Personal Narrative: Mrs. Camp

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Throughout my high school career, I have had numerous inspirational teachers who have helped me to learn and be successful. However, one teacher in particular has had a unique influence on my life that will stay with me forever. That teacher is Mrs. Camp. I first met Mrs. Camp my junior year when she became my English 4 Honors teacher, and I loved her class so much that I decided to take her AP Literature class, which I am currently in. Throughout these past two years, especially during AP Lit, Mrs. Camp has indulged me into the world of classic literature and has brought out my passion for it. Thanks to her classes, I have realized that studying, reading, and teaching literature is what I want to do for my career. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte. That was it for me. I read this book in Mrs. Camp’s English 4 Honors class, and, once I read it, I never looked back from literature. Jane Eyre was the first book I fell in love with because of its drama, passion-filled, and complex character relationships, but it was certainly not the last. This year, amongst all the amazing books Mrs. Camp has given me the opportunity to read, I have fallen in love with Wuthering Heights, by the other Bronte sister Emily Bronte, and Anna Karenina, by the well-renowned Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It is because of the …show more content…

Camp finds ways to make her classes memorable and fun so that we learn without even realizing it. She is always extremely flexible with our schedules and is willing to adjust assignments to our needs so that we can enjoy what we read, not just hurry through it. She uses unique teaching strategies, such as having us play Risk to understand the feelings of power and conquest of the characters in the novel Heart of Darkness. This quality is uncommon in teachers these days, but having a flexible, more relaxed classroom has enhanced my learning. Plus, it has made just a little easier to handle the stressful days of multiple timed writings and discussion question

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