We all have things that we vividly remember from out childhood teachers. Things that are now permanent in our memory and are impossible to forget. I thank my middle school teachers for making one of life's most awkward phases an enjoyable experience. Here are some of my most fondest memories of the teachers from my very own middle school.

1. "The Rock Song" & NATO Phonetic Alphabet from Mr. Larsen

I think everybody who went to Peacock Middle School remembers this song that Mr. Larsen taught us. Remember, it goes “Everybody knows…where a pop (*pop*) can comes from, it’s comes from the from the store with the Cheerios…. And the candy and the bubble gum but did you know that all the pop cans in the world are just like everything they come from out of the rock…out of a rock”. I still can remember the entire NATO Phonetic Alphabet from when Mr. Larsen would read off the answers and say, “A like Alfa, B like Bravo, C like Charlie, D like Delta, etc.”

2. “HEY NOW!” – Mr. Poremba

We all know of a time when Mr. Poremba got hyped up about something and would yell out “HEY NOW!” and slap his knee. Mr. Poremba was my advisor and so this was a regular thing for me to hear at 7:45 a.m. during morning advisory. The "Hey now!" was exceptionally frequent during spring time if the Cubs won.

3. Scaletta...

All of us who had the pleasure of having Mr. Scaletta probably remember the teddy bears along the windowsill, the loud voice he had, and some other goofy memory that happened in his classroom. I am not a particularly big fan of math, but I always remember being excited to go to his class because I knew I would laugh. As a matter of fact, I think I still have a stuff animal from his classroom.

4. Mr. Peel and His Avatar

We could never forget, “Learn from the Past to Shape Your Future." Historyclassroom.com and Mr. Peel’s avatar will remain a memory of mine forever. Again, history, not one of my favorite subjects but I think we all enjoyed Mr. Peel’s class and his dancing avatar. Still trying to figure out how to make one of those…

5. Mr. Travis and Music Class

“Go my son…go and climb the ladder…go my son go an earn your feather." Start singing that to any Peacock student and they will know EXACTLY what you are talking about. I wish we could find all of the old commercials or advertisements we had to create for a project. I’m pretty sure mine was “Itasca’s Got Talent." I’ll never forget SKATERADE!