Similar Teachers In My Lifetime?

I have had a few teachers similar to both Mrs. Gruwell and Mr. Keating.  They were the teachers who actually made me look forward to going to class and not deciding to just skip out on it.  I'll never forget my fourth grade teacher.  You see I wasn't the best writer in elementary school and I kind of hated it, until Mrs. Jenkins.  She made me look at writing in a whole new way.  I grew to love it and found myself dying to just write whether it be narratives, book reports, summaries, or even poetry.  Mrs. Jenkins made me feel I could express myself through my writing which is very similar to both teachers in the movie.  Mrs. Gruwell would have her students write in journals, well she called them diaries and Mr. Keating had he boys recite their poetry aloud to the class.  It was because of Mrs. Jenkins that my writing is the way it is and continues to grow as I become older.  Another great example of a good teacher would be one of the coaches I had in high school, Coach KJ.  I never had her as a teacher but would go to her class during lunch and sometimes before practice.  I was a student aid for KJ my senior year and loved it.  I was able to watch how she was with her students and she never carried on with her lesson until everyone, I mean EVERYONE understood.  In the beginning, Coach and I would always butt heads.  I'm thankful for her though and all I have learned from her as both a teacher and coach.  She taught me to challenge myself and to never give up.  She always had me wanting to do more for myself.  Both Gruwell and Keating did that for their students.  There would be plenty of times that occurred when the students at Wilson High wanted to give up but Erin wouldn't let them.  This isn't a great example, but Knox, one of Keating's students had a thing for a girl who had already had a boyfriend.  At first he was hesitant on calling her but then he thought to himself on Mr. Keating's advice to "seize the day."  We may not all be fortunate enough to have had teachers that changed us, but when you do get a teacher that doesn't give up on you, be sure to take note and never take advantage because in the end.. You're only hurting yourself.