I enjoy science more than my other classes because they use visuals and simulations. I like them because I prefer visual medium. This was true in my 10th grade class with my biology teacher Mr. Bisbee. He was a good match for me because of his witty dialogue and clever lesson plans. He was also brilliant in his lesson plans, which included a mix of physical and virtual simulations.

Mr. Bisbee is composed and sarcastic. His voice can be deadpan while emotional and thoughtful. He teaches us by simulating real phenomenon through simple means. He had us gather seeds from cups with different tools to represent competition to get more food and repopulate. I am a perfectionist so I was upset at not gathering as much food as I wanted. He told me to get over it but that made me more upset that I couldn’t get empathy. He is also a nerd, showing us The Blob because most of the students revealed they haven’t watched it yet while discussing osmosis and the difficulties the blob would have sustaining itself as a giant single celled organism.

Mr. Bisbee used a teaching method of association to help his students learn and memorize biology. Despite learning the components of cells and the DNA chemicals immediately, I struggled the second I moved on to something else and forget everything I had memorized. He helped me memorize the information by having me color in worksheets and by teaching the cell division dance to show us the different stages of cells growing and multiplying. He made sure each of his presentations had a similar structure or showed copies of his older organization boxes to help us remember. He taught like a preschool teacher without the faked enthusiasm.

Mr. Bisbee also had my class make our own presentations. He had us research invasive species and create diagrams of the levels of biology from single cells to communities.  He often alternated between physical demonstrations (like the cell dance and seed simulation mentioned before) to virtual presentations. This mixture of approaches allowed me to not only learn, but also exposed me to development both physically and with technology. The use of both felt so natural that only now was I able to realize he did so looking back on my experience.

I learned more than I thought I did from Mr. Bisbee. He was brilliant in both transferring information and in having conversations. As I write this essay, I realized I learn more from his  immature matter of teaching and only rejected them because I felt I would be ostracized by Society. I enjoy moving and speaking out, but I’ve been afraid of talking about information from medias I like because I wasn’t sure if others would dislike me for liking things that are odd or kiddie. I have to take lessons to act grown up and act dignified in the workplace, which is the opposite of how Mr. Bisbee acted in my biology class. I learned much from Mr. Bisbee, especially when looking back to write this essay.