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This seems to be the only mnemonic in this thread that matches soh-cah-toa, and it's quite memorable, so kudos to your teacher!



The one we were taught was "Silly old Hitler caused awful headaches to our allies".


"All Stations To Central" is the mnemonic I still remember as you progress around quadrants of circle:

Whenever I pass through central station in Sydney I hear my high school math teacher's voice:

Less than PI/2 "All are positive PI/2 through to PI "Sin is positive" PI through to 3/2 PI "Tan is positive" 3/2 PI through to 2PI "Cos is positive"




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