Out of curiosity, I was searching the inner webs for my 5th grade teacher...the first MALE teacher I had.
We had heard that he was MEAN....so we were scared when we found out we were in his class. He turned out to be a GREAT teacher....his class was fun....and he was very fair to ALL of us in every thing.
He brought his record player to class and played records for us. I was in his class when the Russians sent a man into a space, and we talked about that a lot.
He taught us all to sing "Heart of My Heart" which we sang a couple of times a week. I still remember it.
It seems he died in 1991 at the age of 64. I'm sorry I was never able to tell him what an influence he had on my life - in a GOOD way.