Teach

My high school English teacher Mr. Ball cut no corners and challenged me greatly in my writing, grammatical understanding, language use, and influential reading. He was essentially a college-grade instructor who had a take-no-crap attitude but also allowed us more freedom as we took on higher responsibility. He also taught us about the violent fun of the children’s game “crack the whip”, accidentally hit a student with a candy bar, and eloquently let the lawn mower know what he thought of him mowing during school hours.