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Last week a teacher, an elementary school principal, a known gang member and a little girl went on a shopping trip. The gang member and the little girl were mother and daughter. During the 2007-2008 school year, the principal had become concerned because the mother would often come to the school and take home clothes for her child. Finally, the principal told the mother that, if they needed something, just to call. The mother did call and told the principal that she couldn't afford to buy her daughter any clothes in which she could start school this fall. The principal then visited with the teacher in whose second-grade class the child was being placed, and the two decided they would take mother and daughter shopping. It made for an interesting procession. After the shopping trip, they went to a tearoom for lunch. Mom, who's a little rough around the edges, was a bit uncomfortable in the unfamiliar surroundings. Her little girl acted as if she was in fairyland, and in her mind, she probably was. With school getting under way on the North Coast, such stories remind us of the nobility of the teaching profession and those who choose a life and a career, making a difference for our children. Few individuals enter the field of education with the idea of becoming rich in the traditional sense of the term. And yet, there is much wealth to be both found and shared in the classroom. Events, like the story of the principal, the teacher, the mother, and the daughter, are manifested in schools every day. No one really knows how much of a teacher's paycheck goes toward providing, in one way or another, for the students only that stories, like the one above, play out anywhere from a shopping trip, down to the most basic of school supplies. Critics of public education would have us believe that our schools are in a state of peril. For the most part, that's simply part of their campaign to justify the creation of a private system where their children can be sheltered from the masses and educated privately at public expense. The foundation of the American education system is built upon a very fundamental equation: assuring that our classrooms are occupied by caring, trained professionals. Recognizing that they cannot do the job in isolation, we would be well-advised to provide them with support, resources and encouragement as if our future depended on their efforts, because it does. A good teacher is like a candle: it consumes itself to light the way for others. May the Lord bless you and keep you |
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9/3/2008 10:03 pm |
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. . . Without Absolute Truth, there are only lies disguised as truth, if you know not the Absolute Truth and it is NOT within you, you will embrace a relative truth that fits your eternity, that is presently before you. Continue to be faithful, deliverance is near, obedience must be seen, be an unconditional blessing as He continues to bless you. This time is short, serve Him well, serving all. Without exception. Know? Yes? ? .
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9/4/2008 6:04 am |
hello pete, thanks for stopping by and sharing, cheers May the Lord bless you and keep you
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