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- I remember.
-I never had him as a teacher but later learned just how smart this man was. He was a member of the Wilfred Laurier university Senate, College of Electors at U of T, Member of The Royal Commonwealth Society, President of Halton Superannuated Teachers, Chairman of the Georgetown Hockey Citation Committee and President of The U of T Faculty Education Alumni, Also was behind organizing the GDHS 100 Reunion back in 1987..
- I had him for home room. Grade 9
- Kind man who cared about his students if you put in the effort.
- very patient teacher and always willing to help students.
- Still remember his story about chicle! 😲
- It was when he caught someone chewing gum. He said they made chicle for gum much like stomping grapes.They used a lot of child labor and when they had colds, they would just blow their noses into the chicle.
- Never had him but remember the name.
- Fair and demanding.
-Mr. Ramo guitar string thats what I remember him as being called but never heard nothing but good things about him. he was not my teacher though.
- I had him.
-My History teacher. He was an amazing teacher.
- Yep a good teacher !!!
- He was a wonderful neighbour and friend to our family.
-Omg he was awesome!
- He was a great teacher!
- One of my favourite teachers fondly remember
-Had him as my homeroom teacher for grade 10 and the class that thought us about how governments worked, I forget what the class was actually named.
- civics?
-Ahh yes ...had him for history for a few grades, now looking back he was awsome ! with a unique approach of teaching with never holding back his point of view. Played soccer with his son Joe ..was just as nice
Great choice here very notable man always will remember him..always joked to call " your mother/father home?"
- My favourite teacher!😁 #respect
-Great teacher.
- Lovely neighbour!
- Grew up across the street from him on Hewson Cres and he was one of my teachers as well. I remember his wife she was sweet but very shy.
-Never had him as a teacher but I remember him
- Keith's favourite teacher. Great man.
-Have only heard good things about him.
-I had him for History! Good Teacher! 🙂
-Had him for Law. Treated every student with respect. Also liked his sense of humour.
- I remember starting the school year with him as my home room teacher and thinking how awful it was going to be. Turns out I was was very wrong, best teacher ever, really cared about all of his students.
- Minus Marks! lol What....just me?
-Oh no. Not just you.
I had him for grade 9 geography. We had to write his name at the top of page for anything we handed in. If You spelt it wrong, you got minus marks.
His quote was “many many minus marks”
But I did manage to pass his course!!💪💪
- “Don’t squash paper in my class!You get minus marks”.
Great teacher! Great memory Sid! Loved your laugh when we did that impression of him.
- He was a great teacher and person
-Had him for history and geography. His favorite line was mother father home if you didn't bring your homework in
-I had him for English, I really like him and he was a funny guy.
-Wonderful man I had him as well
- My daughters favorite teacher in high school
- Loved him!
- I thought he was great
- I really liked him.
- I had him he was awesome. Anyone have Mrs. Kukde.?
-Such a nice person and teacher
- Had him for geography. Great teacher. Very kind man. BUT does anyone remember having to draw a margin on every page in your notebook in case you wanted to add something later. 2 inch margin. I never used that margin but used many more pages of paper😨
- I remember him very well as my teacher
-Me too
- Great man. Sadly I was unable to tell him how grateful, I was for his wisdom knowledge and commitment to us students. In his living years, I was fortunate thou to tell Messer: Cotton, Ms. Pilgrim and Messer: Nelson.
-Had him in grade 10 and 11. I remember he was behind a Georgetown celebration one year and handed out white buttons which said I love Georgetown My kind of town. I don't know where mine went. Oddly enough years later I met him again at my cottage as he was my next door neighbour at the cottages brother in law.
-My old teacher! You in the back of the class stop talking!!
- Yeah pretty much.
-Loved him as a teacher .. very kind compassionate man
-Teachers had first names too - he was Thomas.
-Thompson.
- yes was Tom
- Loved him, he was an awesome teacher
-I believe he told people that he had a black belt in karate. A great teacher.
-I never had him, but, I remember him
-Great teacher.
-I met him a few years later in a professional capacity and asked about the Minus Marks for misspelling his name. He said it was so important to pay attention to simple details like the spelling of someone's name in order to succeed in life. A wise man.... and a good teacher, although I despised geography!
- i learned to spell his name so i could a bonus mark
- And it took a while to figure out where Noozy Land was (New Zealand) and smiled when I got it.
- A good kind man.
- Yes I had him
- Minus marks for calling him Mr Ramotarzan.... still passed. Good guy.
- Many many minus marks Mr. Paul Sargent
- I had him as well
-Great guy.
-Great teacher!
-I remember one Friday night he showed up at the Rose Room to watch The Outcasts play
- remember that so well. Still in his suit and tie. I can remember on Monday him saying to me, “You guys are pretty good.” Really did respect the man. Was a great teacher. Bumped into him on Main Street during Georgetown days or something when running my dive shop in the Old Bank Building. He still remembered me.
-My neighbour lived on Hewson Cres. My brothers teacher.
- Great teacher and so funny at times.
- Loved him as a teacher.
-Great guy.
-I remember having him as a teacher, as well. Don’t ask me why this memory sticks out for me, but he helped us learn by starting every lesson doing a review of the material from the last lesson.
-yes he was alright!
- famous saying.you will loss MANY MANY MARKS!
- He said to me when I first got in his class,your brother Jim,he had no front teeth,Handsome looking fella!
- Just showed this to my mom. She said that one night some kids called Beaver Lumber and ordered some lumber to be delivered to his house. Apparently he was livid. Some people's kids eh?
-Mr Ramautarsingh was a very intelligent man, a great teacher I recall he addressed most people as Citizen and their last name. I became friends with his nephew Kerry a real nice guy, RIP Mr Ramautarsingh
- He was indeed a great teach, especially given the times. Always had the best intentions for his students.
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