Mr. Wong. He was my favorite teacher of all time. He was my middle school health teacher who said this during our sex education quiz, “I am the tester, and you are the….”
He infused humor in a lot of his teaching, but it wasn’t to make up for a lack of knowledge. He was actually very intelligent, and able to answer questions with a quick wit. I guessed he was a doctor at one time before he became a teacher. To this day, I don’t know if that was true or not.
But it wasn’t the humor or his intelligence that truly made him great in my eyes. Mr. Wong treated his students with a blend of respect and kindness that was noticeable to all of us, and it seemed like he really loved to teach. Overall, you can tell it was a joy to be in his class, even for him.
Because of Mr. Wong, I had aspirations of being in the medical field back then. Although, that never materialized, I am finally pursuing something that is pseudo-medical. I can’t attribute that to Mr. Wong though. What I can attribute to him is that learning can be fun, to laugh a little, to respect others, to treat others kindly, and to enjoy what you do.
Thank you, Mr. Wong, for being my favorite teacher!
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