education The Student Becomes the Teacher written by Bruce Ingram The best teachers we know learned it from their mentors - meet four students who became masters of their classrooms. O 84 JULY/AUGUST 2023 ne of my favorite teachers - and mentors - when I attended Roanoke College was the late Dennis Lape. Sadly, it was not until I attended a memorial service for him that I realized yet another way he had impacted my teaching career. A speaker eulogizing Dr. Lape said the professor's favorite saying was, " When you're writing, tell me something I don't know. " The same instruction I often give my students at Lord Botetourt High School. Four Roanoke Valley teachers shared their own reflections on the mentors who helped them. TheRoanoker.comhttp://www.TheRoanoker.com