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 Robert Steele
As an English instructor at Cranbrook School for 20 years, Robert Steele was known for opening his classroom to students' ideas.
Originally trained for the profession of naval architecture and maritime engineering, Steele switched to the pedagogy of literature when he returned to college for a second time. |
 3/9/2006 - Cynthia Hanson
I credit Bob Steele's special ability to perceive the needs and talents of each individual student for my love of writing today. No teacher encourged me more to discover and explore my strengths. He was creative, insightful, and engaging. I spent 17 years as a journalist for the Christian Science Monitor and now own and publish a small town newspaper, the Princeton Outlook (www.PrincetonOutlook.com). I believe many of my accomplishments as a writer, editor, and poet can be traced back to the inspiring time spent in Bob Steele's classroom.
2/23/2006 - Kenneth Schneyer
There have been three teachers in my lifetime who have changed the entire way I think look at the world. Bob Steele was the one at Cranbrook. By showing us that language is never more than an approximation of experience, that the most important words are likely to be the least precise, and that no two speakers ever mean the same thing by the same language, he gave us unique tools for grappling with, critiquing and using language. He is also responsible for my lifelong love of Emily Dickenson, Richard Wilbur and May Swenson.
2/4/2006 - Jay Gardner
Mr. Steele was inspiring, thoughtful, persuasive, and had the ability to reach out.
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