A Great Teacher

To the Editor:

I was saddened when I read of Norman Begin’s death in last week’s paper. Mr Begin was my Spanish teacher in both grades seven and eight. I will always remember his classes; he played the Jeopardy theme song when we stood for oral quizzes and invented crossword puzzles and games to aid in our memorization of vocabulary. The room itself was a wild collage decorated with singing stuffed animals in sombreros and photos of his beloved garden under a sign reading, “Mi Casa.”

I was fortunate to enjoy his class for two years in a row; Mr Begin was a great teacher who loved what he did. My deepest condolences to his family.

Zoe DeStories

40 Butterfield Road, Newtown                                     August 7, 2007