Science.

My freshman/sophomore science teacher Mr. Simmons had been and still is an inspiration to me and because of him next year when I attend in college. I will either major or minor in some type of science because of him.He helped me reach my potential and make me fall in love with science the second time around when I took it. It was easier this time because he refused to give up on my work for the grade, which was a challenge I wouldn't back down from. His toughness and no tolerance helped me have a work hard ethic. Even though he is no longer at Doss, I feel like he would be proud of my turnaround from freshman to sophomore year and even now. I choose Mr. Simmons because I knew him for two years and he was a nice and fun teacher. He would put as much effort as you did, which I didn't do that much freshman year .My fellow classmates that remember Mr. Simmons will say that he was boring and lame,but in my opinion I enjoyed him as a sophomore. Freshman year I thought he was the meanest, lamest, no fun-having teacher and he would make life chaos, but I was wrong. He was just doing his job and I was too naive realize it, but he knew I had potential. I was worried about other things and trying to be a class clown which now I look back, I was lame as can be. Up until sophomore year, I was decent at science, like I was good with chemistry, but horrible waves and currents. As a sophomore when I scheduled his class, I was thinking “ugh not again with this man”, I really don't wanna deal with and freshman’s which also had my younger brother in the class. But, I was like do what you gotta do to get up through. As the months went on I started to enjoy his class and the subject . When I actually saw how chill he was, I felt guilty because it wasn't that I wasn't being taught, but I was being so disruptive it was hard to learn anything. But now I look back he wasn’t so bad. The great memories I had of Simmons were as a sophomore, but two specific memories come to mind. One time, it was this kid named Andrew who would either disrupt or bother the class. Overtime Simmons would try to help him but he never would take it, so one day he said “ Andrew just lay your head down on the desk and go to sleep because we all know you're not gonna do any work today”. When he said that, it had me crying in tears because it was so random but true. Simmons rarely showed humor outside of inside jokes. Another thing he would do was call security on disruptive kids and it was 1% of the class that was disruptive and one day he just kicked them all, but I remember it because of their reaction and attempting to communicate and him shutting the door on them mid-sentence. Besides Mr. Simmons teaching actual school subjects, he actually taught me life lessons and taught me about myself. He showed me both years that in life nothing is handed to you, but if you want something go for it. I wanted a good grade freshman year, but I never wanted to put in the work and because of that, I failed. Next year I came in there shooting for good grades and that's the hardest I’ve ever worked, but in the end, it was worth it and satisfying because I earned it. My work ethic is at all time high, because I realized it was easier now when I actually put time and effort into it. When I leave Doss and go to college, I will take that work ethic with me because in the real world anything you want is handed, but earned. Mr. Simmons is important to me because he was and still is one of a teachers I look up to. His motivation to teach me, made me love science,and hopefully pursue a career in science and if I won the nobel prize in science, I would mention, him in my speech. He should be mentioned for his accomplishment because he is a great teacher that inspired a lot of students in the past and maybe in the future to enjoy science like I did.
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