Yes, I have had several teachers who stick out in my memories all these years after.

Mrs Yardley was my kindergarten teacher (c. 1971). I was terrified of her as she would use corporal punishment. She would use the strap, hit children with a yardstick and a ruler across the tops of your knuckles. She enjoyed it too taking great glee out of the process. She particularly picked on a pair of twin boys she constantly told would amount to nothing. I found out later they were foster children. Boy did she ever make life rough for them. She mocked me for my slight Scottish accent. She also ridiculed me in class once when she handed out a picture of a duck for us each to colour. I coloured mine like a mallard duck yet every other child coloured theirs yellow. She waved my picture in front of the class and everyone laughed at me. But my mom found out and marched down and gave her royal crap in front of the class and never again did the woman taunt or be ****** to me. I was only 4 and 5 years old. I remained scared of her. She terrorized us.

Mr Swanzy was my grade 10 History teacher. I loved this guy and have a fondness for history today all owing to him. He made it fun, often role playing and acting out historical events. I will always be grateful to him for making history, arts, and culture something important in my life.