I normally don’t answer questions (I get a lot of silly ones about shipping students), but this one is too cute not to answer.  For two years, I taught high school to adults ranging in age from 18-60.  They had left school and then decided to return, both for a number of reasons; they all had copious personal, financial, family, mental, physical, illness, career, and many more problems and issues.  During my second year there, my grandmother passed away.  One student gave me a sympathy card, but it was one that had already been filled out for him.  He crossed out his name and the original message written to him, and said, “Sorry, I’m poor, but I don’t need this anymore.  I wanted to show you that I’m thinking of you during this time.”  It showed me the difference teachers can make on students’ lives, in that they feel such a connection to try to support their teacher during hard times that aren’t even close to the hard times the students experience.

Thank you for asking 🙂

I normally don’t answer questions (I get a lot of silly ones about shipping students), but this one is too cute not to answer.  For two years, I taught high school to adults ranging in age from 18-60.  They had left school and then decided to return, both for a number of reasons; they all had copious personal, financial, family, mental, physical, illness, career, and many more problems and issues.  During my second year there, my grandmother passed away.  One student gave me a sympathy card, but it was one that had already been filled out for him.  He crossed out his name and the original message written to him, and said, “Sorry, I’m poor, but I don’t need this anymore.  I wanted to show you that I’m thinking of you during this time.”  It showed me the difference teachers can make on students’ lives, in that they feel such a connection to try to support their teacher during hard times that aren’t even close to the hard times the students experience.

Thank you for asking 🙂