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Boyd Ogle
Journalism Teacher
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Memories of Mr. Ogle
by Jim
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On Friday I was looking at
the resurrected SHS site when I came across the
memorial page for Mr. Ogle. The first thing that
struck me was the page was devoid of any
personal recollections. The only way I could
explain this was that the word was not out yet.
It may seem odd that I would write any narrative
on him because I never met the man. In fact, we
never even exchanged a single word.
I do,
however, remember his presence in all of our
lives. I went home, over the weekend, and
researched his role in all three of my year
books before writing this. Mr. Ogle, through his
students, shaped and documented what we consider
the best years of our young lives. He is what I
call a “Teacher”.
I have always cataloged
educators into three groups. There are
“Teachers”, “Instructors” and “Faculty”. In the
last 40+ years I have been all three as part of
my duties with the U.S. Army and Law
Enforcement. Most of the time I was an
“Instructor”. “Instructors” set the requirements
that a student has to achieve.
Little is done by the
“Instructor” to inspire the student.
Students have to
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inspire themselves. “Faculty” are those people who are not
your teacher or they are there to just facilitate the
educational process. |
Mr. Ogle was a “Teacher” because it
involved nurturing and mentoring a student to achieve a
higher standard. They help the student reach goals that they
had set for themselves. Often the “Teachers” would devote
their own time to the student’s success. Mr. Ogle, as I
recall, was a “Teacher” in many of the areas I refer to as
art and culture. These and music are the topics that are
closest to my heart but sadly were never part of my
vocation. In all three year books Mr. Ogle was listed as a
“Sponsor” of Quill & Scroll, The El Pasado (year book), Echo
magazine and the DiJest. I have all three years of my time
at SHS in those year books. In all of them are numerous
pictures of Mr. Ogle working with students to make these
cherished memories retrievable. He is pictured with notable
classmates like Kent Whipple, Cliff Childers, Mary Thixton,
Betsi Chilton and many others. He and they archived the
images that trigger a smile or pleasant thought when we flip
open the covers of these books. The books are also there to
answer questions like, “What was his/her name?”
I too had “Teachers” I liked such as
Peggy Barber for SHS Singers. Even my much feared, at least
by me, Chemistry and Algebra teachers were, in fact, a
“Teacher”.
Mr.
Ogle stands out to me because he had some impact on all of
us even if we didn’t know it. We may even take his impact
for granted today. This could also have been true for
classes that came before us and after us. A man can’t be
“Faculty” if so many of us remember him and that he was one
of our “Teachers”. Thank you Mr. Ogle!
Submitted by Jim Decker 02/12/10
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