Jon Lilly Research Paper

Seventh grade, my second year now at what I thought to be the worst school in the world. On back to school night I met a man who would change my perspective on life completely, that man being Brandon Lilly. Henry Adams once said “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” At a mere five-foot four he appeared to be a kid minus the burly lumberjack beard that he possessed. I remember being skeptical at first because I had never had a male teacher before. All of my friends in the eighth grade came running to us once we got our schedule wondering who got lucky and was put into Mr. Lilly’s class. I felt very exclusive considering all my friends on the soccer team were put in the other group with very non-energetic teachers. …show more content…
He had two lessons planned in case one could not be completed. For instance he arranged both an indoor and an outdoor scavenger hunt because it was snowing, granted he allowed us to attempt the scavenger hunt in the snow. He was so passionate in everything that he did, that is why his students loved him. He could make anything turn into a catchy song to help us remember. What set Mr. Lilly over the edge of all other teachers was what he did the day before Spring Break. Lilly’s Battle Royale was the talk of the lunchroom for the next two weeks when we got back to school. My sixth grade year did not do my thoughts for the future any justice, I had a lot of trouble adjusting to the workload from elementary school. I had always liked science but Mr. Lilly made me love it regardless of the work he put in front of us. He had the ability to turn the most boring topics into an action packed class period. The best part about his class was that we were his first period, his guinea pigs as he called us. We always had the luxury of trying his labs and testing his scavenger