# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 295
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5881 "2024-09-06T03:24:23Z")
**Favorite Teachers in School** 1. Mrs. Hanna, sixth grade Music 2. Mr. Wojtach, sixth grade science 3. Dr. Keith S., college history 4. Mrs. Nancy, eighth grade History 5. Mr. Payne, HS band and jazz band 6. Mrs. Caldwell, 5th and 6th grade History 7. Mrs. Morrissey, 10th grade English and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader 8. Miss Doolittle, 12th grade U.S. History 9. Mr. Moody, High School history He made it very clear, right from the start, that he wasn’t going to put up with any bullshit on essays, tests, or exams. And he expected you to do the readings from the textbook and be prepared to discuss his questions about the readings in class. Yep, the Socratic Method in high school. He was tough, but _damn!_ Did he ever challenge me, and did I ever learn a lot from him. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5882 "2024-09-06T14:30:45Z")
**Favorite Teachers in School** 1. Mrs. Hanna, sixth grade Music 2. Mr. Wojtach, sixth grade science 3. Dr. Keith S., college history 4. Mrs. Nancy, eighth grade History 5. Mr. Payne, HS band and jazz band 6. Mrs. Caldwell, 5th and 6th grade History 7. Mrs. Morrissey, 10th grade English and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader 8. Miss Doolittle, 12th grade U.S. History 9. Mr. Moody, High School history 10. Mrs. Barr, 12th grade World Literature ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5883 "2024-09-06T15:52:18Z")
**Favorite Teachers in School** 1. Mrs. Hanna, sixth grade Music 2. Mr. Wojtach, sixth grade science 3. Dr. Keith S., college history 4. Mrs. Nancy, eighth grade History 5. Mr. Payne, HS band and jazz band 6. Mrs. Caldwell, 5th and 6th grade History 7. Mrs. Morrissey, 10th grade English and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader 8. Miss Doolittle, 12th grade U.S. History 9. Mr. Moody, High School history 10. Mrs. Barr, 12th grade World Literature 11. Miss Goodwin, 11th grade History She was smart, funny, stood no nonsense, and was kind and supportive too. Some of us who are in touch after HS were very upset to hear some years ago that she died of cancer in her 50s. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5884 "2024-09-06T21:41:13Z")
**Favorite Teachers in School** 1. Mrs. Hanna, sixth grade Music 2. Mr. Wojtach, sixth grade science 3. Dr. Keith S., college history 4. Mrs. Nancy, eighth grade History 5. Mr. Payne, HS band and jazz band 6. Mrs. Caldwell, 5th and 6th grade History 7. Mrs. Morrissey, 10th grade English and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader 8. Miss Doolittle, 12th grade U.S. History 9. Mr. Moody, High School history 10. Mrs. Barr, 12th grade World Literature 11. Miss Goodwin, 11th grade History 12. Mrs. Lyday, 12th grade remedial English She inspired me to work very hard to improve my grades in senior year and graduate with my class, which I was in danger of not doing. (It’s not that I wasn’t smart. I just wasn’t motivated.) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5885 "2024-09-07T01:48:59Z")
**Favorite Teachers in School** 1. Mrs. Hanna, sixth grade Music 2. Mr. Wojtach, sixth grade science 3. Dr. Keith S., college history 4. Mrs. Nancy, eighth grade History 5. Mr. Payne, HS band and jazz band 6. Mrs. Caldwell, 5th and 6th grade History 7. Mrs. Morrissey, 10th grade English and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader 8. Miss Doolittle, 12th grade U.S. History 9. Mr. Moody, High School history 10. Mrs. Barr, 12th grade World Literature 11. Miss Goodwin, 11th grade History 12. Mrs. Lyday, 12th grade remedial English 13. Dr. Viola K, college literature Next I’m watching the US Open semifinals, so **Tennis players from around the world (no country repeats)** 1. Jannick Sinner, Italy Scheduled to play in the US Open men’s final on Sunday ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5886 "2024-09-07T03:53:41Z")
**Tennis players from around the world (no country repeats)** 1. Jannick Sinner, Italy 2. John Newcombe, Australia ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5887 "2024-09-07T05:28:50Z")
**Tennis players from around the world (no country repeats)** 1. Jannick Sinner, Italy 2. John Newcombe, Australia 3. Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5888 "2024-09-07T06:08:43Z")
**Tennis players from around the world (no country repeats)** 1. Jannick Sinner, Italy 2. John Newcombe, Australia 3. Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina 4. Björn Borg, Sweden _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5889 "2024-09-07T08:43:49Z")
**Tennis players from around the world (no country repeats)** 1. Jannick Sinner, Italy 2. John Newcombe, Australia 3. Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina 4. Björn Borg, Sweden 5. Steffi Graf - Germany ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5890 "2024-09-07T10:08:55Z")
**Tennis players from around the world (no country repeats)** 1. Jannick Sinner, Italy 2. John Newcombe, Australia 3. Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina 4. Björn Borg, Sweden 5. Steffi Graf - Germany 6. Jack Draper- Great Britain ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5891 "2024-09-07T10:42:36Z")
**Tennis players from around the world (no country repeats)** 1. Jannick Sinner, Italy 2. John Newcombe, Australia 3. Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina 4. Björn Borg, Sweden 5. Steffi Graf - Germany 6. Jack Draper- Great Britain 7. Novak Djokovic - Serbia ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5892 "2024-09-07T13:08:53Z")
**Tennis players from around the world (no country repeats)** 1. Jannick Sinner, Italy 2. John Newcombe, Australia 3. Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina 4. Björn Borg, Sweden 5. Steffi Graf - Germany 6. Jack Draper- Great Britain 7. Novak Djokovic - Serbia 8. Maria Sharapova - Russia ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5893 "2024-09-07T13:49:54Z")
**Tennis players from around the world (no country repeats)** 1. Jannick Sinner, Italy 2. John Newcombe, Australia 3. Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina 4. Björn Borg, Sweden 5. Steffi Graf - Germany 6. Jack Draper- Great Britain 7. Novak Djokovic - Serbia 8. Maria Sharapova - Russia 9. Serena Williams - United States ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5894 "2024-09-07T14:44:11Z")
**Tennis players from around the world (no country repeats)** 1. Jannick Sinner, Italy 2. John Newcombe, Australia 3. Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina 4. Björn Borg, Sweden 5. Steffi Graf - Germany 6. Jack Draper- Great Britain 7. Novak Djokovic - Serbia 8. Maria Sharapova - Russia 9. Serena Williams - United States 10. Rene Lacoste - France ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5895 "2024-09-07T16:24:44Z")
**Tennis players from around the world (no country repeats)** 1. Jannik Sinner, Italy 2. John Newcombe, Australia 3. Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina 4. Björn Borg, Sweden 5. Steffi Graf - Germany 6. Jack Draper- Great Britain 7. Novak Djokovic - Serbia 8. Maria Sharapova - Russia 9. Serena Williams - United States 10. Rene Lacoste - France 11. Martina Navratilova, Czechoslovakia Born in Prague and represented her country before it became the Czech Republic. I also corrected the spelling of Jannik Sinner’s name which I got wrong in the 1st post. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5896 "2024-09-07T16:54:58Z")
**Tennis players from around the world (no country repeats)** 1. Jannik Sinner, Italy 2. John Newcombe, Australia 3. Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina 4. Björn Borg, Sweden 5. Steffi Graf - Germany 6. Jack Draper- Great Britain 7. Novak Djokovic - Serbia 8. Maria Sharapova - Russia 9. Serena Williams - United States 10. Rene Lacoste - France 11. Martina Navratilova, Czechoslovakia 12. Taha Baadi, Egypt ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5897 "2024-09-07T18:17:27Z")
**Tennis players from around the world (no country repeats)** 1. Jannik Sinner, Italy 2. John Newcombe, Australia 3. Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina 4. Björn Borg, Sweden 5. Steffi Graf - Germany 6. Jack Draper- Great Britain 7. Novak Djokovic - Serbia 8. Maria Sharapova - Russia 9. Serena Williams - United States 10. Rene Lacoste - France 11. Martina Navratilova, Czechoslovakia 12. Taha Baadi, Egypt 13. Li Na, China pass ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5898 "2024-09-07T18:30:20Z")
**World Literature for Stoats** 1. _The Stoats of Wrath_ by John Stoatbeck ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5899 "2024-09-07T18:38:45Z")
**World Literature for Stoats** 1. _The Stoats of Wrath_ by John Stoatbeck 2. _Lord of the Stoats_ by William Stoatling ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5900 "2024-09-07T18:41:37Z")
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