If not for my college English teacher, Mrs. Mary Hogan, my life would be very different. I was in my late thirties when I started college and one of my first classes was remedial English taught, by Mrs. Hogan. I had so much anxiety about her class because I had heard that I would be do a lot of writing in her class, and writing was something that I struggled with. Mrs. Hogan was a very effective teacher who believed that building positive student-teacher relationships was essential for student success. She made learning personable by sharing her regrets and successes, and for some reason, it all resonated with me, and I started to believe that anything really is possible. Mrs. Hogan established and consistently communicated high
