Similar Teachers

       In the short story “Gryphon”, a unique substitute teacher, Ms. Ferenczi, comes to sub in Tommy’s class. She is wild, eccentric, and knowledgeable. Ms. Ferenczi tells her class many stories and myths, which leaves her students curious and wanting more. She gives them freedom to imagine and does not limit their creativity. Ms. Ferenczi is also very creative and her teaching style is intriguing to the students, unlike a normal boring teacher. She reminds me a lot of Mrs. Hill, my second grade teacher. Mrs. Hill was no ordinary teacher. She always inspired us to think outside of the box and she told us to never settle with something we don’t understand. She wanted us to imagine. In her classroom, she had a pet rabbit. The rabbit always radiated positive energy and lightened the mood of learning. When Ms. Ferenczi’s came, the first thing she did was draw a tree on the board. A tree represents peacefulness. The tree in her classroom brought positive energy, much like Mrs. Hill’s rabbit.