I was in high school for the first “earth day”. Our science teacher was highly skeptical of the dire predictions and so turned it into a day about being careful and conscientious stewards of the earth. Looking back, he was a big proponent of personal responsibility. He hated litterers so for our class that day we walked around the campus picking up trash etc. A good teacher with a sense of humor and civic duty.
Our French teacher, on the other hand, bought it hook, line and sinker. She had us reading dire predictions in French! Hilarious. Though we trusted adults and were worried she and another lib at school took it so seriously.
I LOVED my H.S. Science Teacher, Mr. Potter. He was a skeptic about EVERYTHING unless he could prove/disprove it, himself. We had some great classes building lots of ‘scientific’ stuff. I especially remember building our own batteries and using them to race cars.
When asked what he wanted for Christmas, he said, ‘A brick for my toilet.’
Took me YEARS to understand that he wanted one to displace water in his toilet tank so it didn’t use so much each flush, LOL! This was LONG before the EnviroWeenies got a hold of us and destroyed all hopes of future generations having an effectively flushing toilet! ;)
And that’s about all I remember from High School. *SMIRK*