Influential Teacher

Applying to College
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<p>I was planning on writing an essay about my 11th grade Calculus teacher, and I was wondering, would I mention her name in the essay or not? She is also writing one of my recommendation letters.</p>

<p>The rough outline for the essay will be something like:</p>

<p>Introduction, </p>

<p>Mention how I found her way of teaching very interesting and effective.
Interesting teaching fostered a deeper passion for math and science, and actually influenced me to major in math in college. Previously saw math as something I was good at, but started to see the beauty of it, and decided to pursue in college.</p>

<p>Talk about how every test day, she would have all 40+ students tests graded and returned the next day. Mention a quote from her: "I don't claim to be smart, but I do claim to work hard." Taught me the meaning of hard work, and that if you persevered you could succeed at what you wanted to do.</p>

<p>Conclusion.(maybe along the lines of how her inspiration has been a factor in my tutoring others, which I really enjoy, and I hope one day to inspire others, as she has inspired me.)</p>

<p>How does that seem?</p>

<p>Also, I am using this for my NMS essay. Is it a problem that she's the one writing the only recommendation letter for NMS?</p>

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<p>I think the essay is too much about her</p>

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<p>^Agreed</p>

<p>The college wants to get to know you through the essay…while it’s great to talk about how a teacher influenced you, that influence shouldn’t be the focus of the essay.</p>

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<p>I thought that the prompt was to talk about how they’ve influenced me?</p>

<p>So, I talked about my passion for math’s development, and how I learned the meaning of hard work. I plan to lead into how her inspiration led me to tutor others, and has developed my desire to help others, and foster passion for math and science in others.</p>

<p>If that’s too much about her, then how could I make it better?</p>