MisticalMisty
Well-Known Member
Need Heroes?...they are working in schools
Where are the heroes of today?" a radio talk show host thundered.
>> >
>> > He blames society's shortcomings on education. Too many people are
>> > looking for heroes in all the wrong places. Movie stars and rock
>> > musicians, athletes, and models aren't heroes; they're celebrities.
>> > Heroes abound in public schools, a fact that doesn't make the news.
>> > There is no precedent for the level of violence, drugs, broken homes,
>> > child abuse, and crime in today's America . Education didn't create
>> > these problems but deals with them every day.
>> >
>> > You want heroes?
>> >
>> > Consider Dave Sanders, the schoolteacher shot to death while trying to
>> >
>> > shield his students from two youths on a shooting rampage at Columbine
>> >
>> > High School in Littleton , Colorado . Sanders gave his life, along with
>> > 12 students, and other less heralded heroes survived the Colorado
>> > blood bath.
>> >
>> > You want heroes?
>> >
>> > Jane Smith, a Fayetteville , NC teacher, was moved by the plight of
>> > one of her students, a boy dying for want of a kidney transplant. So
>> > this woman told the family of a 14 year old boy that she would give
>> > him one of her kidneys. And she did. When they subsequently appeared
>> >
>> > together hugging on the Today Show, even Katie Couric was near tears.
>> > You want heroes?
>> >
>> > Doris Dillon dreamed all her life of being a teacher. She not only
>> > made it, she was one of those wondrous teachers who could bring the
>> > best out of every single child. One of her fellow teachers in San
>> > Jose , Calif said, "She could teach a rock to read."
>> > Suddenly she was stricken with Lou Gehrig's Disease which is always
>> > fatal, usually within five years. She asked to stay on job ... and
>> > did. When her voice was affected she communicated by computer.
>> >
>> > Did she go home? Absolutely not! She is running two elementary
>> > school libraries! When the disease was diagnosed, she wrote the staff
>> >
>> > and all the families that she had one last lesson to teach .... that
>> > dying is part of living. Her colleagues named her Teacher of the
>> > Year.
>> >
>> > You want heroes?
>> >
>> > Bob House, a teacher in Gay , Georgia , tried out for Who Wants to be a
>> > Millionaire. After he won the million dollars, a network film crew
>> > wanted to follow up to see how it had impacted his life. New cars?
>> > Big new house?
>> >
>> > Instead, they found both Bob House and his wife still teaching. They
>> > explained that it was what they had always wanted to do with their
>> > lives and that would not change. The community was both stunned and
>> > gratified.
>> > You want heroes?
>> >
>> > Last year the average school teacher spent $468 of their own money for
>> >
>> > student necessities ... workbooks, pencils .. supplies kids had to
>> > have but could not afford. That's a lot of money from the pockets of
>> > the most poorly paid teachers in the industrial world.
>> >
>> > Schools don't teach values? The critics are dead wrong.
>> > Public education provides more Sunday School teachers than any other
>> > profession. The average teacher works more hours in nine months than
>> > the average 40-hour employee does in a year.
>> > You want heroes?
>> > For millions of kids, the hug they get from a teacher is the only hug
>> > they will get that day because the nation is living through the worst
>> > parenting in history. An Argyle, Texas kindergarten teacher hugs her
>> > little 5 and 6 year-olds so much that both the boys and the girls run
>> > up and hug her when they see her in the hall, at the football games,
>> > or in the malls years later.
>> >
>> > A Michigan principal moved me to tears with the story of her attempt
>> > to rescue a badly abused little boy who doted on a stuffed animal on
>> > her desk .. one that said "I love you!" He said he'd never been told
>> > that at home. This is a constant in today's society .. two million
>> > unwanted, unloved, abused children in the public schools, the only
>> > institution that takes them all in.
>> >
>> > You want heroes?
>> > Visit any special education class and watch the miracle of personal
>> > interaction, a job so difficult that fellow teachers are awed by the
>> > dedication they witness. There is a sentence from an unnamed source
>> > which says: "We have been so eager to give our children what we didn't
>> >
>> > have that we have neglected to give them what we did."
>> >
>> > What is it that our kids really need? What do they really want?
>> > Math, science, history and social studies are important, but children
>> > need love, confidence, encouragement, someone to talk to, someone to
>> > listen, standards to live by. Teachers provide upright examples, the
>> > faith and assurance of responsible people.
>> > You want heroes?
>> > Then go down to your local school and see our real live heroes the
>> > ones changing lives for the better each and every day!
>> > Now, pass this on to someone you know who's a teacher, or to someone
>> > who should thank a teacher today. I'd like to see this sent to all
>> > those who cut down the importance of teachers. They have no idea who
>> > a public school teacher is or what they do.
Where are the heroes of today?" a radio talk show host thundered.
>> >
>> > He blames society's shortcomings on education. Too many people are
>> > looking for heroes in all the wrong places. Movie stars and rock
>> > musicians, athletes, and models aren't heroes; they're celebrities.
>> > Heroes abound in public schools, a fact that doesn't make the news.
>> > There is no precedent for the level of violence, drugs, broken homes,
>> > child abuse, and crime in today's America . Education didn't create
>> > these problems but deals with them every day.
>> >
>> > You want heroes?
>> >
>> > Consider Dave Sanders, the schoolteacher shot to death while trying to
>> >
>> > shield his students from two youths on a shooting rampage at Columbine
>> >
>> > High School in Littleton , Colorado . Sanders gave his life, along with
>> > 12 students, and other less heralded heroes survived the Colorado
>> > blood bath.
>> >
>> > You want heroes?
>> >
>> > Jane Smith, a Fayetteville , NC teacher, was moved by the plight of
>> > one of her students, a boy dying for want of a kidney transplant. So
>> > this woman told the family of a 14 year old boy that she would give
>> > him one of her kidneys. And she did. When they subsequently appeared
>> >
>> > together hugging on the Today Show, even Katie Couric was near tears.
>> > You want heroes?
>> >
>> > Doris Dillon dreamed all her life of being a teacher. She not only
>> > made it, she was one of those wondrous teachers who could bring the
>> > best out of every single child. One of her fellow teachers in San
>> > Jose , Calif said, "She could teach a rock to read."
>> > Suddenly she was stricken with Lou Gehrig's Disease which is always
>> > fatal, usually within five years. She asked to stay on job ... and
>> > did. When her voice was affected she communicated by computer.
>> >
>> > Did she go home? Absolutely not! She is running two elementary
>> > school libraries! When the disease was diagnosed, she wrote the staff
>> >
>> > and all the families that she had one last lesson to teach .... that
>> > dying is part of living. Her colleagues named her Teacher of the
>> > Year.
>> >
>> > You want heroes?
>> >
>> > Bob House, a teacher in Gay , Georgia , tried out for Who Wants to be a
>> > Millionaire. After he won the million dollars, a network film crew
>> > wanted to follow up to see how it had impacted his life. New cars?
>> > Big new house?
>> >
>> > Instead, they found both Bob House and his wife still teaching. They
>> > explained that it was what they had always wanted to do with their
>> > lives and that would not change. The community was both stunned and
>> > gratified.
>> > You want heroes?
>> >
>> > Last year the average school teacher spent $468 of their own money for
>> >
>> > student necessities ... workbooks, pencils .. supplies kids had to
>> > have but could not afford. That's a lot of money from the pockets of
>> > the most poorly paid teachers in the industrial world.
>> >
>> > Schools don't teach values? The critics are dead wrong.
>> > Public education provides more Sunday School teachers than any other
>> > profession. The average teacher works more hours in nine months than
>> > the average 40-hour employee does in a year.
>> > You want heroes?
>> > For millions of kids, the hug they get from a teacher is the only hug
>> > they will get that day because the nation is living through the worst
>> > parenting in history. An Argyle, Texas kindergarten teacher hugs her
>> > little 5 and 6 year-olds so much that both the boys and the girls run
>> > up and hug her when they see her in the hall, at the football games,
>> > or in the malls years later.
>> >
>> > A Michigan principal moved me to tears with the story of her attempt
>> > to rescue a badly abused little boy who doted on a stuffed animal on
>> > her desk .. one that said "I love you!" He said he'd never been told
>> > that at home. This is a constant in today's society .. two million
>> > unwanted, unloved, abused children in the public schools, the only
>> > institution that takes them all in.
>> >
>> > You want heroes?
>> > Visit any special education class and watch the miracle of personal
>> > interaction, a job so difficult that fellow teachers are awed by the
>> > dedication they witness. There is a sentence from an unnamed source
>> > which says: "We have been so eager to give our children what we didn't
>> >
>> > have that we have neglected to give them what we did."
>> >
>> > What is it that our kids really need? What do they really want?
>> > Math, science, history and social studies are important, but children
>> > need love, confidence, encouragement, someone to talk to, someone to
>> > listen, standards to live by. Teachers provide upright examples, the
>> > faith and assurance of responsible people.
>> > You want heroes?
>> > Then go down to your local school and see our real live heroes the
>> > ones changing lives for the better each and every day!
>> > Now, pass this on to someone you know who's a teacher, or to someone
>> > who should thank a teacher today. I'd like to see this sent to all
>> > those who cut down the importance of teachers. They have no idea who
>> > a public school teacher is or what they do.
