tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474701136538889471.post1739127344352817702..comments2023-04-10T07:47:38.057-05:00Comments on Bellringers: -30- Marks the End & A New Beginningaskthehomedivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05021201566837568997noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474701136538889471.post-3205395617503969752013-05-14T01:12:00.413-05:002013-05-14T01:12:00.413-05:00I would like to personally thank you for not only ...I would like to personally thank you for not only trusting me somehow and some way to be an editor of yours for a year, but for also leading me to my major in journalism, and even to helping me pick my career. It seems every week someone argues with me that journalism is dying and that I am insane for picking news writing, but I like to just think of you as my teacher and think there isn't too much wrong with being insane if it means doing what I love. I may have never gotten to express to you the difference you made in my learning because I was too much of an immature brat at the time, but you made such an impact on me. I dreaded any kind of writing I was forced to do until I was drafted by a stranger into your world of publications at the high school. By my junior year, I was basically begging for my assignments to be writing ones, because it became the only thing I really felt good at and comfortable with. I am sitting here pulling another all-nighter, writing a paper for another summer course that I am positive I am only taking in order to get further in school and closer to my dream job as a journalist. All thanks to you I am working my butt off for what people call a dying profession, but I have faith it will pay off, and I owe that mindset to you. I am glad you are getting out of the school system by the way, you aren't a widget, you are the generator of the generations that have gotten to take a class with you. If they can't realize it, they don't deserve you. It will be hilarious to see how publications go without you there. And thanks for always being real with your students. Although there were moments we weren't grateful for signing up for your classes, it always paid off when I realized how brave and talented you were when we accomplished our job. Not to mention I appreciated that someone could finally shut my loud mouth up in a classroom setting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02692026963982536424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474701136538889471.post-27985254543583470702013-04-28T14:02:35.964-05:002013-04-28T14:02:35.964-05:00I can't believe it! Wanted to wish you all the...I can't believe it! Wanted to wish you all the very best for the future. I hope you will continue blogging. I know you will miss your students and am absolutely sure they will miss you. Good luck Carol. Sarah Ebnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474701136538889471.post-91176713668675610702013-04-28T09:14:57.855-05:002013-04-28T09:14:57.855-05:00Retirement is wonderful! I'm still learning ne...Retirement is wonderful! I'm still learning new things and involved in education on my own terms. I do a lot of volunteer work and help individual teachers. I do as much as I want when I want to. I find myself busier now then when I worked but I'm enjoying myself so much more! Good luck! I hope you continue to blog about your new adventures! loonyhikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474701136538889471.post-40169106894595045222013-04-26T00:41:01.983-05:002013-04-26T00:41:01.983-05:00This is very sad to me but something I, and anyone...This is very sad to me but something I, and anyone who has ever had the privilege of taking a class from you, can say is hardly a surprise. It is true Ritchie style and it is unfortunate that other students will not have the opportunity to learn from someone who is passionate and pushes for nothing short of your best. It was an honor being able to take 2 years of classes with you and there isn't a day that goes by where I don't think back on high school and your classes are among the first memories that pop into my head. I look at the product of your class in yearbooks and newspapers with pride and then look at my roommates yearbooks and wonder how the heck you took such a strange group of people and used us to produce something amazing. You are no doubt among my favorite teachers I have ever had and I commend you for going out with a bang like we all expected you to do. Good luck in whatever it is you decide to pursue, I'm afraid to ask "What will she do next?"Chris Ransbottomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474701136538889471.post-3583400567494287292013-04-26T00:40:01.583-05:002013-04-26T00:40:01.583-05:00This is very sad to me but something I, and anyone...This is very sad to me but something I, and anyone who has ever had the privilege of taking a class from you, can say is hardly a surprise. It is true Ritchie style and it is unfortunate that other students will not have the opportunity to learn from someone who is passionate and pushes for nothing short of your best. It was an honor being able to take 2 years of classes with you and there isn't a day that goes by where I don't think back on high school and your classes are among the first memories that pop into my head. I look at the product of your class in yearbooks and newspapers with pride and then look at my roommates yearbooks and wonder how the heck you took such a strange group of people and used us to produce something amazing. You are no doubt among my favorite teachers I have ever had and I commend you for going out with a bang like we all expected you to do. Good luck in whatever it is you decide to pursue, I'm afraid to ask "What will she do next?"Chris Ransbottomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474701136538889471.post-38550288385635689562013-04-25T20:56:06.929-05:002013-04-25T20:56:06.929-05:00You made a real difference in my life. I know alot...You made a real difference in my life. I know alot is not a word, thanks to you. I also learned that no matter where you are in the world, if you hit MLK Blvd, you're in trouble. That's saved my butt more than once. <br />/notawidgeteither<br />Ann<br />Year 1, AKA: the ones who broke her in!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com