he was at that you were at.
Speaker 15Yes, yeah.
Speaker 17And you and I both recognized it.
Speaker 15Yeah, yes.
Speaker 17But he kind of looked at us like, you know, we're two old guys.
Speaker 15I think the dad he's with his dad and mom, and they kind of picked up on us. Yes. It took a while. But he looked exactly the same. I know. It's probably he was twelve when I last taught him in grade seven, thirty years ago, nineteen ninety-six. So International Teachers Day was only thirty years old then.
Speaker 17Yes.
Speaker 15Um I was only thirty years old then.
Speaker 17And it it blew me away because you you asked in a kind way to if you don't mind me asking. How old are you? And he said 42. Right? I was like, what how is that even possible?
Speaker 15And I noticed I said to him, um, you haven't changed. He did the same thing back.
Speaker 17He did say the same thing back to you or me. I mean he wouldn't remember me that much because I was teaching uh uh ESL at the time. So but yes. Unbelievable. So I mean that was the little thing that made me feel good was I mean, obviously you found someone that you adopt. He didn't say, Oh, you look exactly the way I remember you, Mr.
Speaker 15Stuart. If he did, I know he was lying, right? So he's an honest, honest could I still call him a young man at 42 or 41? He was honest and he was just it was a delight to see him. And it was just uh because we had talked about this before the episode, so it was kind of amazing that we actually hit upon that. Trevor Burrus, Jr.
Speaker 17What?
Speaker 15And all all the people, I mean we we met people from the States.
Speaker 17Those three girls that we met, uh one students right now. Two of them were from Italy and one of them she was from Oh, um was it Norway or Finland?
Speaker 15Finland. It was Finland. Yeah, yeah. And they're they're high school students, right? Yeah, high school. That was really cool, right? And then a woman from Ontario. So different people we happened to meet, and it just was a delight to hear what I found, not just to hear, but to see in their faces. So this is audio, we didn't videotape these, but you could see it in their faces, the joy of talking about their favorite teachers.
Speaker 17Aaron Ross Powell For me being a teacher uh for all these years and to see someone having a smile, a a memory about a teacher. I mean, we know that not there wasn't a list of, oh, I have so many teachers I can't tell you. But there's always there was always one that stood out to them.
Speaker 15And that one woman basically said this one teacher just changed her life to have this chance to understood her at that moment, right? And I just think teachers who are listening understand the powerful impact you have on your students. And do that every day, but especially today, it's International Teachers Day. And wherever you are, just celebrate what you do. Um keep fighting for improvements for your conditions, but it's also great to say we love teachers, right? And this is amazing to hear about other people that feel the same. But as always, stay healthy, stay happy, stay fit.
Speaker 17Eat well, and sleep well.
Speaker 15Take care, everyone. Bye-bye. This podcast is organic, taking shape with each episode, building resiliency for teachers everywhere.
Speaker 17That sounds great.
Speaker 15And our website is stuntbrothers.ca.
Speaker 17That's stuntbrothers.ca.
Speaker 15We will chat again after the bell.
