I once had a High School Teacher tell me...

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I once had a High School Teacher tell me that before the end of the school year I
would remember a list of linking verbs. She then rattled them off.

My reply was, I don't think so?

Well, It's 32+ years later and I still remember them!

She was right!

Hell, she said them 3-4 times a day!

I believe it was about a week after she started saying them that I had them
memorized...lol

I give props to MRS. ?????

Well, Don't blame me for not remembering her name! That was back in the 80's.
We didn't have a lot of memory back then...lol

Linking verbs:
Be, Am, Is, Are, Was, Were, Been, Do, Does, Did, Have, Has, Had, May, Might,
Can, Could, Shall, Will, Should, Would, Must.

Do you remember anything that a High School teacher taught, that you didn't think
you would/could ever remember/repeat?

I'm just killing some time in between projects and thought I would ask.

Have a Great Day!
Michael
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    Mary's Violet Eyes Make Jim Sit Up Nights Planning --
    The way to remember the order of the planets from the sun

    Mary's/Mercury Violet/Venus Eyes/Earth Make/Mars Jim/Jupiter Sit/Saturn Up/Uranus Nights/Neptune Planning/Pluto.

    I think I was in 6th or 7th grade when I learned that one.
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    • Profile picture of the author Ken Leatherman
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      Mary's Violet Eyes Make Jim Sit Up Nights Planning --
      The way to remember the order of the planets from the sun

      Mary's/Mercury Violet/Venus Eyes/Earth Make/Mars Jim/Jupiter Sit/Saturn Up/Uranus Nights/Neptune Planning/Pluto.

      I think I was in 6th or 7th grade when I learned that one.
      In 1949 my twin and I were taught the alphabet by our 1st grade teacher, using Square Dancing calls to train our minds.

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  • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
    I once had a high school teacher tell me I had organic brain damage. So it goes...
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  • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
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    I always remembered it with "Every Good Boy Does Fiona," but, alas, I was never so fortunate.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    I once had a High School Teacher tell me "You can be president of the United States If you want to be".

    Still holding out...
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    • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      I once had a High School Teacher tell me "You can be president of the United States If you want to be".

      Still holding out...
      There's still a chance - the polls are open for a few more hours
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

        There's still a chance - the polls are open for a few more hours

        I asked my wife If she voted for me, she said yes.

        That's one vote for me, a million votes for the next guy.
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  • I'm still a bit confused how this turned into a mnemonic...:confused: that you remembered...

    there must have been something in the study...
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  • Profile picture of the author Jacqueline Smith
    When I was in grade 3 we had to learn all of the states in alphabetical order.

    To this day I still impress people with that skill!
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  • Profile picture of the author Jacqueline Smith
    Just remembered another one.....

    Roy G. Bv

    The colors in a rainbow.
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    • Profile picture of the author hardraysnight
      Originally Posted by Jacqueline Smith View Post

      Just remembered another one.....

      Roy G. Bv

      The colors in a rainbow.
      i was robbed

      my teacher taught me the rainbow had seven colours and the name of the man is roy g biv - red, orange yellow green blue indigo violet

      i wasted so many lunchtimes, my favourite subject, at that school
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    I remember being thrashed by every teacher who taught me
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    • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      Mary's Violet Eyes Make Jim Sit Up Nights Planning --
      The way to remember the order of the planets from the sun

      Mary's/Mercury Violet/Venus Eyes/Earth Make/Mars Jim/Jupiter Sit/Saturn Up/Uranus Nights/Neptune Planning/Pluto.
      I guess poor Jim just sits up at night with no plans now that they took Pluto away from the list of planets.


      @ Michael - The only teacher who I remember saying anything memorable to me was one who taught a 2-week career assessment class that I took as an adult when I was laid off from a job. I do remember a high school history teacher kicking me though.
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      • Profile picture of the author HeySal
        Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

        I guess poor Jim just sits up at night with no plans now that they took Pluto away from the list of planets.


        @ Michael - The only teacher who I remember saying anything memorable to me was one who taught a 2-week career assessment class that I took as an adult when I was laid off from a job. I do remember a high school history teacher kicking me though.
        There's still the "P" in there Dennis - It's just that now Jim sits up nights pouting.
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    • Profile picture of the author zakizarifah
      Originally Posted by savagepriest View Post

      I remember being thrashed by every teacher who taught me
      Me too.

      Once a teacher ask me what I going to do when I grew up. :confused:

      I told her I like to press a few button a make some money.

      The whole class laughed.

      Well they"re lost anyway.
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  • Profile picture of the author kenmichaels
    I think it was 5th grade when I was taught how to do the 9 times tables on my fingers
    by my science teacher ...

    I have never forgot that.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jacqueline Smith
      Originally Posted by kenmichaels View Post

      I think it was 5th grade when I was taught how to do the 9 times tables on my fingers
      by my science teacher ...

      I have never forgot that.
      LOL....you reminded me about a trick I learned from my Grade 4 teacher about the 9 times table!
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeAmbrosio
      Originally Posted by kenmichaels View Post

      I think it was 5th grade when I was taught how to do the 9 times tables on my fingers
      by my science teacher ...

      I have never forgot that.
      I learned this one last year - helping my son do his third grade math (he taught it to me).

      Guess my high school teacher was right after all
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  • Profile picture of the author Audrey Harvey
    Not so much a high school teacher, but I did work experience at a vet surgery when I was 16, and he told me I'd never make a good vet. That stuck in my mind. It satisfied me immensely to employ him as a locum in my own thriving practice :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author rillpoll
    Well, that was not surprising tough, my teacher used to say the similar things like those
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeAmbrosio
    I once had a high school teacher tell me I would never amount to anything.

    ...still trying to decide if he was right
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    • Originally Posted by MikeAmbrosio View Post

      I once had a high school teacher tell me I would never amount to anything.

      ...still trying to decide if he was right
      "anything" is a pretty broad term...tell him he needs to be more specific :p
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeAmbrosio
        Originally Posted by MoneyMagnetMagnate View Post

        "anything" is a pretty broad term...tell him he needs to be more specific :p
        I would if I thought he was still alive. He was somewhere in his 50's when he was my teacher back in '80/'81

        Looking back to those days and how I was as a teen - I probably would have said the same thing to me
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        • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
          I had a high school teacher once tell me that although she knew that I was more popular than she, that didn't mean I could take the liberty to hold the class's attention over hers. She then said...You talk too much! Haha!

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    • Profile picture of the author CathyAnn
      Originally Posted by MikeAmbrosio View Post

      I once had a high school teacher tell me I would never amount to anything.

      ...still trying to decide if he was right
      Obviously not!
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  • Profile picture of the author Rose Anderson
    My 6th grade teacher told me I "read too much..." Nope, not kidding.

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    • Originally Posted by Rose Anderson View Post

      My 6th grade teacher told me I "read too much..." Nope, not kidding.

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      One of my coaches told me that I thought too much. I suppose he really believed in minting only dumb jocks.
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      • Profile picture of the author Ellrose
        My grade 7 teacher took great pleasure informing me in front of the entire class that I would never amount to anything. I later became his landlord.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Ten
    Lololol. No, actually. I can't remember anything like that from high-school.

    I just remember the school's motto. Lololol.
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  • Profile picture of the author HostWind
    This isn't highschool, but in the 6th grade my teacher had all of her students memorize the Greek alphabet for Greek studies. Then, we had to memorize them and she gave us a score of 1-5 for how well we remembered them.
    When I walked up there, I was so nervous that I rattled them off faster than a gatling gun.
    She gave me a 6 (for knowing them so well), and I haven't forgotten them to this day.
    It still hasn't gotten me no where, besides giving me the spotlight for a couple of minutes if the subject ever comes up. I
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  • Profile picture of the author Sum1
    My high school history teacher never told me anything like that - just beat me with a cricket bat! True! I don't think he could be bothered.

    My music teacher on the other hand taught me a mnemonic for the order of the sharps and flats in the key signature on the stave:
    Sharps:
    Frederick Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle (FCGDAEB)

    Flats: Read the sharps in reverse:
    Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles Frederick (BEADGCF)
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