Miss Peg McIntyre - Gem of a Teacher
In our adult lifetimes we can look back at the teachers whose classes we attended whether in grade school, high school or college then wonder how we ever learned anything. Yet, amongst the multitude of teachers are gems, real gems of education who taught us their passion for the subject matter. In my education which includes a Master degree, I have had maybe five outstanding teachers and many fine teachers. One of those outstanding gems of a teacher was my freshman in High School English teacher, Miss Peg McIntyre. From her I learned the basics of our language and most important I learned to love Shakespeare. We studied and read out loud “The Merchant of Venice” with Miss Mac reading Shylock. She explained the meaning of each scene, the under currents of the plot, each character’s motivation and the history of the play’s era. Miss Mac advised her class to have a dictionary at hand when reading Shakespeare. You must look up all ...
