For freshmen, being so new to high school teachers can be a really odd experience. High school teachers teach a lot differently than middle school teachers do, and that can lead to both positive and negative opinions students form upon those teachers. One of the subjects that freshmen are most strongly opinionated about is English, with the most known teachers for the courses of English I Honors and English I Advanced Honors.  

These teachers are Mr. Walker, Mrs. Walker and Mr. Buda. For clarity, those are the only two courses being talked about here, as Intensive Reading is a much smaller class, with much less people to get opinions on.  Firstly, Mr. Walker, who teaches one period of English I Honors and four periods of English I Advanced Honors, seems to be quite well-liked among his students. It seems students think he has a natural talent for teaching and providing proper engagement with the class, without an outrageously large workload of busywork.  

“He’s very informative and thought-provoking.” says Avani Bhate (9).

Many students also comment on how proficient he is at engaging with the class, keeping the topics and subjects that the students are studying simple.  Mrs. Walker, who is, in fact, Mr. Walker’s wife, also seems to be a favorite among some students. She is reportedly very good with explaining complex ideologies to her students, and is very understandable, even though the base content can be quite confusing at a lot of times.  

“Mrs. Walker is very good at explaining complex ideas and her ways of teaching are very clear to me, and most other students,” Tristen Strecker (9), says. 

Mrs. Walker is clearly good at explaining complex ideas, which allows a lot of learning. More students like her, and her ways of teaching. Finally, the third major teacher of Freshman-level English classes, is Mr. Buda, with four periods of English I Advanced Honors. Mr. Buda also seems to be a bit more of a confusing case, since he is actually a long term substitute teacher, filling in at the moment in room 209. However, some students have really come to like him, and the way that he teaches, which is supposed to be quite informative and straightforward.  

“Even though he is technically just a substitute teacher, he teaches extremely, and clearly cares about the subject matter and getting it through to all of our heads,” Jocelis Marinez-Sanmiguel (9) says. 

Mr. Buda also seems to show a lot of passion for the things he teaches, and he clearly wants to be a good teacher, even despite how he’s just a substitute, and his students clearly love him for that.