i had this history teacher in 6th grade. He was amazing. His name was Mr. Vogel and he had all these samuri swords in his room that we used to fight with. they were real too!! we only sparred though.

when we talked about war technology development of sparta he brought in a bow and we had to string it. nobody in the entire grade could do it.

then in medieval times he had a full suit of armor he would wear for weeks and wherever you were in the school, you could tell where he was.

He helped us build our own computers (that he got to keep for his room. only man in the regular school classroom with 28 computers.)

When you weren't passing, he offered this one kid a hunting stand since that was his favorite sport if he got a C for the marking period.

i think one of the best things about him though was how his heart was open to the truth. we would do about the nation of israel and the jews AND our history book actually said Jehovah!!! that made me so happy. then i would know all the books of the bible and he would let me explain the 10 plagues and the 10 commandments. he was very interested in religion but refused to give his thoughts in class so i always stayed after and talked to him. he never studied that i knew of, but he always took, read, and discussed the literature with me. i hope for one day he will.