You Can Only Go So Low….and then?
And then somebody picks you up!
One of the language arts classes had the students write an essay….My Favorite Teacher at XYZ School. I was delighted that a couple of students had chosen MOI to write about! Today I got the essays in my mail box…. and I want to share one. I am so tickled.
This little girl was arrested over the summer for some very violent behavior. Today’s buzz word is "anger management" issues I believe. She has a BOAT load of problems. Just think "bad home life". Whatever comes to your mind – yep. She’s probably got that problem. She is loud, abrasive, aggressive, beligerant and not an easy child to warm up to. This, then, is THAT little angel’s letter:
My favorite teacher is Ms. Wolf. Because she’s a fun teacher. She helps me when I have a problem. Also she’s a very nice teacher. But now I’m going to tell you why all this is true.
Ms. Wolf is a fun teacher. I love going to her class third block. She always makes ig fun, even when we have to do book work. Like when we cook and play around, when me and this one boy Andrew play around and argue. Ms. Wolf is there to make ig funny. One day this boy was trying to make fun of me and Ms. Wolf told him to stop. Ms Wolf she’s funn she can make you laugh.
Ms. Wolf helps me when I have a problem. Like what had happen over the summer. When I came back she found out. Ever sence she’s been trying to keep me out of trouble. Like when I get mad or upset and want to fight somebody Ms. Wolf is there to calm me down. I like having Ms. Wolf around to help me. When I get mad at Andrew Ms. Wolf is the one who tells me to calm down.
This is why Ms. Wolf is my favorite teacher. All these things help me but only when I’m around Ms. Wolf.
And so…..I am reminded that I DO make some small difference…and I find the strength to get out of bed for one more day. The sun rises and sets….and Ms. Wolf does too.
For all of those reasons, Mrs. Wolf is my favorite teacher too!
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{big smile}
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How wonderful
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Your humor and your heart are great medicine. Truly a sunshine wolf. Thank you for showing us her letter, I love it when people I think highly of are recognized! 🙂
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My mother always said the child who’s the hardest to love is the one who needs it the most.
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You make a huge difference! Bravo!
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Ah, Ms. Wolf, I wish you could be my teacher.
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Remember why you became a teacher now? 🙂
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A job well done, Ms. Wolf!
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GRIN. Doesn’t it just make it all worthwhile at least for one more day? hugs r
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isn’t it a warm and wonderful feeling when you are told in these ways that you do indeed make a difference in someones life?
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The chorus of voices who would say the exact same thing would probably deafen you if they all spoke at once. Yay you.
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To touch their lives in such a positive way is a gift. You are a terrific teacher.
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Ms Wolf is a hero in my eyes. She has the patience with the kids most other teachers have given up on already.
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that’s so sweet – and special ~!~ you go Ms. Wolf ~!~
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Amazing. Utterly perfect I say!
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That’s tremendous…really. I’m not at all surprised.
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smile glad that you found your sunshine. Sometimes even when we know it we like to hear good things about ourselves. Lael
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What a sweet sweet essay. Yep, that would do it for me too. 🙂
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That is wonderful, you have a big smile on, yes?…:)
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Not only are you making a difference now, but you’re making a difference that will last for decades….
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😀 I think Mrs. Wolf is a great teacher, can I send Hazel over? 🙂
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you are a teacher that will be remember by her students. And it sounds like for a lot remembered in a very good way.
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How nice !!
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I prefer the “troublemaker” myself. The others get lots of help and attention. Not many successes but oh, how wonderful, when they occur. Thank heaven for teachers like you. Hope this makes up a tiny bit for the lack of respect and pay you get. You will never know all the impact you have had in this world. Blevins told me you were special. As always, she is right.
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How wonderful. And when she’s old and grey, she will still remember you and smile. I think that’s the best part.
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here, here. what a beautiful essay. that makes it all worthwhile, doesn’t it? well ok, makes it almost worthwhile 😉 i think we all tend to remember not only the very worst teachers, but also those handful of good teachers. i’m sure, msWolfie, you will be remembered by many of your students as one of the best~
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I wonder how much more of the world is reachable with a kind heart and huge smile? Maybe all of it, one child at a time.
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woot! a salute to wolfie i will use my wolfie mug tomorrow too! 🙂 PS geek fest is this weekend when the four of us tear down the machines, install toad’s flight stimulator and assorted toys to his desk which i have taken over for five years, and i am relegated to somebody’s old laptop while they install vid cards that work! what a shock,memory and an OS w/ less suckage. 🙂 photos to follow!
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You always make a difference…. Warm thoughts and Hugs, 🙂
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Amd those words are worth more than anything. Congratulations, colleague!
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I heard that you ended up with 2.5 minutes left in your day. You have been tagged. http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=D503031&entry=10127&mode=
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I’m tagging you too, but it’s not the same as the one above this note… See my last entry
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Happy Thanksgiving! Looks like another year with the a/c on while the turkey bakes. Hopes yours is warm all over.
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Oh, how did I miss this! I’m so glad that this lass wrote down her appreciation – and that her teacher passed it on. This is what teaching is all about, isn’t it, making a difference. And I’m sure there are many others who are equally infuluenced by you.
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Ribbit! Want to hear about the dry cheesecake cuz i frogot to put in enough sour creame? *sigh* Did y’all bake turkeys at school for thanksgiving lesson? 🙂
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🙂 well I like Ms Wolf cos she’s pretty awesome.
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Oh, this just made my eyes fill to the brim. I LOVE YOU TOO! *****Blows you a snowy kiss***** ((((((((((((((((((Big Hugs Too)))))))))))))))))
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Yay, Ms Wolf! Hugz
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where are youuuu … ?
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December 20, 2005 — Hey, where are you???? Hope everything is okay.
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