tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218383407576503388.post3077627265976345497..comments2017-10-10T06:54:20.516-07:00Comments on A life in progress: Working in the coal mines...Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275872337972844579noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218383407576503388.post-51613825864465453532012-05-09T01:51:14.967-07:002012-05-09T01:51:14.967-07:00Good for you! How awesome that he came back to let...Good for you! How awesome that he came back to let you know :) Keep it up!Lucy E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00856948973580855317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218383407576503388.post-43540277379130357942012-05-08T19:22:54.386-07:002012-05-08T19:22:54.386-07:00Thank you all for the kind responses. It did feel...Thank you all for the kind responses. It did feel so good. What I failed to mention, and maybe even more importantly, this student was expelled from school for assault with bodily injury. He was angry and had no other outlet but drugs and fighting. I never knew what he was angry about and in the end it wasn't important. But, he could have gone so far in the other direction... as some of my students have. I was so proud to see that his life had been turned around. He even hugged me.<br /><br />Even better, I only returned to work 2 days prior from my kidney donation! I was supposed to return next week but had cabin fever and went back early. I'm so glad I did.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10275872337972844579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218383407576503388.post-39232743955680287712012-05-08T18:59:44.542-07:002012-05-08T18:59:44.542-07:00Wow ! What an awesome story. I wish every kid coou...Wow ! What an awesome story. I wish every kid coould have a teacher that cares as much as you do. Thank you. : )mememeowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430173696647222154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218383407576503388.post-45854961184868213402012-05-08T18:54:13.760-07:002012-05-08T18:54:13.760-07:00Touching, very touching! I just want to thank you!...Touching, very touching! I just want to thank you! Thank you for going off the beaten path and making a new path for these kids. Having a teacher who went that extra mile (and that's not saying that teachers don't, they do, they really do) but you went further. I hear stories from my own boys, and it's hard being a kid these days,and it's even harder to be a teacher too. Thank you. Please keep up the good work.Don't lose that 'thing' that you have!LauraEvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812147126954335150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218383407576503388.post-44319308614481058072012-05-08T18:45:04.437-07:002012-05-08T18:45:04.437-07:00Your story brought tears to my eyes. I hope that t...Your story brought tears to my eyes. I hope that this one child is the inspiration to keep you going to help others! I applaud you and congratulate you, I am sure it is a very tough job. I have 3 nieces and a nephew who teach.mommyx2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10711939706467174626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218383407576503388.post-24487618463817484452012-05-08T17:43:46.864-07:002012-05-08T17:43:46.864-07:00That's awesome!! I taught...some of those kid...That's awesome!! I taught...some of those kids mixed in with the rest...for a few years & then my school closed & I never had another teaching job, but when they come back (I had a few in my few short years) and tell you that you made a difference...that's pretty darned awesome & makes the hassles & exhaustion seem worthwhile! <br /><br />KUDOS to you & stay that hard line...it's what more kids need these days. <br /><br />(I was pretty strict in my classroom, too & expected a lot...one of the things a couple students thanked me for later...even if it was only because when they had to go to a different school they breezed through their math class because they'd already learned it with me!) :)<br /><br />Enjoy those successes & even more so the time this young man spent to come back and tell you. You will have an impact on more...not all will come back to tell you.SharonDoesBasketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820146046909127969noreply@blogger.com