Did you know she had a name? One of the adults in the Peanuts specials had a name!
How often have teachers felt just like Miss Othmar? We talk and we hope we are understood and it comes across to our students as a string of tuba notes making no sense.
Clearly, though, Miss Othmar makes a significant impact on Charlie Brown and the gang. They are good kids, all. They may pretend not to listen, but they hear you, Miss Othmar!We are all Miss Othmar sometimes… let us remember they do hear us!
We never know the influence we have… While culture tends to promulgate the “those who can, do, those who cannot, teach” idiocy, there are hundreds of examples of brilliance and impactful teachers in reality and in pop culture. Every-other-week this year, I will share my brief reflections on Smart People Doing Smart Things be they in literature, in film, in music or in real life. Many will be teachers, but not all. Many will be fictional, but some will be real. All will be inspiring. Welcome to IntelliPop!
