Teachers selected from each district school for the Teacher of the Year competition were recognized.The competition's winner will be1 in the spring.All those model teachers got me to think about some of my teachers through the years,and how they2me.

    My college adviser,J.C.Casey,had a big3on my life.She was a teacher and friend.She4me to consider journalism as a career.My high school math teacher,Kathy Cloud,took the time to5math to me in a way I could 6 understand.I'd struggled with math until I got in Cloud's classes.She gave me the7 to realize I could do it.

    My first-grade teacher,Darlene Dryden,held me back.Now,most people wouldn't8the teacher that kept them back a grade fondly,but Dryden has always been my9 teacher.I was the youngest person in my class and very shy. She thought I 10another year to mature before moving on to second 11.She didn't make me feel 12for having to repeat the grade.Instead,he made me feel13.I think I was her favorite,too.

    My senior year of high school,right before 14,I wrote Dryden a note letting her.know that I'd become a good student and was going to 15 and that she'd had a16in that.

    The Norman teachers 17 Wednesday are just a few of the many who are in the classrooms every day making  18 in their students' lives.They may not even know the19impact（影响）they're having.I know it's not an 20job, but teachers,just remember that you're a Mrs.Dryden to somebody.