When growing up, it is important for others to allow and help you grow as a person in all aspects. When you run into someone who will not allow this to happen and attempts to limit you, your imagination, and your track to reaching your full potential, you must push past them and not let them stop them. It is important to keep moving until you find the person that will support you through your time of growth. In school, you will run into teachers that will attempt to limit you and, whether intentionally or not, will not allow you to fully reach your potential, while other teachers will do whatever it takes to get you there. Having and listening to the right teacher can allow you to go the distance while letting the wrong one get you down and …show more content…
One teacher that Holden came across was Mr. Spencer. Mr. Spencer was a teacher that could not understand, or therefore deal with, Holden’s unique personality. He, like many others, flunked Holden in his class, but instead of trying to support him even afterwards, all Mr. Spencer could think about was soothing his own guilt at Holden’s expense, asking him, “Do you blame me for flunking you boy?”. Mr. Spencer allowed Holden’s abilities to decline, cutting off any feeling of support. In contrast, Mr. Antolini, another of Holden’s teachers, tried to see things as Holden does to help him grow. Mr. Antolini tells Holden, “The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.” He tried to encourage Holden to do better in his studies and in life in an attempt to have him reach his full potential. Mr. Antolini was a caring and encouraging teacher who allowed his students to grow, while Mr. Spencer was critical and did not seem to care about the growth of his